Posted on 01/23/2012 6:54:27 PM PST by Steelfish
Romney Takes It To Gingrich At Outset of Florida Debate
Mitt Romney dropped the gloves within minutes of the outset of tonight's Republican presidential debate, assailing main rival Newt Gingrich as an unreliable conservative who could embarrass the GOP.
The former Massachusetts governor, who suffered a 12-point loss just last Saturday to Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, went aggressively after Gingrich at the very top of tonight's NBC News/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times debate — reflecting his effort to halt any momentum Gingrich carries into Florida's Jan. 31 primary.
"The speaker was given the opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994. And at the end of four years, he had to resign in disgrace," Romney said.
Romney hammered Gingrich on his work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac and the ethics troubles Gingrich encountered as speaker, reminding primary voters of the headaches Gingrich had caused for the party during his time in office.
"Don't forget at the end of the speaker's term as speaker, his approval rating was down to 18 percent. We suffered historic losses," Romney said.
It was the kind of red-hot fight most political observers had expected tonight after the GOP presidential primary was thrown into upheaval by the former House speaker's victory in this past weekend's in South Carolina.
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I guess beauty really IS in the eye of the beholder.
Romney DID attack Newt, and I thought Newt stood his ground pretty well, pointed out that Mitt’s accusations were a mishmash of errors. I don’t think Mitt was able to draw any blood.
Resign in disgrace? The push to get Newt out of the way was a coordinatewd effort by Nazi Pelozi and the GOP. Nazi wanted the House and the Speaker's job. The GOP wanted Newt out so they could spend like Democrats to buy votes. We expect Nazi to do what she did. What the GOP did was reprehensible.
Remember Newt was initially replaced by Bob Livingston. He was a friend of Newt. The GOP got rid of him because he had an affair, and installed Dennis Hastert as Speaker. Hastert presided over the GOP spending spree that eventually gave Nazi Pelozi what she wanted by running fake conservatives.
Certainly, Newt did not personally conceive the 1994 GOP victory. And he didn't plan the election strategy for the Republicans that year.
All he did was come up with the lame "Contract with America," which with hindsight, was totally cynical and useless.
I am afraid that we will get the same results that we got after 1994 if Newt gets elected now.
Romney is no better, probably slightly worse. The choices we have are garbage, but Newt is slightly better.
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Then it’s a replay? If so, that’s amazing. I did a Google about not seeing it, and there’s was a report that NBC nixes primetime debate. Sounds like it was boring, so what’s the consensus-—who won? Might not even bother to watch.
Willard sounds like a spoiled brat. He is accustomed to buying what he wants and feels entitled to the presidency. We have a president now who feels much the same way. We do not need another privileged character in the White House.
Still on.
Try www.nbcnews.com
Romney is acting childish and vindictive and I don’t think he scored at all. He keeps pandering to the people of Florida forgetting the rest of the nation is watching and waiting for him to attack Obamas poicies.
He also said he would not go on the attack and accused Newts team of putting out negative ads. Newt denied it and Romney kept making the same charge. Didn’t Romney deny his attack ads? Why does he feel it’s okay for him to deny them but wrong if Newt does. Romney is a liar and hypocrit.
Tonight Romney showed what kind of president he would be. Another Obama!
As I recall, Newt’s “terrible ethics violation” was that he wrote a book and kept the money. Charges were rigged by the Dems and his enemies in the GOP and they railroaded him out.
Enter Hillary Clinton who wrote her book for REALLY big money and everything was just fine because the world just couldn’t do without “It Takes a Village.”
And this is what Willard finds so “disgraceful” about Newt. He should be ashamed of himself. I will never vote for this over-privileged cry baby.
Mitt = Arnold Schwarzenegger is the problem...
I am mostly listening to it, Mitt gets nervous and excitable, jerky, and halting, when he is trying to fake passion and energy, he has a response for everything which serves him, but it lacks oomph, it is reminiscent of many old tired debaters that we have seen, adequate, but not more.
I just realized how annoying his voice is, it is abrasive and kind of high, shrill for a man.
Professor Newt has a much calmer, commanding voice, I am more convinced that he knows these topics, and has created his own thoughts that he is expressing
Both of their words seem OK, but I will be surprised if it isn’t mentioned that Mitt seemed a little over the top, and desperate.
As I recall, Newt’s “terrible ethics violation” was that he wrote a book and kept the money. Charges were rigged by the Dems and his enemies in the GOP and they railroaded him out.
Enter Hillary Clinton who wrote her book for REALLY big money and everything was just fine because the world just couldn’t do without “It Takes a Village.”
And this is what Willard finds so “disgraceful” about Newt. He should be ashamed of himself. I will never vote for this over-privileged cry baby.
NBC has it on at 9:00 p.m. on the West Coast. Obviously they’re not showing it live. It will be a tape. Only God and NBC knows why!
He is Newt the Grandpa now.
After serving as a liberal politician and then trying to sound conservative, he comes across as lacking a soul.
You think he was coached by Ann Coulter? poor Mitt saying how he was attacked in SC by Newt. As if he hasnt spent or his super pacs havent spent MILLIONS attacking Newt
Yeah, there is a degree of separation in his speaking, internally he is not connected with his words and what he is trying to present.
Romney is like a lifelong gay man trying to express lust for the female body, he has heard the words said a million times, but I’m not feeling it when he uses them.
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