But,that does not always translate into doing the right thing as many have proved beyond a doubt on this thread.
When it comes to trust I really don't trust any of the current candidates to do the right thing all the time.They just don't have what it takes like others here would. I trust those of us in the New Media in the blogosphere more than I trust any of those running for office.
At that point the challenge is to get our guys to do the right thing which is always a challenge.
Hopefully, if we get both houses and the Presidency they will be out of excuses for not doing the right thing and will think in terms of what is good for the country instead of what is good for getting re-elected.
Either way we have to be their guides. We have to be the conscience of those in office. They definitely need our guidance.
It's up to us to be on target every time since they never will.Newt remains 80/20 probably as good as we will get. So he's as good as any running and brighter than most. Not a rousing Marco Rubio/Sarah Palin endorsement from me but the best I can muster.
Yes, in the end, it is up to US - We The People - to make the changes we know the country needs stick.
I honestly think Newt is the type that, once he’s in power, he WON’T be all that receptive to the conservative base. He also thinks he is the smartest person in the room.
I can’t recall him keeping on track, or getting back on track, until conservatives punished him by taking away something that was important to him, like the potential to win the presidency (his plummet in the polls just after he entered the race and tripped over basic conservative principles so badly).
I just don’t see how we’ll have any leverage on him were he to get in the White House as President. (As VP, his continued tenure would be dependent upon helping to make the President’s agenda successful, so there would be some built-in restraints there.)
The only time he’s walked back some of this crappola is when it was clear that conservatives were going to reject him completely IN A QUEST FOR OFFICE (i.e., power). He’ll have all the power he could ever possibly obtain if he became President.
That said, I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee. And I do agree there’s a fair chance he *would* be a really good President.