In fact, his Fannie/Freddie ties are really a great positive in Newt's favor. Everyone should vote for Newt cause he is really a conformist, and his actions prove that.
Yep that's a winning argument: he's just like all the other inside the beltway types-especially the dems - why he can match the dems - sheesh. Do I need the sarcasm tag?
I hope he wins the nomination, I love the way he takes the media and everyone else to school. I am just saying he is NOT perfect, and this is one of his vulnerabilities. But if you want to deny it and pretend he's perfect and this issue is really a positive and will not cost him one single vote go ahead and put your head in the sand.
I figured out two years ago that we would be lucky if we could avoid a repeat in '12 of the '08 McCain nomination debacle. And I have had the same tagline since January '10.
All the things that are wrong with Newt are things that are not wrong with Palin. And Palin would fight, if nominated. But, just as I feared, she couldn't see her way clear to fight for the nomination and fight the general election campaign. We needed to "draft" her, at least in the sense that we needed a grassroots movement to prepare the way for her primary campaign. But even on FR we had a complete fracture, and no unity at all. So here we are, and our choices leave much to be desired.
My take is that other considerations probably don't matter if we nominate someone who cannot, or will not, fight. Which means, will not confront the Associated Press journalism cabal which is in league with the Democratic Party. It is a tough thing to have to do. But if it were impossible, we would never have had a President Reagan, and we wouldn't have a Governor Christie in New Jersey, either.