New Gingrich video: Victory or death
posted at 9:40 pm on December 26, 2011 by Allahpundit
The inspiring true story of an American titan who led a movement to save the country from tyranny, was nearly routed, and then through sheer courage and cunning regrouped to ultimately win freedom for the United States — and immortality for himself. I speak, of course, of George Washington’s winter campaign of 1776. Or do I?
First the Pearl Harbor analogy, now this. I laughed at the passage in yesterday’s Bob Woodward article quoting George H.W. Bush’s budget director as saying Newt “talks about four or five great people in history, including Pericles and himself,” but now I wonder. Washington, Lincoln,… Gingrich? Two clips here, one of the ad and one via Mediaite of Krauthammer deadpanning a salute to Newt’s ego. Oh, and be sure to read this Wall Street Journal piece too. You’ll be hearing about it again tomorrow. Exit quotation: “The health bill that Governor Romney signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major changes in the American health system.”
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And the article I was talking about in my last comment is this one:
http://moelane.com/2011/12/26/did-the-va-gop-change-the-rules-on-primary-ballot-access-in-november-2011/
powerpro on December 26, 2011 at 10:52 PM
For the VA ballot conspiracy kooks:
http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/documents/Cidates/Bulletins/20120306PrimaryBulletin.pdf
That is a bulletin from March 2011.
It reads:
Must be signed by not less than 10,000 qualified voters in
The rules have always been the same. VA had been lax in enforcing their own standards and got sued, and so they followed the law and their own standards and worked to ensure the integrity of petitions and elections for 2011 and 2012.
Fir this, we all kinds of hyper-wackiness.
swamp_yankee on December 26, 2011 at 10:54 PM
While the original G Dub had Boston under siege, he still found the gumption to manage the affairs of Mount Vernon, his beloved home, from afar. He wrote letters with careful thought concerning the selection of wood, the placement of fireplaces, wall paper and other details. General Washington was a true Virginian, and he loved his state. Mr. Gingrich, on the other hand, most certainly did not have such a singular affair as the siege of Boston and a Massachusetts winter facing him yet couldn’t find the gumption to muster up enough Virginians to sign a petition for him. Washington could have had that number march with him to New England.
history
ted c on December 26, 2011 at 10:55 PM
For all those pointing to the Virginia situation as evidence of Newt’s “incompetence”: Newt’s the frontrunner – and has been for 6 weeks – against a guy who has been blessed by every kingmaker of the Republican establishment, and who has been running for President for 6 years.
Sounds pretty competent to me.
Paul gets 12%. Bachmann, Santorum & Huntsman are statistical noise.
And Perry has a grand total of 7%, and couldn’t remember the 3rd cabinet department he wanted to close, because the consultant who tells him what to think forgot to put it on a 3 by 5 card.
BCrago66 on December 26, 2011 at 10:55 PM
@ “swamp_yankee”:
Don’t misunderstand the characterisations as to Gingrich. At least as to mine, they’re mostly aimed at the moment, not at the entirety == and at the message, not necessarily the messenger.
Lourdes on December 26, 2011 at 10:57 PM
From that link you posted…………
In other words, that’s an opinion piece by an armchair quarterback.
JPeterman on December 26, 2011 at 10:59 PM
This is a f’n blog post from this one same guy (Moe Lane) on Redstate pumping the same crap. Until I see this substantiated somewhere else, I’m going to call BS on this. There has been no legislation change in VA in the last 6 months. That’s in the public record. The state has said it recommends getting 15,000 petitions since May this year. Fred Thompson and Giuliani in 2008 all got over 15,000 petitions.
haner on December 26, 2011 at 10:59 PM
Are you talking about my Crazy Uncle Ron??!!??..:)
Dire Straits on December 26, 2011 at 10:59 PM
To poorly able choirs, perhaps, but the competent choirs are competitive.
I understand what you’re saying. I have issues with Gingrich but this message here isn’t one of them.
Lourdes on December 26, 2011 at 11:02 PM
Any bet’s that the family stuck him at the “kid’s table” again (for the 62nd year-in-a-row) for Christmas Dinner?
Tim_CA on December 26, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Oh, c’mon, people! It is clear.
