Any Republican candidate is going to get hit with an onslaught that the press will mischaracterize and blow out of proportion.
Newt at least has the articulation skills to stand up to the onslaught, plus the historical grounding of founding principles.
Fannie/Freddie issue is probably the most damaging thing in his past, unless he has been cheating on wifey number 3.
A flawed candidate to be sure, but perhaps the only one knowledgeable enough about the way the federal government works, and the intent of the founding principles to provide the leadership for what needs to be done. Unless some other candidate get in.
At least I am enjoying watching him in the debates.
His answers to specific questions, one on one, are even more enlightening.
For instance on "Fannie/Freddie issue is probably the most damaging thing in his past":
Newt had a consulting firm. It was not a one man show. Fannie/Freddie contracted with that company for some $1M+ over 5 years. $200K/yr to a company is ? when it comes to Washington retainers?
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I like Glenn Thrush said on Politico about who Obama really wants to go up against in the election. “If Romney is a conventional enemy, Gingrich poses an asymmetrical threat: He’s simply a more dangerous, talented and unpredictable political actor than Romney.”
Beating Romney for Obama would be like beating his little brother at checkers. Taking on Newt would be like taking on Garry Kasparov at chess.
What are we on now, the fourth or fifth distinct anti-Newt narrative in two weeks? Either nothing has stuck so far or Newt has managed to throw everyone off of what they were focused on with his own moments of shock and awe. The infidelity narrative got blown away when Newt bashed Romney for his tactics at Bain capital. Now the Freddie Mac stuff seems to be fading away as people focus on Newt’s somewhat radical position on the judiciary. I constantly have the feeling that Newt’s thinking two steps ahead of the public and three steps ahead of the media.
Bill Kristol on Fox News Sunday this weekend said Newt is not as damaged as the Washington elites think he is and may have weathered the worst of the attacks. I think the bottom line is the media has tried to put him in a box, wrap him up and ship him off, but he keeps finding his way out of the box.