I'm sick of all of them. Don't we have at least one competent Republican in this country that can run a campaign on actual issues? This is a major disappointment.
I’m sick of all of them. Don’t we have at least one competent Republican in this country that can run a campaign on actual issues? This is a major disappointment.
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You sir, should get the brass ring. This is truly where we are.
There was a time in our country when I thought Newt Gingrich was the greatest name around. He has not matured well. He has turned petty, vicious and lecherous in his old age. He still has a lot of good ideas. Hitler had some good ideas too, like the VW, but I still don’t want him as President. Newt is the first politician on the right who can handle the press. There is a lot still to like about Gingrich but alass there is so much to dislike that any opponent will be able to attack him easily. Romney has shown us that if he has done nothing else good. If we think Romney was hard on Newt just wait until the MSM and Obama get hold of him.
I do not believe that Newt will ever be able to win a national campaign.
Is there an alternative? That is the question. The only person left that doesn’t smell bad is Rick Santorum and he has a bit of trouble handling his emotions in public. Rick Santorum is the closest thing we have to a real conservative. Newt is not a true conservative. True that Newt is way right of Obama and most Democrats but he is not TEA party conservative. Romney is right of, let me see, humm, just give me a little time and I will think of somebody but I can’t put my finger on it right now, well anyway he comes off as a pleasant chap anyway.
Newt will always have the “give them Hell” vote but that is not the majority of the country. There are more registered Democrats than registered Republicans but there are more conservatives than either one. Whomever our candidate is they will have to appeal to many people some of them Democrats. Newt will never get the vote of one Democrat. Newt will never get a vote from even one Democrat leaning Independent. Michelle Bachmann could have gotten votes from all of them.
I don’t mean to be leaving Ron Paul out of this conversation, there is a lot to like about him, so much of what he says makes sense. We are so used to being the worlds policeman that I fear most of us don’t care for his foreign policies. His son is one of my senators, we like him a lot, actually more than his dad.
Anyway, back to my rant. Newt could run third party and make sure that Romney doesn’t take the presidency if Romney wins the nomination, or Newt could get out now and throw all his support behind the one candidate that has been able to hurt Romney, Rick Santorum. Rick is able to tell it like it is. With no alternatives, conservatives will vote for Santorum, especially if he were to make a deal with Paul to make him Fed Chair. Think about it. All the votes that Romney didn’t get going to one person, Santorum could win nationally easily.
I know many of you love Newt, there was a time I did too but now reality has made me realize that he can never be president. The press will make sure of that. After what Newt has done to them they will not just get even, they will get ahead.
Go Rick!
” Don’t we have at least one competent Republican in this country that can run a campaign on actual issues?”
Santorum is running on issues. I fail to understand why he is not doing better. He is the most ‘in line’ with the national mood that swept conservatives to victory in 2010. I don’t think those who voted straight R ticket in 2010 have suddenly become moderate.
I'm sick of all of them. Don't we have at least one competent Republican in this country that can run a campaign on actual issues? This is a major disappointment.
Exactly how I feel. I'm still with Newt, but only because of inertia at this point. My enthusiasm for him disappeared with the moon colony stuff.
As unrealistic as it is, my only hope at this point is that we get to a convention with Romney not having a first ballot majority, and the animosity is so great that someone else has to step in as a compromise. They'd probably lose in the general because of a lack of exposure. but at least I could cast a ballot without cringing in disappointment.