From Red State
Newt Gingrich’s rise has a lot to do with Newt Gingrich’s debate performance. But it has just as much to do with a party base in revolt against its thought and party leaders in Washington, DC. The base is revolting because they swept the GOP back into relevance in Washington just under two years ago and they have been thanked with contempt ever since.
Adding insult to injury, the party and thought leaders now try to foist on the base a milquetoast moderate from Massachusetts. Newt Gingrich can thank Mitt Romney and more for the second look he is getting. Base hostility will now be exacerbated by Mitt Romney’s backers now undoubtedly making a conscious effort to prop up Rick Santorum to shut down Newt Gingrich.
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Newt has taken the worst the media, Romney and the left can dish out, and he’s still standing and fighting with passion and eloquence....
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In every way in the last two weeks, Romney has signaled he won’t fight for the base. He looks like a lost child when trying to answer the taxes issue. He couldn’t stand up to Santorum in the debate. He sounds every bit like Gordon Gekko, not Milton Friedman, when he talks Bain and free markets.
Basically, today’s vote is about Republican grassroots giving the Washington Republican establishment the finger. The base is angry, and right now, only Newt is left to fight for them, as imperfect as he is. We may still end up with Romney, but voters aren’t going to let him have it easily.
I seldom agree with Maureen Dowd but today she wrote:
ReplyDelete“The man who came to Washington on a wave of euphoria has had a presidency with all the joy of a root canal,”
Well stated! At this juncture I would say we are down to two contenders (this could change) each of which would beat the disaster we are currently faced with. I will repeat what I said before and that is our main concern is [elect] ability. That being said, I’m OK with either of the apparent contenders but will what is said in today’s ‘Post’ or Newt’s, perceived, volatility cause a failure to attract the block of voters needed to oust the nightmare, currently, at 1600 Pennsylvania? While what we see as ‘in-fighting’ will strengthen the ultimate candidate, I hope that one will emerge in time to establish a firm foundation to WIN the General Election!
What I fear the most (next to another four years of Obimbo) is a third-party candidate coming on the scene. Talk about being like "Hogan's goat!" The timing is right and that could very well give us the congenital idiot for another... never mind -- I don't want to think about it.
ReplyDeleteIs this is why he is referred to as Mittens?
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ReplyDeleteThe "candidate" that you envision should go down in history as one of the worst criminals of all time!
Shot or hanged at sunrise, JB.
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