I don’t know wheter to get angry or cry. It is disgusting the way Faux News and the gop establishment have treated the ONLY true conservative we have running in this election. Romney openly admitted he is a moderate and he also is proud of his socialized medicine in Mass. What is wrong with people? what happened to the conservatives in the GOP? I am no longer a republican...after all these years of working, donating and fighting for the party..what do we have? one rino after another being supported by them...it is maddening
Make that “whether”
Katie, I watched both Fox and CNN and was utterly disgusted with the analysis. Unrelenting tearing Newt apart and not one word (that I heard) about the $17 million + spent by Romney on 90 % carpet bombing ads against Newt in Florida.
These parroting pundits are living in a parellel universe. Newt’s press conference was great and he said exactly what he should have said.
Romney threw down the gauntlet and Newt picked it up and ran with it brilliantly as only he can do.
The media wants Romney for one reason and one reason only, because they know that Obama will clobber him. Even Donna Brazile said so weeks ago, came out and said it. Unfortunately the Republican party lost its way a long time ago and has not learned their lesson from 2008. They are instead going to nominate a guy that makes John McCain look decent.
Regarding FNC, look at it this way. These people are pundits, they get paid to say stuff that is provocative. We don’t need them to carry the message, that’s Newts job.
After the presser they were all puzzled, talking about him being “odd”, “in the weeds”, “minutia”, and all that. They couldn’t understand what Newt was doing.
I say, if the pundit class is scratching it’s head, you must be doing the right thing. Sarah Palin is a master at keeping them guessing, Newt’s doing the same thing.
He just needs to avoid sounding nasty, bitter, and like a sore loser. Zingers work better than sarcasm against Romney. Just remember how much mileage we got out of “He voted before it before he voted against it”...that kind of thing works.
Newt needs to treat Romney with the same respect Bush gave Windsurfer Kerry, another out-of-touch elitist wuss.
I thought Newt’s press conference was fine. I’m still shocked at the orchestrated attack on Newt by the Fox news panel. Its just unbelievable. I never thought I would say it but CNN is reporting more fairly on Gingrich than Foxney news. I used to like and respect Kraut, Cristol, Britt Hume. Now I almost loathe them. I can hardly stand to watch them.
The results are telling me that at this point the media is overpowering any grass roots or cyberspace campaigning/explaining for Newt or Santorum that is taking place.
We must find an alternative media source to dispute their version of events, but where? and from whom? and how quickly implemented?
My sense is that this must be turned around by Super Tuesday. Otherwise, the only alternative for true conservatives will be a 3rd candidate or a 3rd party.
And they will be seriously attacked, as well.
“I am no longer a Republican”
I’m having the same thoughts. As Reagan said about his party at the time, “the party has left me”. Why have a platform when it isn’t adhered to. If it doesn’t change, I get to join the likes of Thomas Sowell and become an independent.