Interesting results. I know that before these debates we would never have trusted Newt. I still don’t, but I can coalesce around him to beat mitt if we have to.
Newt will be unpredictable as president. We could end up really regretting pushing him. I believe that Santorum and perry would be better presidents. But I do not think perry can handle a general election. He might make the idiot crackhead look smart because perry just is not articulate. Btdt.
But Freepers mostly want newt. I wonder why. Presidentin’ doesn’t involve a lot of debates. Newt gets it, but isn’t faithful to principle or anything else.
I appreciate your willingness to back Gingrich, and I note your anxiety. However, I also know that the above italicized part of your post is basically the talking point that the establishment has been running against Gingrich for weeks now.
I don't buy the unpredictable and angry labels that have been placed on him. He was predictable as gravity when he was Speaker of the House. He pushed the Contract with America with integrity. He said he would accomplish those votes and he did. Then he went BEYOND that and actually followed the major portions through to completion: welfare reform, balanced budget, paid down debt, etc.
The other talking points are purely the smear-craft of the Romney/Krauthammer wing of the establishment.
I predict he will do as is stated in his 21st century contract with America. He kept his word in the past; I believe he'll do it again.
Go here for The 21st Century Contract with America
I agree with Marlowe that Gingrich will be an SOB getting this done. That's what has the GOP establishment fearing him....he actually did it over their dead bodies last time.
They vastly prefer being liberal-light to being conservative anything.
I guarantee you that if Romney wins South Carolina that that will lead to a Romney victory in Florida, and that this race will then be over and it will belong to Romney.
Conservatives are allowing the enemy to divide them at the most crucial point of the battle. It is time to come together and back a fighter.