But don’t get me wrong — We don’t need a President with good ideas. We need a President who will RECOGNIZE good ideas, who will SEEK OUT good ideas, who knows how to get good ideas through the political process, who knows how to surround himself with people who can communicate good ideas to him.
If 9-9-9 was a good idea, ANY of our presidential candidates could push it through congress. We don’t need Cain to get 9-9-9, if it is actually a plan that would work.
The question is, which candidate has shown the most experience at getting good ideas, recognizing them, and pushing them through the political process. Which candidate has been able to find ways to implement conservative principles through legislation? Which candidate can articulate conservative principles in a way that encourages others to think of good ideas to implement those principles?
There is one candidate running now who has written a book espousing conservative principles, and who has shown the ability to take good conservative ideas, get to get them implemented and to govern by them. There is one candidate who has both voiced the sound principles of federalism and a limited federal government, and has also implemented executive policies which enact those conservative principles.
And Newt Gingrich wrote the forward:
"FED UP!" -- Rick Perry [forward by NEWT GINGRICH]
Yeah, the more these squabblefests among rinos are aired, the better Newt looks. Frankly, the Republic is more important to me than the supposed baggage Newt is stamped with.