Newt is showing he has little self control, he allows himself to get sucker punched time and again... then responds in kind. he wasn’t able to rise above it, and he felt compelled to attack Romney’s money, very unrepublican...
Romney’s attack ad approach goes all the way back to Nauvoo, IL. You don’t like how someone’s criticizing you? Don’t answer their charges; use any means to destroy them instead.
Well dps.inspect, are you saying that Newt doesn’t have a right to get pissed when someone is outright LYING about you? Wouldn’t you want to hit back? And he wasn’t attacking Mitt’s money, he was attacking the PERSPECTIVE that Mitt has because of his silver-spoon-money upbringing and lifestyle.
However, at this point, I would agree that he needs to just take a small swat at the blood-sucking mosquito then get back to attacking Obama and putting forth a solid message. He doesn’t need to pick back up the sword.
In the end of it all a good many people will vote for a personality more than a political platform. Those folks tend to look for someone they can envision sitting in the Oval Office and talking to them on TV. When Newt goes all over the board with new ideas every hour, he doesn't instill confidence in his ability to focus.
He needs to craft a solid message and stay with it. If I were in his camp, I'd be going through Obama statements and using every opportunity to rebut them and focus on him while ignoring Mitt. Newt is going to have to rise above the clutter to find voter confidence. Back and forth arguing doesn't serve him well.
Women supported Mitt in much larger numbers than was the case with Newt. Just as I have been SHOUTING for the past few months, women voters are the backbone we need to beat Obama in November, and both Romney and Santorum can motivate enough women to vote for them on the family, loyalty and values subjects. Again, I maintain that Gingrich will get no such support from the majority of women in this Nation, and this goes back to the Tiger Woods scandals.