Posted on 11/10/2006 6:52:35 PM PST by Momaw Nadon
IMHO, Newt Gingrich won't be elected President, but he is far and away the best choice for the post of top Republican strategist. Whether this is in the RNC or somewhere else, I don't know.
He needs to call the shots in 2008 while maintaining a low public profile. He can be the true "architect" of conservative victory once more. He led us to victory in 1994. He can do so again in 2008.
Gingrich should be to Romney what Rove is to Bush.
And on top of being brilliant, he can speak to the average person without the political mombo-jumbo that befalls most politicans.
So, those "conservatives" who withold their votes from Republicans who don't meet their idea of a "conservative" are doomed to foment chronic failure and strife because there isn't an individual on earth who could satisfy them all -- they would bicker among themselves, even.
It seems there are an awful lot of people who confuse "principle" with with "pride." You, Rembrandt fan, are NOT one of them, nor I hope am I. Like you, I am willing to "hold my nose and vote Republican." We accept that politics, like life, sometimes means having to make the choice between bad versus worse.
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I agree, Hitlery Roddamn is a hundred times more vile than Newt. Only trouble is that none of her corruption will ever hit the media.
Honestly, his perceived personality. He just doesn't come across as the most personable guy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a great fan of Newt. I love Newt. He is a brilliant conservative.
He would make a great President. But I don't see swing voters who decide general elections liking him as much as we do.
It's unfortunate, but looks and personality are a big part of Presidential politics.
IMHO, Romney IS Presidential.
What Romney needs to do is work on his conservative credentials.
Hot temper.
Personality.
Thin Skin.
Who are we talking about?
HARRY TRUMAN!!
It must be Harry Truman.
You guys are so young you not only don't remember what Newt did for the party, but you don't remember Truman or now that I think of it, Ike.
Ike had a temper that was something else and the vocabulary to go with it.
But both of these guys had something the public wanted and they accepted them for being great men in a period when you would have been put in jail for running the TV ads that run during my breakfast.
Get some spine and put up the man you want. The hell with MSM and what the nervous Nellies think.
Of course, we could run Letterman. I am sure everyone would love him.
"With the divorce rate what it is, something like 50%, I wonder how many of the freepers here that are tsk tsking over Newt are themselves divorced.
And I wonder how many of those got pretty tired of going without sex for the last year or two they battled with the still wife (hey, a pun!) but not a loving wife, so they started a relationship earlier than what would be considered correct under the strict rules we are applying tonight.
This is not Jerry Springer's confession time, but the point is that human nature being what it is, I expect some who have the most criticism of Newt probably could not pass the test for clean that they expect of Newt.
This is not 1950. Right or not, times have changed and the majority of people will accept divorce unless bones were broken.
At least Newt should try. Nothing happens unless you try."
Ditto all the above. I, for one, will never hold a divorce against anyone when considering them for elected office. Call me a cynic, but I question how much love actually exists in the marriages of wedded politicians who've never had a divorce. I guess my prolonged exposure to the Clintons has me seeing such marriages with a jaundiced eye, assuming that they remain married out of expediency, whether for political or selfish gain.
Anyhoo, Newt is my current top pick for '08. Anytime I catch him on CSPAN giving lecture, or on Fox tearing Colmes a new asshole, I stop and watch with extreme satisfaction.
Let's go!
He is pro-life, anti-gay marriage, anti-amnesty, tough on national security and he just slashed $425 million from the budget. Additionally, he is extremely articulate and quite good looking.
Nobody is perfect.
Uh. What were his comments?
Maybe he can be Newt's Vp then?
I agree. No Republican candidate for President is perfect.
We need to ask ourselves 2 questions:
1. Do we agree with the candidate on enough issues to give our support?
2. Can the candidate win? Specifically, can the Republican Presidential candidate beat Hitlery?
We must narrow the pool of contenders to only those who get a yes answer to both questions.
IMHO, Mitt Romney is the OPTIMAL candidate.
He is not perfect, but I believe he is the best chance we have.
Why not? Whatever works!
I think you might be right. Wait until more people hear him speak in public, up close and personal. He sort of has this infectious, Reaganesque, uplifting way about him. Many people left the Romney event I attended feeling extremely hopeful. His wife is gorgeous (and also an excellent speech giver) and his sons were all wonderful as well. We could do much worse.
The VP would then have to be from the south or the west, right? Who might that be?
What part of the country the VP comes from is not important.
The VP must be the best qualified to be President on a moment's notice.
Vice President Cheney is a great example.
If he took the RNC position he could be the perfect campaign leader for reviving the conservative movement. Not to mention he could pull in other Class of '94 Repubs for candidate for POTUS. Sanford and Santorum are two such conservatives as I'm sure there are others.
He's certainly got the guts to pull and push the Republican Congress back into shape.
Well, that goes without saying, but the best qualified vice presidential candidate from the strategically chosen state or region offering the most votes would be ideal.
I love the idea of Newt at RNC to whip everyone into shape! And where should Michael Steele go? He's too good to waste. I heard Rove wants him for HUD??
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