Posted on 11/08/2011 8:31:31 PM PST by Steelfish
OPINIONNOVEMBER 9, 2011 Why Gingrich Could Win Herman Cain's prospects were good until this week brought accusatory testimony from a woman who showed up in person, with detail.
By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ
Newt Gingrich's rise in the polls—from near zero to the third slot in several polls—should come as no surprise to people who have been watching the Republican debates, now drawing television viewers as never before. The former speaker has stood out at these forums, the debater whose audiences seem to hang on his words and on a flow of thought rich in substance, a world apart from the usual that the political season brings.
"Substance" is too cold a word, perhaps, for the intense feeling that candidate Gingrich delivers so coolly in debates. Too cold too, no doubt, to describe the reactions of his listeners, visible on the faces of the crowds attending these forums—in their expressions, caught on C-SPAN's cameras, in the speed with which their desultory politeness disappears once a Gingrich talk begins. Their disengagement—the tendency to look around the room, chat with their neighbors—vanishes. The room is on high alert.
The Gingrich effect showed dramatically at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition forum last month—an occasion for which most of the candidates had, not surprisingly, prepared addresses focused on the importance of religion in their lives. Michele Bachmann told how, after struggle and indecision, she had found her way to God. So did Rick Perry. Rick Santorum provided a lengthy narrative on his personal commitment to the battle against partial-birth abortion—a history evidently from which no detail had been omitted. Ron Paul offered quotes from the Old and New Testaments where, it seems, he located support for his views on the dollar.
There were two exceptions to the lineup of speeches....
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Unless conservatives learn to deal with the destruction of their frontrunner, none of them will win.
can’t trust a person that makes a video w/ nancy pelos, al sharpton, agrees w/ john kerry on global warming in a debate, etc. etc.
Why Pigs Could Fly!
MSM would have Newt for lunch. Republicans would not like some of his liberal views.
anyone but a conservative for wsj and faux noos.
I wouldn’t vote for Newt under any circumstance. He is simply unreliable.
Oh please....Gingrich will never be president.
What is with these people calling the Cain campaign down and out.
We’ll see, but so far there’s no indication he’s done.
I do agree, however, that if Cain were to lose ground, it would be Newt who took up the slack. Until that point, Newt better get used to “Mr. Vice President!”
newt would run barry screaming from the debate stage..it wouldnt even be roughly equal. bring it on.
More garbage from those who fail to admit that Herman Cain is up in both popularity and fundraising.
I believe that Newt could certainly win. Time will tell....
Don’t you get tired of repeating this mantra? Broken OLD record. Have you heard Newt Lately? Like on Fox News & Piers Morgan just tonight?
Brush up on CURRENT events will you?
Agree 100%.
I sense a new “meme” in the MSM, anyone else?
Of course, what do I know? I am not and have not been a big R Republican for almost 15 years now.
yep
And everyone knows that he absolutely can and will deliver, as no other candidate can.
Ping
I see all of the “Destroy everyone who isn't Herman Cain” folks have already made their presence known.
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