Absolutely. No one - NO ONE - gets enthused over a coward or an appeaser. Democrats learned this fact many election cycles ago, while the GOP is apparently content to pretend it is not a factor.
Nonetheless, it is a factor, if not THE factor.
I'm not a big fan of Newt Gingrich, but I'm not much of a fan of anyone outside of wage-earning, lower middle class, flyover country types anymore.
Lincoln (a flawed man) said of Grant (a flawed man): "I can't spare this man- he fights!" Newt is willing to fight Obama and the communists. McCain was (and is) only willing to bully other Republicans and conservatives. Newt already knows names, and I am gratified to watch him kick some asses.
I don't need another messiah, I don't want a fuehrer, and I don't expect a saint. I want someone who will at least stand up and throw a punch in person instead of not doing it at all or having surrogates do it.
Mr. niteowl77
And that is exactly where the republican voter base is right now.
It is also what the talking heads are not getting.
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