“Unlike Newt, Rick didn’t make his campaign about bashing capitalism and pandering to Hispanics by talking about ‘inhumane’ immigration policy. He doesn’t have divorces and affairs to deal with and he didn’t work for Freddie Mac. So I can see why many conservatives would go for Rick over Newt.”
Well said. Further, people seem to be ignoring the fact that most likely we’ll have a Republican majority in the House and Senate, and that provides a check on any egregious behavior by the President.
I expect conservatives and the Tea Party will provide plenty of feedback as well.
In my view, Gingrich is a no-go in the general. I say this despite loving his stance on space exploration, which I hope the next President will mostly adopt anyhow. It is based on the idea of free enterprise driving our space program rather than government bureaucracy.