Newt is the only GOP candidate with a big enough ego to get elected President. It’s almost as big as Obama’s.
fadetogray on December 26, 2011 at 11:04 PM
You’re refusing to think, and you’re damn proud of it. The Moe Lane post links to a expert on ballot laws, who in turn detailed the still-pending lawsuit causing the VA-GOP to decide to change the rules mid-campaign.
But if you close your eyes, maybe the evidence will go away.
BCrago66 on December 26, 2011 at 11:05 PM
Whatever you say, champ. I know I’m heartbroken that you’re calling it BS.
Totally destroyed even.
Err.. yes I know that.
But like Legal Insurrection, I feel there’s something smelly going on and I think, like I said above, that this is ending up in court and that both Newt and Perry will end up on the ballot.
In other words, I agree with John Fund that it ain’t over.
powerpro on December 26, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Exactly. If any of this stuff written by Moe Lane had any merit, I’m sure AP or Ed would have been on it like stink on a monkey.
I’m putting my money on the expertise of Steve Eggleston who posted comments that were updated by Ed right here.
JPeterman on December 26, 2011 at 11:06 PM
Yes, but did Washington have a $500,000 credit line at Tiffany’s?
Perhaps Martha wasn’t as high maintenance as Callista.
bw222 on December 26, 2011 at 11:06 PM
That was inspiring! I don’t see another candidate that could have pulled that off. Our leader needs to be also a teacher reminding us of our founding fathers and their vision as Sarah started to on her bus tour.
It is the founding fathers vision of a free America that the Union backed socialists seek to destroy along with our constitution making those of us who work slaves to those who don’t want to and won’t.
We are at a crossroads and squishes and shallow religious panderers won’t suffice. We need bold, strong, knowledgeable, and capable.
Newt has accomplished conservative agenda items and policies IN the Belly of the beast the rest haven’t.
ConcealedKerry on December 26, 2011 at 11:07 PM
C’mon fade…..re-read that.
That’s like saying a city bus (while larger than a chevy volt – snicker) is almost as big as a 747.
We’re not even in the same neighborhood.
Tim_CA on December 26, 2011 at 11:08 PM
Until that expert is substantiated by another expert and not a bunch of recursive links to the one and only “expert,” I’m not buying it. Sorry. This has nothing to do with refusing to think, but simple due diligence on not being played by quacks and conspiracy theories. If your evidence is actually true, it will come to light and be validated sooner or later. But all the proof I have gotten from you guys have been from the same source.
haner on December 26, 2011 at 11:09 PM
It looks like you have Moe Lane issues.
Instead of shooting the messenger, how about looking at the source article, which I apparently erroneously believed you’d do when you saw what Lane wrote.
The person who Lane is quoting is not an armchair quarterback or some schmo in their parent’s basement. He’s an expert on ballot laws.
But since Moe Lane summarized the article, I’m sure you’ll feel justified to ignore the very detailed argument he made.
powerpro on December 26, 2011 at 11:09 PM
I’m of the opinion Republicans in Virginia shouuld have the right to vote for the candidate they prefer, and shouldn’t be deprived of that right simply because said candidade didn’t jump through certain whimiscal rules to get their name on the ballot.
The people in Virginia ought to reconsider…discretion is what separates us from the animals.
Dr. Tesla on December 26, 2011 at 11:10 PM
Ah the ad hominem.
When the facts and thoughts presented cannot be readily dismissed, it’s just so much easier attacking the source and attempting to delegitimize them so you don’t even have to bother with the rest of it, no?
powerpro on December 26, 2011 at 11:11 PM
I look at this signature-count-to-qualify issue in Virginia this way:
When you open a checking account that includes terms of “a minimum balance of $100.00″, and you’re paying bills using that account, you don’t spend everything except $100.00 or even $110.00. You leave some “padding” in that account by not spending the minimum PLUS enough extra to cover unexpected charges.
If ten thousand was required, you’d gather seventeen or more thousand. If fifteen thousand was required, you’d gather twenty or more.
It makes no sense that Gingrich and/or campaign didn’t anticipate this issue and manage it successfully.
Lourdes on December 26, 2011 at 11:11 PM
No, people are way off, digging for dirt that isnt there. As far back as May, the state told all campaigns that they needed 10K valid sigs, and should get 15K to be sure.
