Talk about an understatement. Try "whom have no trust in a media industry they view as leftwing propagandists!"
Posted on 01/22/2012 4:57:11 AM PST by lbryce
To say Newt Gingrich capped an extraordinary comeback with a South Carolina victory doesn't quite capture what happened.
It was more like vindication.
The former House speaker came from behind to overtake Mitt Romney on Saturday in a state that for decades has chosen the eventual Republican nominee. On the way there, Gingrich triumphed over months of campaign turmoil and at least two political near-death experiences as well as millions of dollars of attack advertisements and potentially damning personal allegations.
He did it by finding his voice and rallying conservatives with a populist defiance.
"The American people feel that they have elites who have been trying to force us to stop being Americans," Gingrich told cheering supporters in Columbia after he was declared the victor. "It's not that I am a good debater. It's that I articulate the deepest-felt values of the American people."
It was on the debate stage that the pugnacious Gingrich arguably revived his presidential campaign, not once but twice in the past year, by giving a tea party-infused GOP exactly what it's hungering for -- a no-holds-barred attack dog willing to go after President Barack Obama with abandon. If Gingrich wins the nomination, his confrontational attitude against all things Obama likely will be a big reason Republicans choose him over chief rival Romney.
Gingrich, a political strategist in his own right who has a knack for understanding precisely what the GOP electorate wants, has aggressively taken it to Obama since the moment he entered the race last spring determined to turn his nationwide grass-roots network of support that he's cultivated for a decade into a front-running White House campaign.
But he stumbled early, including by disparaging the House Republicans' Medicare proposal as "right-wing social engineering" and was all but forced to apologize after the conservative outcry.
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I read the comments from readers of The Blaze’’ which I’m a big fan of as GBTVl. The vast majority of responses appeared to be in lock step with the anti-Gingrich win.
Is Gingrich just mccain reincarnated? I honestly don’t know. I do know that with all the infighting, it is chipping away at the ammo the Democrats have in their bag of tricks to help bring the empty suit to victory.
The smartest thing the establishment could do is just get on board, because no matter what, Mitt is NOT going to get the presidency.
Gingrich is no McCain. McCain wouldn’t say $h1t if he had a mouthfull.
Gingrich is Ross Perot with brains.
I cannot picture in any shape or manner Gingrich playing dead and basically giving up, or being accepting of 0' as a pres, let alone "our" pres. OTOH, McCain, I can... easily, and McCain did in fact "play dead" (and without really ever getting back up... he just played dead for most of his 2008 campaign).
Most on FR know the msm is a major enemy. Attacking the media is job one for Newt. The reaction is proof. Who are these people who report only what they want to report, report only how it helps their ideology? The internet has exposed them and Newt is going to start the process of bringing them to heel.
Compare that to Obama and you have a winning candidate.
Fox News was in full blown meltdown mode last night. They couldn't mask their anger at what happened.
‘Gingrich can;t win, it's impossible, his negatives are too high...bla bla bla.’
Newt does not have a “knack” for understanding the electorate; he LISTENS!
When he goes out in the hustings, he doesn’t just pontificate, like all the other politicians and the media know-it-alls. He listens to what the people have to say, so that he can then lead them where they want to go.
It’s a basic principle of truly effective leadership, one which most politicians unfortunately ignore.
I’m very big on what Beck is doing, but I sincerely believe he has dropped the ball with Newt.
Glenn seems to be under the mistaken impression that if someone declares themselves a “Jacksonian,” it means they approve of Andrew Jackson’s presidency. When someone like Newt says they’re a Jacksonian, it means they generally avoid involvement, but if attacked will prosecute that attack with extreme prejudice.
Similarly, I believe Glenn has spent so much effort hating on Woodrow Wilson, that when Newt says he’s a Wilsonian, Glenn went ballistic before he ever clarified what Newt means by that.
Talk about an understatement. Try "whom have no trust in a media industry they view as leftwing propagandists!"
Absolutely!
This wasn't just a Gingrich win...it was a 57 (Gingrich plus Santorum) to 28 repudiation of Romney!
Hillary Clinton is living proof that NO ONE can have negatives so high that they’re unelectable.
I worry about Newt being electable. I just spoke to two GOP voters, one truly conservative and one RINOish, both female...who said they “probably won’t” vote for Newt in the general.
One may just go Libertarian and vote Gary Johnson. The other said she may go Obama.
Now, both may well “get over it” and vote for him, but what about swing voters?
Swing voters, by and large, decide elections,and are responsible for Barack Hussein Obama. They are also largely non-ideological, politically ignorant, and usually vote for whomever they “like” best...can Newt win them over?
If only he and the other top contenders for the nomination weren’t members of the CFR (the organization that keeps the nation embroiled in globalism) and the Trilateralists more of us would be happy.
“It’s not that I am a good debater. It’s that I articulate the deepest-felt values of the American people.”
Everytime this guy speaks it’s a teaching moment. It’s like that E. F. Hutton commercial.
If McCain campaigned like Newt we'd never have Obama.
I agree; Beck has been ranting about Newt being a "progressive"; but I think a lot of conservatives have made mistakes in hindsight that they regret. Look at Jim DeMint, who endorsed Romney in 2008.
I regret supporting John McCain in 2008, who is one of the worst GOP presidential candidates of my 57 year lifetime. While you have to honor the man for his POW experience, he has burned up all his token good-will on reaching across the aisle one too many times. I dislike Romney about as much as McCain, both of which are fast-talking two-faced liars that leave conservatism behind once they are elected to the office the envy!
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