The voter intensity for the Dems would be huge. I have described it as how the GOP base would react if 20 years from now the Dems nominated Nancy Pelosi for President.
I often wonder how many of the people here who fell in love so quickly and completely with Newt were old enough and paying attention to his career as Speaker? I've asked a few, but most don't answer.
I think I did. I’ve been around politics since Johnson. I’ve worked on more campaigns than I can count. I’ve paid great attention to his career. He’s done things for conservatism that no other conservative has done save Reagan. He’s also pissed me off more than once.
The ONLY thing that matters now is what he will do now. If you read his 21st century contract w/ America, his websites, his debates, & speeches one can reasonably conclude he is the Newt that brought about the Republican revolution in the 90’s.
Newt was & is known for following through w/ what he says he’s going to do, sometimes that’s a good thing, sometimes not. I believe he will follow through w/ what he’s saying now. You obviously don’t. We’ll see.
what it is that animates us on the conservative side.
On the GOP side. Conservatives know this is nonsense.
Like McCain in 2008 and Dole in 1996 Newt is the good old GOP Establishment boy that the GOP machine will convince themselves is political “genius” to run.
And then, when confronted by the most fabulously unethical, dishonest well funded Campaign machine in US History, their “good old boy” will be painted as part of the corrupt Washington DC Establishment that “wrecked” the Economy. He will be lucky to win 250 Electoral votes.
The GOP is about to make a major mistake. it is going to run yet another GOP bot who the incumbent Democrat machine will be able to demagogue and out populist.
Newt is DOA. Too bad the GOP-bot machine is too politically incompetent to realize it.
I am guessing most Freepers are too young to be involved in politics in 1994. Or.....they are too old and their memories are not what they used to be :-)