Its all hype and little substance. The lawsuit was because VA wasnt enforcing the sig requirements strictly enough.
Its actually a countervailing argument. And the standard was the same for all the campaigns. Any serious, professional campaign would have read the requirements in the bulletin linked above.
But honestly, I dont care because there is no there there, and the longer those people want to keep the story alive, great. Because it makes Perry and Newt looks like dopes.
swamp_yankee on December 26, 2011 at 11:11 PM
Moe Lane did not say there had been a change in the law. It was a change of policy by the Party on how it would deal with signature verification.
fadetogray on December 26, 2011 at 11:13 PM
LOL..That is our Uncle Ron..:)
Dire Straits on December 26, 2011 at 11:14 PM
One more time. Issued by the VA Board of election in May, 2011.
Any campaign that was not aware of, or ignored that bulletin is incompetent.
Point blank. End of story.
swamp_yankee on December 26, 2011 at 11:15 PM
I understand what you’re saying Lourdes, but since apparently the “no verify” thing was set at 10k until last month, and both Perry and Newt got over 11k signatures…I’m guessing both campaigns felt that was enough of a pad.
powerpro on December 26, 2011 at 11:15 PM
The will of the people in Virginia is what matters, not some election rules.
Dr. Tesla on December 26, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Yeah. Okay. I did take liberties with the meaning of the world “almost.” Newt’s ego is almost as big as Obama’s in the same way the Earth is almost as big as the Sun, when you compare them to baseballs.
fadetogray on December 26, 2011 at 11:18 PM
I don’t have Moe Lane issues, I’ve never heard of him/her until today. And before you jump on me for being a dim bulb like someone else did the other night, this will be my 2nd presidential election since becoming a citizen in December,2004. I’m still learning from you guys, so bare with me.
JPeterman on December 26, 2011 at 11:19 PM
When Newt defeats Obama, he ought to go down in history with those other guys. His greatness will be confirmed. :)
Dr. Tesla on December 26, 2011 at 11:20 PM
So say Eric Holder, ACORN and AL Gore.
Eric holder just tossed the SC voter ID law that conservatives championed. Now, as a matter of irrationa spite, conservatives cant deal with the fact their preferred candidate screwed up are immaturely blaming everyone from the VA GOP to McDonnell to Romney for their own candidates failings.
Its really a piss poor display of accountability and leadership.
swamp_yankee on December 26, 2011 at 11:21 PM
LMAO – There we go!
Tim_CA on December 26, 2011 at 11:21 PM
You’re right, J. I actually was thinking you were someone else.
My apologies for jumping to a false conclusion. :)
powerpro on December 26, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Well, since it WASN’T “enough of a pad” as to what Perry and Gingrich and campaigns did gather, obviously what they “felt” was either naive or incompetent in the context of the Virginia issue.
So I return to and reiterate what I concluded earlier: it makes no sense that Gingrich and/or campaign didn’t anticipate this issue and manage it successfully.
I appreciate your tempered comments but what I’m saying is that it takes a certain assumption of competence away from both campaigns, that they’d “feel it was enough” or otherwise, not manage this issue competively. It shows both to be inept on an important technical point (though “inept” is a strong word, I don’t mean it pejoratively as to the two men involved, I just mean as to their “campaign readiness”).
Lourdes on December 26, 2011 at 11:23 PM
The VA Republican Committee is engaging in Crony Electioneering and ALL of these “pundits” – FOX News and Hot Air included, are engaging NOT in “finding the truth”, but in “inciting the enemy” and encouraging those who HATE America.
williamg on December 26, 2011 at 11:26 PM
If Newt and these other candidates were not making other state ballots, you may have a point.
But since it’s only Virginia doing the excluding so far, I question Virginia, not the candidates.
I don’t see how they can leave off the Republican contenders who are polled daily and partcipated in all the debates. Virginia knows who these people are and they should be on the ballot.
Dr. Tesla on December 26, 2011 at 11:27 PM
If Newt manages to pull off a victory for this nomination, it will indeed be a joyous occassion to watch the effete establshment’s reaction. Heads exploding like a volley of cannon fire across the landscape of the old guard.
