Posted on 05/29/2010 6:02:56 AM PDT by speciallybland
Newt Gingrich is increasingly looking like a very serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 if he decides to take the plunge. He's been posting significant support in all of our state by state polling looking ahead to the contest, but his performance on our California poll this week was particularly impressive.
Gingrich led the way in the state with 28% on our poll to 25% for Mitt Romney, 18% for Sarah Palin, 13% for Mike Huckabee, and 10% for Ron Paul. California (obviously) is a long way from Georgia and Gingrich putting up those kinds of numbers so far from home is a clear sign that he'd be more than a regional candidate.
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You know, I hope not.
I like Newt...don’t get me wrong.
But he is so much better as a historian and as a talking head, he really ought to stay where he is.
NO!
I hate to burst anyone’s bubbles, but this is a non-starter IMHO. Gingrich may be a brilliant politician, but his personal negatives are too high to get very far. Someone needs to tell him straight up and save him some time and money.
NO NO NO!!!!!
H E L L no.
Um - NO.
That "carbon-loading the atmosphere" remark was the last straw for me...
Check, check and check.
Pass.
no
I think there are a lot of people, like Newt and Sarah, who could really enhance the candidacy of the right person without the risk of the personal destruction so many in the press and on the Left have planned if one of them runs.
Ronald Reagan proved the right person as president can make a huge difference to the world. Jimmy Carter proved anyone can become president. George H. Bush sorta showed us we don't really need a president. Obama is showing us it can dangerous to have a president.
I hope Newt stays out and provides his support to someone.
I’m not quite as cynical as I was just six months ago about Newt being a RINO.
Gingrich SEEMS to have had a change of heart and sounds more Conservative as of late. But then again, so does McCain ...
If we had an Obama, we could put Newt into his teleprompter and that would be an ideal solution.
NO!!
From Wikipedia:
Public Policy Polling (PPP) is an American, Democratic Party-affiliated polling firm . . .
The neutrality of PPP’s surveys has been questioned since the firm’s clients are exclusively Democratic-affiliated organizations, and because surveys on health care reform have included polarizing questions such as if respondents think President Barack Obama is the “Antichrist”.
It's not the RINO bit I'm talking about. He is an egghead...and, as such, I don't believe that he would consider anybody else smart enough to really advise him. That is not a good trait in anybody, no matter what their philosophy.
Maybe he has had a change of heart since he converted to Catholicism...but I, frankly, have not seen it.
We aren’t serious about him.
Gingrich looking delirious is more like it.
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