"We're DOOMED! Only Ron Paul can save us! DOOOOOOMED!"
He will nurture the Tea Party and make it stronger as an ally.
This is patently false and causes me to discount the entire article. I specifically remember Newt appearing on Fox News and railing against the TARP bailouts in the fall of 2008.
Nonsense. There is plenty of momentum for a conservative Congress, plus Governors and State legislatures. The lib media are scared of Newt.
Newt is not my top choice, but my sole focus is beating obama.
“Gallup finds that 82 percent of Tea Party affiliated voters deem Newt Gingrich an acceptable Republican presidential nominee in 2012. They don’t seem to realize that if he wins the nod their movement is doomed, regardless of how the general election goes.”
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I have to somewhat agree, along with Savage.
Newt is maybe the sharpest of all, but has a lot of baggage
that he can not just throw away.
America, as well as the Republican party, is in deep doo-doo.
But let me say I just saw Newt on Gretta, and his brain makes Romney look like a pimple on a retards butt.
yea, I am sure that The Atlantic (another 0bamatron organ) is sooooo concerned about the Tea Party.
No, Jonah,
The problem is that tea partiers know in their bones that it is not possible to run a country like the Titanic. You don’t go full throttle when there’s ice in the ocean unless you expect to hit an iceberg.
You don’t claim to support limited government when you permit government tentacles to nip at the edges of Constitutional guarantees and good business practice until the bones of both are all that’s left.
Big government and elite media don’t really think there’s no limit and no end to all this. They just want US to believe it. AND WE DON’T, Jonah.
We don’t. Got it?
A bit of silly contribution by this author. I find his article one of many that tend to try to downplay Republicans regardless of their beliefs.
This seems to be happening all over the Republican (inside the beltway folks) party these days. To me, it is just another act of desperation to get their own moderate Republican nominated..can you say Romney!
Have you notice that almost all of the Party Republicans continue to support Romney? Have you also noticed that all of those folks on TV also support Romney and continue to downgrade other challengers?
Welcome to the world of Politics! Yes, these folks have something to lose if their candidate is NOT elected!
Yes, Politics is make up of crooked politicians and their supporters - time for both term limits and a third party!
Fox seems to be getting a bit desperate on this...a real shame!
Time to move on and join the bandwagon.
There is nothing wrong supporting amnesty, global warming, ethanol subsidies, fairness doctrine, fannie mae, obamacare individual mandate and bashing tea parties as “radical rightwing social engineers”.
These are core tea party principles /sarc
Seriously, we have actual conservatives running.
I sure won’t betray my principles by voting Nancy Pelosi’s best buddy.
Newt was not my first choice but after listening to him on Greta tonight, he has my support. NoBama!
This Freepernut stuck in Connecticut has noticed that not a single like-minded woman in the region can stand Newt. FYI. And (I think) its because of his tacky-looking wife (my opinion). I know that sounds shallow.
I’m just taking notes at this point ...
The writer is full of horse pucky. He is clueless about the “Tea Party”
Mitt, no way. Newt, questionable. Cain out. Palin never in. Perry a woos. I think I will give up my right to vote this time around. Nobody in contention appeals to me. Why not keep the commie in office and hope for the best.
A pity Bachmann isn’t able to perform better. Is it the accent? Or did she sacrifice herself when she helped take down Perry? She seems to be the real deal on every issue. Why don’t Republicans like her?
The Atlantic telling the Tea Party anything is a joke.
As far as I know, the Tea Party will not be fielding a candidate in the 2012 presidential race. I’m not sure when or where the Tea Party convention will be held next year, but if they DO plan to field a candidate they had better get really busy real soon.
Because there will be no Tea Party Candidate, the choice for the electorate is quite simple. The choice is to either: (a) vote for the Republican party candidate, (b) vote for the Democrat party candidate, (c) vote for an alternative party candidate, (d) write in a name of one’s choosing, or (e) stay at home and not vote at all.
Option (a), if undertaken by sufficient numbers of voters, will end the Obama regime by replacing him with a less-than-perfect new president. If these same voters are able to create a Republican-majority Senate and keep a Republican-majority house, then it is even better. Not perfect, but better.
The other options, if undertaken by sufficient numbers of voter, all have the same outcome. They will ensure 4 more years of hearing the words “President Obama”.
As a potential voter, the choice is yours.
By the way - feel free to poke holes in my analysis.
I realize that Newt Gingrich has major liabilities, but don’t you find this editorial over the top? Gingrich is also very knowlegable on the issues and he has some real accomplishments to his record. I’m not saying he’s my first choice, but he’s hardly a disaster.