Posted on 10/12/2011 6:11:55 AM PDT by kdun
We need a real conservative and fast. Bachman came and went and does not have the resources to compete. Santorum cannot catch fire. Cain does not have the resources and staff to really compete and his 9-9-9- while bold, has too many holes in it. Perry, who I thought would be our savior needs to sit on a cattle prong during the debate and get some fire, and that is not going to happen. He has come and gone. Huntsman is not a conservative, in fact he may be coming out of the closet soon. Romney is a RINO, as we all know.
So that leaves us with Newt. Newt is looking better and better everyday. He has the knowledge, the fire and is the best debater. Obama does NOT want to debate Newt. The mantra is always Newt has baggage. Well, everyone up there last night has baggage. We all have baggage. Clinton had baggage under his desk. Obama has so much baggage, you would need a bus.
I think we all need to take another look at Newt. He is the only one I trust right now! Your thoughts please?
I love Newt but the answer is two words:
baggage
electability
My prayer is that someone should emerge who is reasonably conservative, able to articulate conservative principles even if he/she is not ideologically perfect who is also electable. As crass as it is, this means someone without “baggage”, someone reasonably telegenic, reasonably articulate, personable, likeable. As much as we might love Newt’s intellect and his ability to articulate conservative principles, I think he loses out on the baggage/electability criterion.
If only we could put Newt’s brain into Perry’s or Romney’s body and persona....
Don’t get me wrong, as much as Romney has that “electability” factor, his flip-floppiness, his somewhat plastic quality, his starkly liberal policy history and, specifically, RomneyCare, all make me a little sick at the thought of supporting him. If he’s the nominee, though, I think he has a good chance of beating Obama and that’s what matters to me most.
Candidly, I am shocked by the number of people on FR who are saying they won’t vote for Romney under any circumstances including the general election. How could anyone think of having the present America-killing marxist in the White House for another 4 years? 4 years that he won’t even care about getting re-elected? It chills me to the bone to think of what he might do, given how outrageous he has been while facing re-election.
Yes, Newt is very intelligent, understands the problems, is well spoken, I think he would make a good president.
On an unrelated note however, have you ever seen so many bowties as we’ve seen this week on television? What is it with elections and bowties, it’s like there’s these reporters that crawl out during the election cycles only and they wear bowties ...
Newt....Nah!
The Contract With America was brilliant but Clinton played him afterward, big time.
The Nancy Pelosi couch.
His propensity to court a new wife when he still has a wife (occasionally said wife is suffering from cancer.)
He dissed the Ryan Plan.
There are many, many other but those are the biggies for me.
But if Newt secures the nomination, I will wholeheartedly support him. A.B.O!!
He was a has been before his zipper-control problems even surfaced. He let Clinton coast to reelection by running against him (not the cardboard cutout of Bob Dole) in 1996. Then he let Hillary coast to election in New York in 2000 by doing essentially the same thing.
He is great on stage against Republicans, some of them who richly deserve to be eviscerated. But put him on stage against Democrats and his natural instinct is to do the kissy-faced couch commercial like he did with Nancy Pelosi.
Newt is one of the largest symptoms of the problem We the People out in Flyover Country have with DC...
Other Republicans on Freddie's payroll included former Senator Al D'Amato and Congressman Vin Weber, and then House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's former chief of staff, Susan Hirschmann. As we know by now, Fan and Fred tried to buy everybody in town from both political parties, and the companies did it well enough to make themselves immune from regulatory scrutiny.
Almost everybody that was in Washington in the last 20 years played a role in the current economic meltdown - including Newt. Solutions that come from people that didn't participate in the problem in the first place have more credibility.
Newt is fantastic. He sorts out the chaff and presents sterling wheat. Too bad he has such negatives and can’t possibly be our nominee.
Unfortunately, that is true. And it is a big reason why Romney and Perry are still top tier candidates.
However, I think also Herman Cain has a great likability factor with his natural congeniality. As people (particularly women voters) get to know him, I am hopeful that congeniality will overcome looks for voters so inclined to be swayed by what's on the cover.
There is something I don't understand about a lot of women voters. They flock and worship at the feet of soulless and/or butt-ugly female candidates who rode into power on their husband's coattails (Hillary) or money (Boxer), but they recoil into a fit of catty jealousy against genuine articulate self-made women like Palin and Bachmann. I know that part of it is natural libtardism-- they see big government as a substitute for the daddy or the husband who treated them badly, or whom they could never get, but I don't think it can explain all of it.
Smart politician, but No.
I wouldn’t want to marry him—just let him run the nation. He should be a bit of a rotter, a bit of an arm twister—a right Bast*rd at times. That’s what we need in a president! Good guys need not apply.
On further reflection, I don't think we can take a chance. Our republic is on the eve of distruction. We either get it right in 2012, or we are doomed.
Reminds me of another time when it seemed like our country was falling apart (1965-1967)
Newt is the most brilliant of all of them, but I fear he is too polarizing to be elected. Whoever wins the nom and becomes president would do well to put him in a high position. I always thought he would make an excellent Secretary of State or even Defense.
In a debate with Newt Obama would respond with “present”.
I am not voting for or supporting a pretty boy who looks like a Ken doll.
I am not supporting the not.awful.to.look.at Texan.
Cain is the one for me. And it has nothing to do with his looks.
Cain and Newt seem to have a bond, I think they should ‘Team Up’ now, combine there resources, and sweep the Nation Clean.
I think Gingrich has too much baggage to be at the top of the ticket, but he would make an awesome VP.
I don't think any of the candidates are perfect, but of the candidates, these two are my favorites.
Some leader he turned out to be when he was speaker of the house.
Your research must be flawed, or non-existant.
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