Reggie1971 on December 26, 2011 at 11:28 PM
The GOP candidates AND their campaigns need to commit this to both memory and campaign operations:
– understand that Eric Holder, using our U.S. DoJ, **will* find and **is** going to find every possible loophole to recalculate at the most inopportune moments to possible GOP success in all state balloting; and,
– that state Secretary of State’s are going to be “available” to “interpret” numbers and conditions in such a fashion as to lend support to the first condition above.
We’ve got to be smarter and better at this and get these gangsters out of D.C.
Lourdes on December 26, 2011 at 11:28 PM
I’m not voting for somebody based on how well they get on the ballot in Virginia.
I’m a big picture guy. :)
Dr. Tesla on December 26, 2011 at 11:29 PM
The only thing bigger than Newt’s ego is Mookie’s butt.
galtani on December 26, 2011 at 11:32 PM
You are not going to succeed at doing that if you nominate a guy who does not understand right down in his bones that those guys are gangsters.
Two guys still running don’t get seem to get it, and Newt is not one of them.
fadetogray on December 26, 2011 at 11:32 PM
Romney’s campaign strategy is McCain’s….I’d rather go with Gingrich, ego or not. It’s not like Obama is a man of great humility.
Dr. Tesla on December 26, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Well at least Newt gave a history lesson in his ad, unlike Romney who says vote for me because I am from Yankeedom.
William Eaton on December 27, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Wow! Krauthammer really hates Newt. Do they have a history?
BoxHead1 on December 27, 2011 at 12:09 AM
I’m Newt in the FL primaries knowing he will destroy the old poli & pundit order. I can deal with his stubborness and mistakes.
If Romney wins I’ll vote him in the general, knowing it will likely mean a VAT and Obamneycare.
Either way I’ll keep my job as long as the socialist goes.
Rea1ityCheck on December 27, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Newt didn’t get much USO… he was dug in too deep, or moving too fast. His idea of great R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.
Newt had only two ways home: Death… or Victory.
JohnGalt23 on December 27, 2011 at 12:27 AM
Newt seems like the kind of guy the GOP party people generally promote. His sitting on the couch with Pelosi, working with Al Sharpton, that’s the kind of stuff GOP political consultants love…show you can work with democrats.
They never seem to hate Gingrich until he took a lead over Romney in the polls. Some of the pundits complained about his right wing social engineering comment but that’s because they are love with boy wonder Paul Ryan who doesn’t vote like a conservative on the big fiscal issues anyway.
Dr. Tesla on December 27, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Gringrich stinks after all.
Go hang out with Trump, buddy!
Sherman1864 on December 27, 2011 at 12:30 AM
what a newt-head
Jailbreak on December 27, 2011 at 12:59 AM
Mitt Romney aka the next POTUS is going to Newt-er that clown.
Jailbreak on December 27, 2011 at 12:59 AM
The Woodward article left me nearly speechless…
Frenemy
Emotional Bottomless Pit
Firestarter (Just to Make Them Look)
Humiliation for Fun & Profit
…speechless…
Who kNew(t)?
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 27, 2011 at 1:10 AM
Does anybody take Bob Woodward at his word when he talks Republicans?
He’s one of the biggest leftwingers out there.
Dr. Tesla on December 27, 2011 at 1:23 AM
Luckily, I have seen enough and been enough that information from any side won’t intimidate me or make me eschew it out-of-hand simply because of the author. The Woodward article is a fascinating look at Mr. Gingrich’s calculated (and seemingly capricious) dealings with George H.W. Bush that, before it was all over, comically saw Newt in pseudo-divorce counseling, butthurt because he’s shocked! shocked! I tell ya that a new enemy he’s made doesn’t like him anymore. And there’s the spectre of the Minority Whip alerting a cadre of female family members to his coming betrayal ‘Spectacular Spectacular’, part of which would be on TV.
GHW Bush @ Press Conference: “Where’s Gingrich?”
BAM! In your face, Your Presidential Punk’d-ness!
Heh. I guess I’m over my “speechlessness” now. :p
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 27, 2011 at 2:57 AM
Darned straight. Why one would think that we’re a nation of laws or something the way those Virginians are carrying on.
