Santorum came out of nowhere and won Iowa precisely because he was the only candidate willing to take on the gay mafia. Newt's win in South Carolina was what really divided the vote and made it a three-way race.
Social issues still matter. Newt turned me, and a whole lot of other social conservatives, off with his cheap shots at Paul Ryan about right-wing social engineering.
And, yes, Newt is still the best debater in the field without question.
Unfortunately, you still need some of the feelings voters to win, Newt's biggest area of weakness.
Yep, that’s exactly it and why the Newt supporters were so frantic about South Carolina.
Had Newt lost there - we’d have Santorum as the nominee. Instead we got stuck with Newt, and enough people stuck with him to split the vote and hand Romney the victory.
What pissed me off about Newt was the support for global warming, the support for ‘sustainability’, the support for the lefty cause de jour, and we were all supposed to ignore it because Newt was ‘smart’.
Well I’m sorry, it doesn’t take brains to parrot Pelosi. For someone who’s perceived as brilliant, he’s sure made many boneheaded decisions.