Posted on 12/21/2011 4:48:52 PM PST by TBBT
There’s Good Newt, Bad Newt, and now Righteously P.O.’d Newt. The image of Romney as a gutless, too-slick moneybags who’s paying others to do his dirty work for him while pretending that he’s powerless to stop them would resonate deeply if Gingrich can really push it over the next two weeks. But how’s he going to do that? There are no more debates scheduled before the caucuses and people are tuning out of politics for the holidays. And even if Newt decided to run ads about it, the likely beneficiary as Romney suffers and slumps in the polls would be Ron Paul, not Gingrich. The terrible dilemma for resource-strapped candidates in Iowa is that not only do they need a message that can beat two very different candidates in Paul and Mitt, but a Paul win there is almost as good as a Romney win when it comes to Mitt winning the nomination. That’s why some social conservatives are scrambling to unite behind a single candidate, of course, even if their choice of candidate to unite behind seems curious. You need to beat both right now or else Romney starts to look inevitable.
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It would be a good tactic for Newt to employ...
At least he's not the Beltway's candidate.
In general I think this is a good idea, but if it gets ugly in a debate during the holidays, it could backfire on them both.
LOVE IT...BUT IN THIS CASE ROMNEY CAN’T TAKE THE HEAT AND BET YOU (NOT 10,000) HE STAYS OUT OF THE KITCHEN.
GOOOOOOOOOOO GET EM NEWT!!!!!!!!!!!
Time to kick some Mitt ass!!!! The MSM, Bachman, Santorium and Paul have sat on the sidelines letting this slick salesman get away with murder.
As Mitt says, “it’s time to man-up”. Bring it on Romney!
Cowardly Romney wouldn’t even go on the Fox News All Star Panel.
Even if Allahpundit's spin on this were correct and Ron Paul were the beneficiary, this would still be a good strategy. Stalling Romney's momentum out of the gate would help ensure a longer, drawn out primary process which would almost certainly be to Newt's benefit. Romney's phony image would shatter under protracted scrutiny.
The Iowa Caucus is corrupt anyway. The left registers GOP then votes for the one they want to run against their candidate. It’s been going on since Bob Dole.
Welcome aboard.
You could easily drive me away. You seem to be trying.
For saying “welcome aboard”?
Go ahead... drive away.
Ron Paul will flame out so fast he will make Herman Cain look like a comet.
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