Posted on 11/05/2011 3:34:06 PM PDT by Paladins Prayer
If slow and steady really does win the race, Newt Gingrich could well end up being the Republican nominee for president.
Thus far, this campaign season has been defined by flash-in-the-pan fortunes. Michele Bachmann was first out of the blocks and won the Iowa straw poll, but this seemed much like a house of straw when Texas governor Rick Perry entered the fray and became her Big Bad Wolf. But then he blew his own house down with a series of disastrous debate performances, allowing the Cain Train to pull into the station. This brings us to where we are now, with Herman Cain holding on to a slim lead over Mitt Romney --- with a lot of voters still undecided. And should the bold businessman's stock crash, where will a plurality of his support go?
The answer may surprise you. If polling is any indication, it's not Tea Party caucus chairman Michele Bachmann or staunch states-rights standard bearer Rick Perry.
It's Newt Gingrich.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2792686/posts
Don’t take our word for it. Read Newt’s own works
Well, so far Cain hasn’t fallen, despite rumors (and hopeful “predictions”) of the political class. He’s risen slowly and stayed strong, even with the horrendous crap he’s gone through lately.
Cindie
Lets not forget our left friends who vote in the open primaries.
They would love to give us a McCain like candidate.
I think the Dems have something on Newt and McCain .
It would be Newts job to lose
Unless Newt has completely abandoned the utopianistic post-modernism of the Tofflers, he stands in stark contrast to Mr. Cain with his rooting in the Reagan/Founding Fathers vision for America--IMHO...
The media and libs are really desperate for anyone other than Cain. They kept calling Romney the “front runner” and Cain “not serious” even when he was leading in the polls, and now they say Cain is “flailing because of sexual harassment” despite him not moving in the polls at all, and now it is between Romney and Gingrich?
This should tell any conservative who we need to nominate.
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Not if the country stands a chance.
At this stage of the game, one thing is certain... nothing is certain.
OTOH, I know some libs whose heads would literally explode if he won.
That’s *gotta* be worth something....;D
LOL! Now that’s not nice.
It isn’t worth screwing America for.
Besides, the liberal heads will explode over the election of anyone other than a democrat.
If Cain falters, Newt may outflank Romney. Newt had high negatives in the late 1990s. I did not believe that he ever would have a chance for the Republican nomination. He has been somewhat flaky but I will strongly support him if he is the nominee. The conservative Republican establishment is still dismissing Cain but Cain has a strong chance for the nomination if he can deliver. At this point, no candidate has strongly separated himself from the field so Gringrich is a contender.
Principle, principle, principle.
Well, we shall see what we shall see. Meanwhile, one hour before the Cain/Gingridh debate on C-Span, guess who is flapping his jaws while reading his speech? None other than the great O!
Good post! I concur.
“I will strongly support him if he is the nominee.”
Me too.
Hwy, I’ve got an idea.
Whyn’t y’all take a chill pill, pop some corn, grab a brew and sit back and watch the debate.
None of us knows everything, no matter how convinced we are we do. there’s always room to learn something.
So watch the freaking debate and THEN pontificate...unless, of course you have a candidate better than either Newt or Herman. If so, DO enlighten us.
http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/
Comes on at eight - Warning, if you bring up the link right now, you might want to turn the sound off ;o)
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