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Newt Gingrich implodes the conventional wisdom
The Standard-Examiner ^ | December 16, 2011 | Joe Gandelman

Posted on 12/16/2011 8:32:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 12/16/2011 8:32:54 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In spite of what the various polls say at this point. Zane Gingrich will not have an easy time of it.


2 posted on 12/16/2011 8:39:38 PM PST by fantom (,)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think author has his own Conventional Wisdom problem. The polls show Gingrich beats Obama in the swing states. Obama might rack up big popular vote tallies in blue states, but he would lose the election according to current polls.


3 posted on 12/16/2011 8:43:42 PM PST by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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He’s dead right about the “echo chamber” - I cannot believe how wrapped-up people on FR and elsewhere get over the opinions expressed by some pundit or bloviator who earns a living by expounding and bloviating! It doesn’t matter what “they” think - TO ME - but it sure seems to matter to themselves, and thus the feedback loop continues.

Bush was too lazy. Palin was too dumb. Cain is too frisky. Newt is too bombastic. Perry can’t count. Bachmann has too many foster kids. And the beat goes on...

People need to wake up the mechanism between their own ears, forget what talking heads, pollsters, and Frank Luntz’s meters say and just listen, read, analyze and vote their own conscience.


4 posted on 12/16/2011 8:49:57 PM PST by bigbob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Glenn Beck recently devoted almost an entire show on Newt and his big government progressivism. If you are a Newt fan and caught the show, it must have been very uncomfortable viewing. Glenn was at his persuasive best.


5 posted on 12/16/2011 8:54:39 PM PST by CanaGuy (If you find life intolerable now, how will you ever endure an eternity of torments? (Thom. à Kempis)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; fantom; Hugin

I suspect there will be NO conventional anything about the political circus we will witness next year.

Of all the Republican candidates, the only one I perceive having a shred of leadership is Newt Gingrich.

Meanwhile, legions of people are busily working to stop Obama’s candidacy at all 50 states, challenging his eligibility at the state level. Also, there is a group challenging the Democratic Party to prove Obama is eligible.

No one is going to have a cake walk into the White House this coming year.


6 posted on 12/16/2011 8:59:28 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
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To: bigbob

Agree, bb. And we all need to remember what the stakes are if Bam wins again:

1. Any Conservative Supreme Court judges will automatically be replaced with Elena Kagen/Sonya Sotomayor clones or worse, killing our five/four majority chances.

2.House: need to keep it.

3.Senate: need to take it back.

4.Governorships: need to elect more GOP/Conservatives.

We’ve got our work cut out for us guys.
There are three branches of government that the Progressives hope to conquer and destroy.


7 posted on 12/16/2011 9:01:21 PM PST by Mountain Mary ("My core is not up for grabs". El Rushbo 12/06/11)
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To: CanaGuy

By way of observation, Glen, too, is a mormon.


8 posted on 12/16/2011 9:01:24 PM PST by Memphis Moe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Obama is a paper tiger—meaning the papers (MSM) will keep telling us he is a tiger who can only be beaten by a RINO like Mitt.

Eff the polls and the elite GOP establishment, we WILL nominate a conservative.

9 posted on 12/16/2011 9:01:55 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Having A Communist Joke In The White House Takes Graveyard Humor To New Heights.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; fantom; Hugin

I suspect there will be NO conventional anything about the political circus we will witness next year.

Of all the Republican candidates, the only one I perceive having a shred of leadership is Newt Gingrich.

Meanwhile, legions of people are busily working to stop Obama’s candidacy at all 50 states, challenging his eligibility at the state level. Also, there is a group challenging the Democratic Party to prove Obama is eligible.

No one is going to have a cake walk into the White House this coming year.


10 posted on 12/16/2011 9:01:55 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
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“(it wasn’t lobbying, you see)”

Obviously this clown does not know the difference between a consultant and a lobbyist.


11 posted on 12/16/2011 9:02:51 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Mountain Mary

Correction.
‘Any “retiring” Supreme Court justices’...blah, blah, blah.


12 posted on 12/16/2011 9:04:16 PM PST by Mountain Mary ("My core is not up for grabs". El Rushbo 12/06/11)
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To: Memphis Moe
Thats GlenN, too, is a moron.

He has two “Ns” in his first name—stands for numb nuts.

13 posted on 12/16/2011 9:04:41 PM PST by Happy Rain ("Having A Communist Joke In The White House Takes Graveyard Humor To New Heights.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I still think that anyone who can fog a mirror is better than what’s sitting in the White House right now.


14 posted on 12/16/2011 9:05:33 PM PST by econjack
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe it’s not an “echo chamber” but a cage filled with parrots, first parroting their masters,the pundits, and then each other. The arguments against (whoever) heard here and elsewhere have been lame, shallow and unoriginal.


15 posted on 12/16/2011 9:07:04 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Memphis Moe
By way of observation, Glen, too, is a mormon.

So?

16 posted on 12/16/2011 9:16:01 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: CanaGuy
Did Glenn Cry? Seems to be a drama queen. not to sure if him or Hannity are best at it.
17 posted on 12/16/2011 9:20:26 PM PST by Palin_Rubio2012
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To: Hoodat
Romney recieved 95% of the vote in the '08 Utah primary.

Got it now?

18 posted on 12/16/2011 9:22:33 PM PST by CainConservative
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Glen Beck isn’t from Utah. Care to try again?


19 posted on 12/16/2011 9:28:03 PM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Newt Gingrich Implodes” — That’s the headline I still expect to see.


20 posted on 12/16/2011 9:34:36 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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