TitansAFC has done a dynamite job keeping us informed on Newt. Thank you TitansAFC:)
The list is only a few weeks old, so it’s good to see it expanding so much, so fast. Newt is doing a great job, and it is good to see him reveal his plans for a Conservative presidency!
In reality, I think 90% of the folks on the list are like myself, and are adopting the “Buckley Rule.”
It has been a long, long time since we’ve been able to defeat the Establishment pick for President. Only once in almost fifty years have we succeeded, by my count (Reagan). They have had a run of success that has given them the ability to “wag the dog” for a very long time.
Gingrich won’t be the death blow to the Establishment that Sarah Palin would be, or DeMint, or Santorum, et al. But it will be a mortal wound that leaves them bleeding for the whole world to see. Defeating them in a few state primaries in one thing, besting them on a national level is going to rock their universe. Newt doesn’t have every Tea Partier’s support, but he has a lot of it, and it’s going to be hell on Earth for the Establishment Republicans watching a bunch of Tea Partiers planting their flags at the Convention in lieu of their own.
Last time around, the Establishment had three choices. This time around, they fell in almost uniform line around Mitt Romney, and did it before we even knew who was running. They have put all of their power, money, influence, media, and machinery behind Mitt. They changed primaries in the hopes of favoring him, both dates and rules. They did everything to put the fix in like they have successful in doing for decades.
If we can oust their chosen candidate who has THIS MUCH near-unanimous support, and do so soundly - and we just might - they are going to see that NOBODY is safe anymore. We can get them anywhere, as we did in 2010 in Maine, NH, and PA - and now we can beat them in national races.
if we pull this off, the rules will have been changed for good. No more back of the bus for us; welcome to the new reality.