Time will tell. But I question Newt’s timing in making a play for the independents/moderates. Holding this until the general would have been wiser. Newt needs Iowa and rocking the boat there at this juncture seems too risky. Then again it may not impact there as much as the conventional wisdom suggest. Iowans are bent at stopping Romney. Should they decide that Newt is the only viable option to do that, then he may get a pass on this.
So do I. But there are a surprisingly large number of independents in Iowa. Not to mention farmers who depend on migrant labor. So it might even help him in Iowa. After all, it is a blue state at heart.
....”rocking the boat”.......
I’m afraid he’s unloaded both barrels through the hull. Without question he should have hung onto to this issue until the general. The more he talks about it the more it sounds like what it is. Bachmann nailed him.