Posted on 01/29/2012 11:50:43 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Tea Party or establishment. That's the name of the game in the battle for the Republican presidential primary nomination.
But sometimes it's hard to determine who's who. Frontrunner Mitt Romney has never worked in Washington but has accumulated dozens of endorsements from Republican officialdom. Newt Gingrich was House speaker for four years, and has lived in Washington ever since his 1999 departure from Congress, but he's running as the outsider who knows how to use his experience to crash the corrupt system and rebuild.
The expressions of support are an indicator where the divisions are lining up.
Sarah and Todd Palin have both said they're Gingrich fans. While the former 2008 vice presidential candidate hasn't expressly offered an endorsement, Sarah Palin has frequently worn the mantle of Tea Party spokeswoman.
On Saturday, businessman and one-time candidate Herman Cain jumped in at a Tea Party Express rally vowing his support for Gingrich -- for now.
"I'm not against Mitt Romney if Mitt Romney gets the nomination, I'm gonna support him. But right now, I'm hoping Newt Gingrich gets the nomination and I'm going to work, and try to see to it that he gets the nomination," Cain told Fox News.
On the flip side, Romney has pulled out former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the speaker's former Senate partner on Capitol Hill, to back him up against Gingrich. And on Sunday, Arizona Sen. John McCain explained why Mitt's the man.
"I would say that we had some rather unpleasant experiences with Newt Gingrich and one of them was the government shut down in 1995," said McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential candidate. "My problems with Newt has been over earmark spending, billions and billions and billions. When Newt Gingrich became speaker they turned earmarks into an art form."
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Have you ever read Section 8 of the Constitution? That will tell you why they gave themselves so much power.
You are a very astute poster! Thank you!
“Obamacare will be implemented because Wall Street wants to move health care from business to government. Romney’s federal and Supreme Court nominees will be liberal to moderate, not conservative. The economy will not improve as RComney the moderate will not fight the leftist on deficit spending and regulation. He may even emulate Bush I and compromise on a tax increase on the “wealthy” to curry favor with the media and Dems.”
I am always amazed at the brain power and reasoning ability we have on FR.
Some are nuts, though. lol
“It’s a “me first” congress and it’s not going to change until we change.”
AMEN! It’s not just a “me first” congress, though. It’s a “me and those who have the power and big bucks” congress.
Crony capitalism.......despicable.
Interesting logic?
Well, with Obama we have only four more years.
With Obama lite we have eight.
I’d just as soon cut it short.
That’s my logic.
I will, either, write in a candidate (quite possibly one of the earlier candidates that Romney’s scorched earth machine was able to destroy), or someone else. I don’t know.
I absolutely will vote in every other race.
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