Oh, horrors...the establish speaks and they don’t want Newt. It’s good that the people decide, and not the establishment that brought us Dole, Bush I, and McCain.
I don’t know how old you are, so maybe you don’t recall the 90s when Newt had his 15 minutes of fame. Screwed us all with his Contract with America. It would a wonderful thing, but once Newt got into power as the speaker, his ego got the best of him. He got welfare reform, but you can see that didn’t last. He went down quickly, as anyone could see it was all show and little substance. Since then, I started to read Newt again and thought, okay, maybe this guy is serious this time. I should’ve known better. After he came out with his American values campaign, he supported Dede Scozzafava, made the ad with Pelosi, and several other things. I’d take Romney over Newt any day of the week. I’d prefer Bachmann, Santorum, or Perry, but Romney is MUCH better than Newt. If Newt gets it, he won’t necessarily beat Obama in a debate. Obama can throw Newt’s record at him, one much like his own of big government, lobbying, support of unions, etc., and Newt would have to explain himself. Defend himself, that is. A lot of conservatives who have tuned out the stuff about him now would be trapped. All they see is his powerful debate performances, but that is not how Newt will lead. He’ll go back to the cronyism, the things to shore up power, etc. THAT IS THE REAL NEWT! People need to really see that side of him. Forget the debates. Reagan didn’t do well against Carter, but still won in a landslide because of the ideas he offered. Any of our conservative candidates would still look good next to the known entity of Obama now. We need to move past these debates as being the determining factor. That is hubris, and we might pay a big price for thinking one needs to best The One in a debate. NONSENSE!
Actually, ez, it was very much “people”, perhaps uninformed but understanding of “who’s turn” it is, who picked GHWB, Dole, and McPain.
Oh, horrors...the establish speaks and they don’t want Newt. It’s good that the people decide, and not the establishment that brought us Dole, Bush I, and McCain.And it's interesting that "the people who brought us Perry", here on FR, are now effectively working for Mitt.
Very, very interesting.
70% of Republicans don't want Newt, either.