Posted on 11/07/2011 7:00:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The Republican Party seems to be struggling to find a candidate it can unite around. One impediment may be a mindset common among some of my fellow Tea Partiers, a false dichotomy that if you are in government you are part of the problem, and if you are not in government, you are part of the solution -- whatever those problems or solutions may be.
Herman Cain says, "The folks in Washington have held public office. How's that working out for you?" It's a catchy comeback. But is government tenure, whether recent or not, the reality of the problems in Washington? The biggest problem in Washington today is that we have a president who basically has no experience doing anything important or relevant. And he has surrounded himself with advisors and staff that are inexperienced as well. That's the problem.
This problem can befall Democrats or Republicans. Let me give a Republican example. President Bush's first cabinet had many folks with Washington experience like Donald Rumsfeld, John Ashcroft, Mel Martinez, Norm Mineta, and Spencer Abraham. All of these, except Mineta, were conservatives. Many of their replacements had no Washington experience. Most folks would agree that Bush's second term was not as successful as his first. Experience was the difference. Next, let's look at the recent Tea Party successes. Two of the biggest successes are Marco Rubio, who had legislative experience, and Scott Walker, who had much executive and legislative experience. I won't belabor the Tea Party failures here. Needless to say, some of them lacked valuable experience. And what about folks in Washington who agree with the Tea Party, like Senator DeMint or Congressman Pence? They predate the Tea Party but they believe the same policies. Are they part of the problem? No, they are not.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
It is just a beginning and will be fleshed out in detail in time, because Newt has done this before. Go back and read the original Contract with America as well. The Republican Congress implemented virtually all of it in short order.
We had a BUDGET SURPLUS with Newt as Speaker and we almost had a balanced budget amendment had the RINO, Mark Hatfield not bailed in the last minute. Those were the good old fiscal days.
Yes, yes, I know, Newt has his baggage. He galivanted with Nancy Pelosi and endorsed Dede Scazzafava, and then there's the matter of his 3 marriages, etc.
But are we voting for a saint or are we voting for someone who has the experience and RECORD to get us out of our present funk?
Newt sold out for $300,000 by lobbying for Freddie Mac to prevent conservatives call to reform it right before the economic collapse. That’s not a Tea Party person.
I think one of the best things Newt could do right now to advance is own campaign would be to take up the case of one Herman Cain and the vicious and rabid attacks Cain is being forced to endure from the commie DNC press.
Gingrich and Cain should form common cause against the collusion of the so-called “media” with the Democrat Party, and how the institutional malpractice of the profession of journalism is subverting our Republic and the principles for which it stands.
And so the PR Re-packaging of a moderate Republican begins anew.
He needs a strong hand to keep him on the right path.
His political morality is highly situational. In a choice between political principals and political expediency, Newt has picked expediency every time
As time goes on I’m liking Newt more and more....
I'm voting for someone with no beltway coattails. As to "RECORD to get us out of our present funk", Newt's is checkered. Yes, he's the most astute and politically knowledgeable among the candidates, but he's shown tendency too often in the past to ignore his conservative base. Somewhere in a conservative administration? Yes. As president? No.
It is called backbone and we need a standard bearer who has it. And I don't mean backbone in throwing conservatives under the bus.
Spot on. I believe, however, that the collusion extends beyond the Democrats to establishment politicians of all stripes. The political class and its enablers/sponsors have co-opted the media as a mechanism for deceit and self-perpetuation.
I’m not voting for someone virtually guaranteed to screw me at the first opportunity.
He is untrustworthy.
Less bad than Romney, Perry, Huntsman, or Paul I suppose, but everyone else who has decared is better.
Middle of the pack, no matter how good he orates.
Newt:
Good: good opposition leader, good idea guy, good communicator
Bad: can’t keep his pants on, not a good leader in power, says whatever enters his head, gets caught up in global warming and other wacky ideas.
Newt has about 100 ideas every day.
One or two may have value.
Hear, hear!
Newt of the 1990’s is not Newt of 2011.
His conversion to Catholicism suggests to me his “baggage” is being carried by those who don’t believe in Forgiveness and a change of heart.
He’s admitted he screwed up sitting on the couch with Pelosi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I97PfK1GIpI
<< As time goes on I’m liking Newt more and more.... >>
I came out for Newt when this whole process started and had to put up with significant negative feedback from this board when I did.
Yet, he’s starting to look pretty good right about now, isn’t he?
“Yet, he’s starting to look pretty good right about now, isn’t he?”
VERY good I’d say...
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