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Why Newt's Surge Will Continue
American Thinker ^ | 11/17/11 | C. Edmund Wright

Posted on 11/18/2011 3:54:43 PM PST by jageorge72

Newt Gingrich's stumble out of the campaign gate -- causing him to lose his top advisors to Rick Perry -- might well be the best thing that has ever happened to his political career. That, along with his debate performances and a handful of other circumstances, explains why the former speaker of the House is now surging in the polls and why it is likely to continue.

And yes -- those are the words of one who has written Newt off for good on more than one occasion. And for what surely seemed like good reasons.

But those reasons seem long past now, as the former speaker has proven himself a far superior advocate to anyone else running of what it is that animates us on the conservative side. And it is this ability -- combined with our craving for someone who has this ability in light of the inarticulate Bush-McCain years -- that has convinced many to take a second, third, fourth, or fifth look at a man many of us had given up on. Yes, we know that Newt has not always acted like a conservative, and yes, he tends toward being an incessant government tinkerer. Yes, some of those marital issues are troubling, as was NY-23 and the David Gregory/Paul Ryan thing and most of all...the Pelosi global warming thing. Yes, we get all that.

Yet, even so, the daydream of Gingrich debating Obama on a stage bigger than merely the presidential contest is something more and more Tea Party folks and others are publicly fessin' up to sharing. Admit it: you were giving Newt a second look long before you dared say so out loud or post it on a message board.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; election; gingrich; newt
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To: Confab

But there’s a solid argument that Newt (1) hasn’t changed, and (2) if he’s changed, it’s back into someone pursuing intellectual conservatism, not conservatism that comes from his gut.

It’s the latter that has led him to so many missteps. What conservative, or even panderer to conservatives, in their right mind would do and say the things he has done in just the last couple of years, especially knowing he was going to run for president?

Boggles the mind.

Well, bottom line is: we will see, to one extent or another.


181 posted on 11/19/2011 3:01:22 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: Wolfstar

Thank you. Good replies often are generated by good posts (yours).


182 posted on 11/19/2011 3:02:22 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: samtheman
McCain lost the debates. So did Kerry. So did Gore.

Are you saying that, BUT FOR their performance in the presidential debates, McCain, Kerry and Gore would have won the election?

Hell's Bells, as it was John Kerry got over 48% of the popular vote and Gore actually won the popular vote and by a large margin. It was only the genius of our electoral college system that kept those two doofuses from becoming President! The debates had nothing to do with it.

?

183 posted on 11/19/2011 3:08:52 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

Maybe in hindsight I’ll think differently (and a lot will depend upon how Cain performs from here on out), but my own sense is that Gingrich would never had gotten a second look for the top spot had the course of Cain’s campaign not given him that opening.

The fact is Cain and Gingrich offer two completely different persona: the Happy Warrior, pure outsider CEO who exuded optimism and the frumpy somewhat politically absent-minded professor and ultimate D.C. insider who was never quite inspirational in the personal sense.

This also gives me pause. The country is hungry for that kind of authentic optimism of a Cain, and Gingrich just doesn’t have that kind of personality or persona. And what people are drawn to now is actually Attack Newt — “wowzer, just can’t wait to see Obama humiliated” (as if he’s not humiliated every waking moment).

Attack Newt won’t be able to live in the White House. It would be stupid and highly unpresidential for President Gingrich to snap back at reporters the way he is now (to the utter delight of many).

(Plus, when he says “reach out to the Dems,” we all know that he knows what we know, that is, the the Dems INCLUDE THE MSM. Um, so where does that leave those who voted for Newt because he whupped up on Maria Bartiromo?)

So again . . . in addition to the not-inconsequential risk that we’re actually getting the “old boyfriend,” not the “guy who’s changed,” perhaps this is another way in which we’re setting up a severe failure of expectations. Sort of like buying a Porsche in Germany, then getting it home and realizing there really is nowhere you can drive it 200 mph.


184 posted on 11/19/2011 3:24:08 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: samtheman
Saw this link and it made me think of our discussion about actual low expectations of Obama. If you're interested-- HERE
185 posted on 11/20/2011 4:10:44 PM PST by fightinJAG (NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT TAXATION! Everyone should pay taxes, everyone should pay the same rate.)
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To: org.whodat
His so called surge ended with 2 million given him to help blow up the housing market.

His consulting contract (which specifically stated that he would NOT do any lobbying for the benefit of his client) had nothing to do with the collapse of the housing market. That was in the works before he ever signed on with Freddie Mac.

186 posted on 11/21/2011 8:28:01 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ
Great, so where is the link to this contract, the world want to read it.
187 posted on 11/22/2011 3:44:20 AM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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