We had our chance when Newt was polling in the 40% range. But Romney’s attack squad and the millions from the corrupt SUPER PACS, took him down with lies and corrupted facts.
Now, we have the fickle base, bound to one thin concept of Social/moral restraint, while the most dangerous aspect of what is happening to this country, is about to go into a phase where there is no hope for recovery. And the candidate they almost worship, has no clue how to go about stopping that disaster from happening.
The only thing I would disagree with you on is the “corrupt” part of Super PACS. Oh, they can be awful at times and many of the current Super PAC ads are terrible. That’s not my point.
My point is that a Super PAC is the one area where any citizen can go and support an advertising message he or she wants. And you will see Super PACS develop and run damned good ads that the parties and the candidates would never run. And that’s a GOOD thing. For example, if Rick Santorum gets the nomination, you’ll see Super PACS running ads that admit RS sucks but put forth the need to beat Obama. If Mitt is the nominee, you’ll see Super PACs that constantly shove Mitt to the right.
It’s that kind of message that will be vital to beat Obama - and NO candidate or political party would EVER run that honest of a message.
Without Super PACS, our entire political discussion would be dominated by the media outlets and the candidates’ campaigns themselves. That’s bad.
You're half right. Romney campaigned like a slimy progressive, but he couldn't take Newt down without Newt's help. If Newt is going to get so personal that he sacrifices the goal of winning for the sake of revenge we're toast. As scummy as Romney's campaign was it's nothing compared to what Hussein's campaign will be. If Newt starts shooting from the hip he's done. Remember this is only a warmup for the general. Right now Romney is the MSM's pick for the nominee (like McCain was). In the general they'll drop Romney like a bad habit and go full bore for Baraq. They'll basically be free advertisement for the DNC. If Newt flakes out now, what'll happen in October?
“fickle base bound to one thin concept of moral restraint....candidate they almost worship, has no clue how to stop..disaster from happening.”
“Ain’t it the Truth, Ain’t it the Truuuth!?”, if I may quote the Lion from Oz. Of course, by his own estimation, their candidate has “Courage”, like said Lion. Not to mention, I’m sure he would have added, if not limited to “one word”... humility, modesty....not so much.
How egotisitcal and shallow does a person have to be to make such a statement about themselves?!