They were all set to shepherd in Romney as the anointed and then crucify him over Bain, Rich White Guy, Mormon...and a genuine Southerner had to hitch his wagon to the Tea Party and ruin it.
Plus, Newt is as close as they've seen in the political world to someone actually *being* as smart as they claim Teh One (Teleprompter Reader) was.
Now all he needs is to avoid Reagan's mistake of choosing a RINO as VP, and ride the Tea Party Tsunami II into the White House while swamping both Houses of Congress.
Then roll back the Communist tide all the way to before the 1920s.
Cheers!
I hope he picks Ryan as VP. He needs to be in the White House sometime down the line.
By picking dorkie George, Reagan hoped to buy the acquiescence of the same idiot establishment. Even then they threw up the professorial John Anderson against Ronnie as a turd partier.So yes, there is nothing for Newt to gain by a repeat. He knows the history well enough, he was there at the time, so I don't think he will.
“avoid Reagan’s mistake of choosing a RINO as VP”
To fend off charge of “racism” it would be ideal if the VP were a minority, like Allan West or Bobby Jindal.
That ticket would blunt not only the “Republican’s are stupid” attack but the “Republicans are racists” charge. Hee, hee.
Now wait just a minute ..... I thought Harry Reid said the Tea Party was all but dead .... and I’ve heard a number of very ‘smart’ pundits say the Tea Party was in decline. What’s going on here? :-) </sarc>
If he is as smart as he thinks he is he will ask Allen West to be his VP. I would love that ticket although I am still on Santorum’s train.
I tend toward Lt. Col./representative West being a good fit for Newt and the USA. While I’m commenting I want to say that our Nation and It’s exceptionalism is the USA as apart from what some think it should be tied to all the western hemisphere Americas as part of a new world order.
“Now all he needs is to avoid Reagan’s mistake of choosing a RINO as VP . . .”
Wasn’t that a burden put on Reagan by the GOP machine? Correct me if I am wrong, please.
Reagan was hated by establishment Republicans, and of course by all Democrats, from the beginning. He was that generation's Sarah Palin (if she had stayed in).
The establishment Republicans sent in GWH Bush as both a CIA Handler (He was formerly the head of the CIA) and to keep Reagan in check.
I remember him as one of the most visible VP's in my memory, GWH was.
The Establishment forced Reagan to take him.