[Buckeye McFrog]

That’s all well and good. But if Newt is our nominee, Obama will run against the cartoon pantomime Newt that has been constructed by the media (much as they have constructed a cartoon pantomime Sarah Palin)

The trick is to get a solid conservative under the radar and out front ahead of the curve, faster than they can be destroyed with gotcha news coverage and Saturday Night Live skits.

[nhwingut]

The trick is to get a solid conservative under the radar and out front ahead of the curve, faster than they can be destroyed with gotcha news coverage and Saturday Night Live skits.

So true. I never thought of it that way. That's exactly what they did to Palin. They saw a bright star at her unveiling in August 2008. And they panicked - as did Obama. (Where did this come from??). Then her convention speech just floored them. So they went into overdrive and started dumpster diving, SNL skits, late night comedy punch lines etc. And they continued through 2011 for the kill shot - to blunt any future plans.

[McGruff]

if Newt is our nominee, Obama will run against the cartoon pantomime Newt that has been constructed by the media (much as they have constructed a cartoon pantomime Sarah Palin)

You think Santorum (or even Romney) won't get the same treatment. The MSM is already painting Santorum as some religious nutcase who's going to ban contraceptives. It's a lie but that hasn't stopped them before. Could be the issue that gets Obama elected.