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Q&A: NEWT GINGRICH ('80-20' Odds Dems Will Win in '08...)
National Journal Group ^ | September 14, 2007 | Staff

Posted on 09/14/2007 8:12:13 AM PDT by jdm

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This is the top headline on Drudge right now, FWIW.
1 posted on 09/14/2007 8:12:14 AM PDT by jdm
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No mention of Hunter.


2 posted on 09/14/2007 8:15:31 AM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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Time for Newt to get over himself. He is a man of quirky ideas, not great ideas. Big difference.


3 posted on 09/14/2007 8:18:22 AM PDT by dinoparty
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You can’t take Newt’s 20 - 80 stuff seriously. Its a bit self serving, to say the least.


4 posted on 09/14/2007 8:19:20 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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Gingrich: I'd be the same age in '12 [that] Reagan was when he was elected in 1980. The most tempting thought about running next year is the idea of debating Senator Clinton. That would be fun.

Why? So you can agree with her? That little 'debate' that you had with John Kerry a while back was very disappointing & demoralizing for a Republican voter.

5 posted on 09/14/2007 8:21:32 AM PDT by Tallguy (Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
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Gingrich thinks he's preparing the ground for his "Savior Of the Party -- And The WORLD!!!" candidacy.

He's lost it.

6 posted on 09/14/2007 8:21:35 AM PDT by r9etb
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80/20 unless something changes, then it could be 50/50 or even wind up with a Republican victory...

In other words... nothing.

I agree with Newt Gingrich that if everything stays the same, the Democrats will win in 2008. But nothing is going to stay the same.


7 posted on 09/14/2007 8:22:34 AM PDT by gridlock (I do not support Hillary Clinton because I am afraid of strong women)
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The 80/20 stuff is nonsense. It’s like betting on the baseball world series winner at the beginning of the season. Not many would have called Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, or Reagan, or Bill Clinton 100 days before the first caucus.


8 posted on 09/14/2007 8:25:43 AM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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Go away, Newt, and take Larry with you. Both of you are dragging our cause down. Why don’t you get that, you spoiled brat?


9 posted on 09/14/2007 8:26:14 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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I’m tired of this cry baby. He so desparately wants to be drafted into the race like Fred was. Him and Novak drive me nuts, they do more harm then good.


10 posted on 09/14/2007 8:27:29 AM PDT by enough_idiocy (www.daypo.net/test-iraq-war.html)
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To: dinoparty

As quirky and odd as a man named Newt can be....
and yet, I continue to think he is more right then wrong and more right then most of the other choices out there.

I watched him in a debate against a very liberal former mayor of NY whose name escapes me, and I thought Newt kicked the crap out of him in every phase of the game. He is a very bright guy. And quirky... not doubt.


11 posted on 09/14/2007 8:29:45 AM PDT by mad puppy (I'd rather live a day on my feet than a year on my knees)
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I think that Gingrich is overly pessimistic about the Republicans’ chances in 2008. The election is more than a year away and a lot can happen in that time. Moreover, I think that Gingrich could end up demoralizing the Republican base with this kind of prediction and with his very tepid support of the Republican presidential candidates. The last thing we need is a big dose of defeatism.


12 posted on 09/14/2007 8:30:15 AM PDT by steadfastconservative
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Wow, some leader!

More sniveling from the right, very unbecoming.


13 posted on 09/14/2007 8:31:24 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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It is beyond me what people see in this man or how anyone could want him to run for President.

His day came and went.

He is completely full of himself.


14 posted on 09/14/2007 8:34:15 AM PDT by Jedidah
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No sale, Newt. You have too many nice things to say about Hillary. That tells me you’ve been in politics too long and your principles have been sanded a little too smooth in the polisher.


15 posted on 09/14/2007 8:35:25 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Senator Clinton should step down!)
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I have to agree with Newt in at least one respect ....none of the Republican candidates so far have really energized the base. The party will need clear and decisive leadership and a candidate that has broad appeal like Reagan.

However, Hillary does not have the ability to convincingly lie like her husband and will have to continue to pander to the left and anti-war forces in her party. That coupled with her often shrill and condescending comments about how "WE" know what's good for you may sour her with rank and file voters. I fear that the far too early start of the campaign will give voters campaign fatigue and result in one of the lowest turnouts in history for a presidential election. That could sway things in either direction.

16 posted on 09/14/2007 8:35:51 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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I watched him in a debate against a very liberal former mayor of NY whose name escapes me, and I thought Newt kicked the crap out of him in every phase of the game.

Newt is smart, I'll give him that. Will he make a good president? I doubt it -- that's what my gut tells me. He already proved that his political skills were best at siezing control of the House of Reps, but did not extend to actually running the place.

17 posted on 09/14/2007 8:36:34 AM PDT by Tallguy (Climate is what you plan for, weather is what you get.)
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I am not with Newt on this one.

Bill Bennett said something this morning that resonated with me.

Now remember this is the guy that told Papa Bush not to go along with Sen. Mitchell and the tax hike.

He said something to the effect that the Dem's have blown it with the Petraeus add, and in effect it will have legs.

It is something to think about, they may already lost, they have not and maybe will not throw MoveOn.org overboard.

18 posted on 09/14/2007 8:38:16 AM PDT by taildragger
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Giuliani is a New York, moderate Republican.

Rudi is a moderate republican my ass. He is a flaming LIBERAL. Simple as that Newt boy.

19 posted on 09/14/2007 8:39:19 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Marxist Dimocrats and ANYONE who supports them is my sworn enemy.)
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80%, isn’t that Rush has been saying about the odds of getting us getting stuck with Missus Clinton, as of right now.


20 posted on 09/14/2007 8:40:12 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (To libs killing a windfarm is bad, letting a gal die in your Oldsmobile is not so bad)
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