Newt’s already for 0% corporate income tax and 15% flat income tax.
He lost Iowa and New Hampshire and is losing Florida because he did not focus on attacks on Romney’s Bain Capital record. He won South Carolina precisely because he focused on Romney’s Bain Capital record there. Romney’s record at Bain Capital is one of a coldhearted, unethical “buyout baron” and corporate raider who helped bankrupt companies and kill American jobs. It makes him unelectable either in a Republican primary or in the general election. When it’s made the focus of a campaign, he loses. There is no other way to defeat him unless the electorate is heavily stacked with hardcore ideological conservatives. If Romney is allowed to use his business record as a positive, he wins. If his opponents highlight his unseemly business practices, that adds a negative to his resume at the same time it takes away a positive, and he loses.
“Newt’s already for 0% corporate income tax and 15% flat income tax.
He lost Iowa and New Hampshire and is losing Florida because he did not focus on attacks on Romney’s Bain Capital record. He won South Carolina precisely because he focused on Romney’s Bain Capital record there. Romney’s record at Bain Capital is one of a coldhearted, unethical “buyout baron” and corporate raider who helped bankrupt companies and kill American jobs. It makes him unelectable either in a Republican primary or in the general election. When it’s made the focus of a campaign, he loses. There is no other way to defeat him unless the electorate is heavily stacked with hardcore ideological conservatives. If Romney is allowed to use his business record as a positive, he wins. If his opponents highlight his unseemly business practices, that adds a negative to his resume at the same time it takes away a positive, and he loses.”
Your post has some truths and some things I disagree with. Newt’s policies are better for business and he does want lower taxes. But his rhetoric painted him as a Stalinist Commie. And created the illusion Romney was more in favor of capitalism.
The issue is if you attack Bain you move the Republican party to the left. You help to destroy conservatism. Attack Romneycare. Attack his pro-choice past. Attack his flip flops. Do not touch Bain. The more wise people say, “Do not touch Bain!”, the more it seems some people are drawn to attack it - reminds me of Lord of the Rings.