Gingrich, for all of "pluses" (and there are many) is not electable for many reasons, most important of which (I'm sad to say) is appearance. Too many voters will vote for Obama's car-salesman smile over Gingrich's dissolute slob optics. (Yes, things should be different.)
Mister Gingrich's numerous crazy Ivans while in the Congress and while in front of a camera would provide endless fodder for the billion dollars of campaign $$$ that Obama has extracted from his fellow travelers. The easiest job in the world, my FRiends, would be to write anti-Newt ad copy. There is nobody Newt G can blame for this, he chose to say the things he said, to cast the votes he voted, and to make the "family" decisions he made. Frankly, Gingrich's toxicity is his own doing.
Santorum keeps looking more and more like a winner, and our best possible candidate (from among the group of 4 remaining.)
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Ever since Michelle Bachmann dropped out I have been saying that Santorum was the only one left worth voting for. I believe that Newt and Paul are the only two in the campaign that never had a chance to win against Obama.
Unfortunately Rick Santorum, while better than Romney is not near the candidate Michelle Bachman was as far as conservative principles. Rick voting against right to work laws is an example of his lack of conservative principles, but you have to work with what you have.
I really think that Santorum has a good chance at beating Romney. He doesn’t need any help from Newt Gingrich, except I think if Newt were to drop out now that Rick could possibly win every primary from here on. With Newt taking 10 or 15% of the votes away from Santorum it allows Mitt Romney to get his 35 or 40% to be at the top.
I realize that it looks like Newt is in it just to hurt Romney, I don’t believe that is true. Newt is in it for Newt and will be just as hard on Santorum as he is on Mitt Romney when he realizes that Santorum will take it away from him.
There is a lot to really like about Newt, I sure love the way he handles the press but his emotions too often get the best of him. I don’t think he could ever win an election against Obama, sad!
I think that Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney could easily win against the “O”. If Mitt Romney was what he says he is in his political speeches then he might be a really good president but alas he has never governed from the right, and I know of nothing to make me believe that he would in the future.
Rick Santorum has a pretty good voting record, he has definitely been on the right side of the abortion issue. Mitt Romney, although he says he is NOW on the right side of the abortion issue, talk is cheap.
Which ever candidate wins, they need to emphasize that abortion has killed 40 milion black kids. I think that is the only way to get the black vote. If you take nearly any percentage of the black vote away from the Democrats you will win the election. Nobody is willing to go after the black vote because they think Democrats is all blacks know and trust, but I think with the abortion issue it is doable.
Go Rick!