Brit Hume’s eyes almost bug out and he starts talking in a fever pitch whenever he talks about Newt. He seems terrified at the prospect of Newt getting the nomination. O’Reilly has been coming back at him saying that Newt can handle these negative attacks and that America is really looking to elect a “problem solver” this time, whoever that might be, and they won’t be focusing on stuff like the marital issues or stuff that happened decades ago.
I’m trying to remember how all these people felt about Sarah Palin. I wonder if a lot of this comes back to an entrenched mindset that if you don’t have an Ivy League education under your belt and haven’t become a multi-millionaire in the private sector, then you’re not cut out to be a leader in the Republican party. The biggest divide between the Republican establishment and the grass-roots seems to be over class. They certainly seem blind to the fact that Mitt Romney’s status as a Wall Street type of big business tycoon isn’t the most marketable thing to be in this rather anti-Wall Street election cycle.
Hannity and O’Reilly both seem to remain fairly in touch with their working class roots. Hannity definitely is not backing Mitt Romney above other candidates. He’s been trying to be equally fair and defend all the candidates. The only one he’s been negative on is Ron Paul, particularly in regards to his foreign policy. He truly seems most approving of Newt, which could be just because they’ve worked together at FOX for a good, long time. I would say O’Reilly is slightly leaning towards Mitt, because he’s being swayed a little by the electability argument.
I think that I saw that, and I was really surprised. I have always been impressed with Brit's reserved manner, but he seemed definately shaken by Newt's ascendency to the top.
"Hannity definitely is not backing Mitt Romney above other candidates. He’s been trying to be equally fair and defend all the candidates"
I agree with that, as far as recently. I can't get a feeling about O'Reilley regarding Newt. He was never impressed with Cain or Paul.