Posted on 11/23/2011 7:19:55 AM PST by Notwithstanding
"The significant trends continue and Newt Gingrich takes the lead."
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Anybody but Romney is good. All the others are fine candidates and better than the current occupant.
I trend in that same direction.
“The race was his to lose, and he snarfed it on foreign policy questions”
That was the MSM reaction to his response, so everyone thinks he’s “out”.
What if MSM had done the same to Obama, for any number of things?
MSM is running this primary.
Whoever can silence the media twits, beat Obama, and is not Romney: that’s a good thing.
If I heard right, FoxNews announced this morning that Sen. Thune has endorsed ........... Romney.
“giving my money directly to candidates I support and ignoring the party”.
This is what I do now too, Gonzo. If the RNC supports Rinos, which they currently do, they will not get one plug nickel from me.
Research the core Conservative candidates around the country who have a chance of winning in key races...and contribute what we can to help them.
Only problem with this is that you get on their mailing lists for life! :-)
Newt insisted that borders be secured and that employers be penalized for hiring illegals (”I do believe we should control the border. I do believe we should have very severe penalties for employers”).
Newt did NOT suggest citizenship for longtime illegals. Instead, he suggested that citizen panels review the status of illegals and then determine who will be deported and who will be allowed to stay as foreign nationals with a “red card”. The illegals who take but don’t contribute get deported. Those who have a track record of contributing and not taking get a red card. This red card status allows productive illegals to stay and be transferred to a legal visitor status until they break the rules, and it makes them ineligible for welfare and other entitlement programs and won’t allow them to vote because they are not citizens.
Given the practical reality that we will NEVER be able to deport 10 Million illegals, what Newt proposes is practical and also addresses the pathetic situation we are in now.
After last night’s amnesty statement, that will be the last time you’ll see Newt surging. If Romney is smart, he’ll jump on it and point out that any mention of amnesty encourages more illegals to try and enter the country. He should also hammer the fact that amnesty screws the people who are “on line” to come here or stay here LEGALLY. IMO, Newt just handed Romney a BIG opening with Conservatives.
PS: That Perry “you had illegal gardeners working at your house” crap does NOT fly with anyone. Not in the real world, anyway.
I think that Cain had a good recovery last night. Syria does depend on its oil exports for hard currency, and getting Europe to cut them off would hurt that regime. A blockade would work even better.
I think that Newt handed this one back to Herman Cain.
I don’t know. Cain is so inept when it comes to foreign policy. Its just like Dole and McCain. Its Romney’s “turn”. Fortunately, I think things are so bad, that Romney could beat Obama.
Sorry, but this whole debate last night was engineered to hurt Newt - the one the media fears most. All of you here complaining about him are giving the MSM a victory.
Newt was hardly called upon to answer questions - he could have knocked most of them out of the park. The focus was mostly on Paul to make it appear that he is “coming back.”
The few questions he was asked were designed to damage him - an assault by Wolf Blitzer, whom we know came into the debate with the intent to damage Newt.
The bottom line is that, like it or not, Newt is far better than Obama and the best of the field that can actually win the primary. Shhhhhh... don’t tell the MSM...
And, as someone has already mentioned, 25 years is not an arbitrary number... 1986 was the year Reagan granted “Amnesty,” even though he was duped. So, the people Newt was talking about are already legal under Reagan’s law.
Your solution involves the deportation of 10 million illegals, which is not a real solution, but rather is a fantasy (a fantasy I share with you). Fantasy is by definition not grounded in reality.
Point me to a solution grounded in reality - one that is practical politically and logistically.
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