That is an absurd and unsupportable comparison. Newt has a trophy case full of conservative achievements that Mitt Romney couldn’t even dream about.
Newt took back the House as the public face of the Republican party in 1994 after 40 years out of power. That came with enough momentum to keep them in power for 12 years.
Newt fought behind the scenes throughout the ‘80s to keep the Republican party platform conservative, anti-tax and anti-communist.
Newt stood up to Bush Sr.’s pledge to raise taxes, publically denouncing his plan and drawing the ire of the party elites. The desire to punish him for this courageous act of speaking conservative truth to power remains one of the top reasons the party has tried to sabotage his presidential campaign.
Newt forced Clinton to pass balanced budgets and welfare reform.
Newt's stewardship over the government’s purse strings coincided with a national economic boom.
Newt came one vote away from passing a balanced budget amendment that would have prevented the entire fiscal crisis we’re in now.
Newt sent the partial-birth abortion bans to Clinton which were vetoed, but laid the groundwork for them to be passed under Bush.
Newt along with Reagan are the two great conservative leaders of the last 30 years. They didn’t just talk on TV or the radio, they got concrete results and made things happen, facing up to all of the spiteful and hateful scrutiny that comes from the opposition when you take bold stands like that.
While they were doing that, Romney was denouncing Ronald Reagan’s record, refusing to sign onto Newt’s Contract with America, and losing elections badly. Newt is a man who stood for the same conservative principles for decades and has the record to back it up. Romney is a man who spoke as a liberal and governed as a liberal, and only now SAYS he's changed his mind on everything with nothing to back it up.
I am not pumping Mitt. I am telling you that Newt is a phony. I would not trust him farther than I could spit.
Apparently, many voters feel as I do or Newt would be ahead, but...he isn’t.
All you have to do is go back to a year ago around here. That is the real Newt. I will not pretend because he talks saying what folks want to hear in order to get elected, that he would stick to that.
Anyhoo, I will vote for the non Romney in Indiana, that is the best you will get from me. I will not vote for Newt. Sorry.
My vote is my vote. I won’t tell you who to vote for. Don’t try to tell me who to vote for. I thought our vote was still private.