Some Democratic strategists worry about Gingrich’s potential appeal

Wapo ^ | 12/04/11 | Peter Wallsten and Anne E. Kornblut,

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Democratic strategist Jim Jordan says he and others in the party “passionately” want to face Gingrich. And from the right, conservative pundit Ann Coulter is warning that the former House speaker’s past extramarital affairs and other baggage make him a far less formidable nominee than Romney.

But even as Gingrich’s sudden rise has filled many Obama supporters with cheer and some Republicans with dread, some Democratic strategists worry that the combative Gingrich presents some challenges for the Obama campaign that would not exist if Romney were the GOP candidate....

Gingrich could pursue a strategy that combines energizing the conservative base and chipping away Democratic support among Hispanics — an electoral formula that helped George Bush win in 2004.

Some Democrats believe that Gingrich ... would excite the party base more than a former liberal-state governor with a history of centrist views. And voters yearning for authenticity may be more open to the voluble and rumpled former House speaker, who frequently discusses his past mistakes and his recent conversion to Catholicism, than to a former ­equity-fund executive with perfect hair.

“He does not carry Wall Street baggage,” said one Democratic strategist working on the Obama reelection effort, speaking on the condition of anonymity to freely discuss his thinking. “He’s really smart. He’s authentic....”

Gingrich has an extensive Hispanic outreach organization, which he has been building for years. Unlike anything in the Romney playbook, that network could give Gingrich a head start slicing into Obama’s base in key states in the Mountain West, where Hispanics are a fast-growing swing voting bloc. Polls show Hispanic voters ... still favor the president — but GOP strategists believe that winning 40 percent of that vote could disrupt Obama’s electoral college strategy by putting Colorado, Arizona and Nevada in the Republican column.

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[Arrowhead1952]

No, just calling them in for the leftovers. It signed up yesterday. I’ve been hunting for a thread from yesterday when FR went on the fritz.

[Lady Jag]

[50mm]

Democrats and Independents do not like him one bit.

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[manc]

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[TheOldLady]

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[TheOldLady]

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[Condor51]

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[TheOldLady]

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[Godzilla]

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[TheOldLady]

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[Lazamataz]

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[bcsco]

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[Godzilla]

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[TheOldLady]

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[Godzilla]

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