Would Newt win against Evan?
Posted on 06/27/2006 11:49:28 AM PDT by presidio9
Inside the mind of Newt Gingrich: If I can help shape the agenda for both parties in 2006, I can win the presidency in 2008. I'm looking now at the recent record, starting with two hot issues: health care and immigration. On health care, the June 12 Washington Post ran a front-page story, "States' Changes Reshape Medicaid/New Restrictions Aim to Save Money"; the piece gave me, and my group, The Center for Health Transformation, credit for instigating the shift toward prevention and personal responsibility among Medicaid recipients. Outcomes are improved, and money is saved — it's a win-win for governors of both parties.
And as for immigration, I was one of the first to see the importance of border control. Even before Sept. 11, I argued for a Department of Homeland Security. So now, Bush's plan for guest workers will have to wait. The House Republicans, who still listen to me, will be the big winners; they will block the White House plan and reap the benefit with the voters. By contrast, the Senate Republicans sided with the White House, taking the side of open borders; now they will reap an unpleasant political whirlwind. Indeed, the Senate whirlwind-reapers include most of the '08 hopefuls: John McCain, Bill Frist, Chuck Hagel and Sam Brownback. All voted wrong this year; all will be blown away in the GOP primaries. Meanwhile, the Democrats are using my political ideas. Look at this headline in The Hill on June 15: "Democrats can't get enough of Newt Gingrich's slogan." Back in March I had said the Democrats could recapture Congress by using a two-word slogan: "Had enough?" Those two simple words, after all, were used by the Republicans back in their victorious year of 1946.
And now the Pelosi Democrats, proving again that they have
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How would Allen compare to Pence? I really haven't started following the '08 election yet, so don't know much on either.
Same problem...no name ID. Could be remedied by '08, though, as no one had heard of Clinton in 1990.
I think Allen would stack up very well to Pence, in fact I think Pence would endorse him.
>>If you liked what Bill Clinton did with interns in the White House you will love what Gingrich does with them. <<
And yet oddly enough, interns and or private affairs in general don't figure much into my vote for President. I vote on policy and the liklihood of getting that policy carried out with some consideration for whether I would trust the person to run a war.
You're absolutely right. That's why they wanted the turncoat Jim Webb to challenge him for re-election. The Rats know that Webb will not win. They just want to keep it close to damage a potential Allen presidential candidacy in 2008. They've already trotted out the first "polls" by the Rat pollster, Zogby, to try and mislead people into thinking that Webb has closed the gap to five points. That is a bunch of road apples.
Would Newt win against Evan?
Newt has zero chance of ever being elected.
I think we need him to fill the "bull dog" vice president position. He could survive that look at Cheney!!
He's a very weak public speaker. I like him, but he's not ready to run for the big office; I'm thinking VP first and then a run for the top job.
Correction, the MSM ruined his chances. They wag the GOP. I'd like an intense primary for the candidates, and Gingrich would bring that.
Remember the MSM will attempt to ruin any GOP front runner. They usually succeed, if not their targets need years to recover. With Gingrich it would be old hat, if they attack his record and ideas, they lose.
George Allen is my choice as he continues to stand with Oklahoma's Dr. Tom Coburn on issue after issue. George Allen is my kind of conservative who is not afraid to stand for his beliefs, articulate, very good looking, and loves football.
All the activists I know in Oklahoma support George Allen especially after his great speech at our GOP Convention in 2005.
You're right that the MSM will attempt to ruin the GOP frontrunner. But Newt didn't need them to ruin his own political career with his actions. He can't blame them for his own inopportune (I'm being very kind here) actions.
Nope. Newt would be an easy mark for just about anybody the Dems would put up.
I saw Allen speaking at a political dinner on C-Span awhile back. I thought he was a very good speaker. Certainly as good as our current president--and I think better. Speaking well is important, but there are other more important attributes. It does give the arrogant MSM a tool to attack a president by, though, that's for certain.
Who then? Who do you think dug into up his personnel life and presented it in the worse possible light. And sorry, I don't think you're being very 'kind'.
What we do know is that he's been straight as an arrow with us and with conservatism.
To the contrary, Clinton's dalliances make Newt electable...IMHO
The morals of an Alley Cat...
No thank you.
Pass. Newt is so 1997...
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