Posted on 11/15/2008 1:10:51 PM PST by neverdem
Agreed. Newt has become part of the problem.
Newt Gingrich would be a great choice to lead the RNC.
There are many reasons, and having a man who once led a mid-term victory of 50 seats *IN THE EXACT SAME SCENARIO WE ARE IN TODAY* is a great choice, perhaps the best choice.
http://travismonitor.blogspot.com/2008/11/newt-gingrich-for-rnc-chair.html
Without a leader who ‘gets it’ our efforts to rebuilt the party will be valiant but futile.
To that end, I think we need to draft Newt Gingrich to be RNC Chair:
1. He embraces the use of new technology
2. He shows he ‘gets it’ when it comes to leveraging grassroots networked movements, as shown by his American Solutions effort.
3. He is the most articulate spokesman we have and is high-profile enough to be able to represent the face of the Republican Party and carry some weight. He is a recognizable figure to unify the GOP that has no natural leader at this time. He can go toe-to-toe on Sunday talk shows, can and is already a draw for audiences.
4. Being an outsider of the past 8 years and a critic of Bush administration, he is not tainted by administration’s failures and subsequent unpopularity. He has critiqued the execution of the Iraq war, opposed the bailout, and been critical of administration on spending and immigration. In short, he stands with the people on issues that the Bush WH lost popular support over.
5. He has never wavered from solid conservative principles, taking popular and correct stands, on drilling, on the bailout, on spending, on fixing Iraq, on immigration. He has credibility with the Republican base.
6. He engineered the 1994 victory, and 2010, in our best-case scenario, could and should be a similar repeat. Who better to win in this situation than to bring out the man who won this type of battle before.
Newt should get a real job for a few years and then come back.
“Seriously, I am still convinced Romney was the GOP’s best chance. “
In retrospect, yes, especially given the cratering of the financial system.
“Newt is the one that said the Reagan era is dead.”
No he didnt. You are thinking of Huckabee.
I must respectfully disagree. anyone who spent so much time and political capital undoing his own contract with America fails on all three counts.
Wow, holding up a single statement made 14 years ago, which frankly was a valid one. Clinton treated him and GOP shabbily in a political gamesmanship move. We’ve heard A LOT more whining and complaining from the liberals about Bush, but it never comes across as ‘their fault’. So why do we adopt the liberal spin on things?
If there is a classic case of why the GOP is in the soup, its the assinine backbiting against one of the few GOP spokesman who can articulate the conservative message.
Bring back Barbour
Newt and the WSJ boys have much in common. They believe the global warming fairy tale and the both are weak kneed sisters when it comes to amnesty.
I agree with you.
You beat me to it.
Newt needs to pack it in and hit the road....no credibility remaining....
Yes! Yes! Yes! Get Newt! He’s a Conservative, not a RINO! I want him for party chief, President, anything or everything! Go, Newt!
You must know your own weaknesses and strengths just as much as that of your opponent. We need to learn from this and build something better and I must frankly say Palin is not better. She is just a pretty face. We need a sharp mind that actually answers questions instead of avoiding them all together like she did. It makes her look dumb or deliberately hiding something. We need sharper than that.
Bobby Jindal is the sharp I'm talking about.
Yep, no thinks. I appreciate your work in 1994 Newt, now get lost.
And I say this as a 54 YO conservative.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Well said.
Let us leave yesterdays bad ideas in the past...
Dittos...the Pelosi/Newt ad is ingrained in my mind.
Newt ...is a global warming kook. NO THANKS
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