MJBrutus on December 27, 2011 at 5:01 AM
Problem with that is, according to Redstate’s chief conspiracy nut, Erickon, in 2008 the “unprecedented “verification” process” (his words) was already in place even long before March of the this year:
“Romney, Fred, Rudy, McCain, Huckabee, and Paul all filed over 15,000 signatures each – well above the recommended minimums.”
Erickon even published VA GOP’s email notifying the candidates that year:
“We will be conducting verification at RPV HQ (115 E. Grace St, Richmond) beginning at 9:45am on Monday, December 17th. We will be doing a hard count for number of signatures based on correctness of form (see attached documents for details).”
But as long as there is even one self-deluded person left on the earth there will be a market for even the most goofy of conspiracy theories. (not aimed at you, fadetogray, just speaking of the nature of humanity in general to be unable to accept the obvious.)
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 5:23 AM
Appearing on today’s front page of the Leftist hot bed of journalism known as The Wall Street Journal.
I wonder how Mr. Victory or Death will try to walk this one back. Or how his devoted following will try to spin it.
MJBrutus on December 27, 2011 at 5:59 AM
“Victory or death” Is Newt’s Freudian slip showing? Is he talking about his campaign? Can he be contemplating…? After his botch-up in Virginia you never know. Oh Newt. Nothing is ever that bad. We should organize an intervention with all his friends. First call Nancy Pelosi…
curved space on December 27, 2011 at 6:15 AM
There’s not even a “them” in your source, because all the links and references go to one guy. I didn’t make an ad hominem attack on the source, I said I cannot trust one source, period. I will wait until there are other confirmation, otherwise I’m going to assume there’s more conjecture than real facts in this case.
Are you one of those people who believe everything you read on the Internet as long as they validate your world view and preferences?
haner on December 27, 2011 at 6:21 AM
Great video! Newt is definitely the anti-establishment, not-Romney candidate.
So many establishment hacks are losing it because he’s a threat to their ‘anointed one Romney’ and their status quo ad infinitum. Keep it up Newt.
Coulter, Krauthammer, etc. have gone over the edge. Talk about egos. They magnify their own self importance in the scheme of the political realm. They’ve become so elitist and establishment that they’ve lost touch with the American people, and lost their conservative creds in the process. They’re pouting and kicking their feet because we the people want to pick our own nominee for president, and it ain’t Romney.
I see a grassroots backlash uprising happening out here in the real world. IMO, the Republican party will be dessimated before this primary is over. The new third party (Independent or Conservative I hope) will be larger than the liberal Democrat and establishment rino Republican parties combined.
Wake up Americans. Just tell them you Won’t Get Fooled Again; no more milquetoasts like Dole, McCain, Romney. Enough.
Wont Get Fooled Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6-wG5LLqE
IndeCon on December 27, 2011 at 6:25 AM
Palin, Trump, Bachmann, Cain, Perry, Gingrich, Paul. But that’s it. You won’t get fooled again … this year. Well OK, maybe Santorum for a day or so, but then that’s it.
MJBrutus on December 27, 2011 at 6:33 AM
I would love to see Newt as President! He needs a tan though.
JellyToast on December 27, 2011 at 6:50 AM
Naw, it’s the Romney establishment elites that are getting fooled. It’s like they can’t think for themselves; must have been some kool-aid at their Romney rallies.
Wouldn’t you think the rino Romney’s fans and Romney himself would get the message? The American people do not want him as their nominee, period. The ABRomney mantra is widespread in this country. The majority will vote for any other candidate that stands the slightest chance against Romney, the chosen one.
It obviously doesn’t matter what we the people want does it? Talk about the Obama machine/liberal media getting ‘the one’ elected; we’re looking at the Romney machine/media republican elites dictating that Romney is their ‘anointed one’ this time, since way before a vote is even cast.
The savaging of any candidate that dares to threaten Romney in the polls might feed into the depravity of the elite republican establishment, but this behavior also serves to open the eyes of the American people to the establishment’s corrupt, bitter, we-know-better-than-the-peons attitude. Very dictatorial indeed. Continue pushing Romney on us at your own peril, establishment. You’ll be all alone there in the miniscule remains of the GOP. Ha.
IndeCon on December 27, 2011 at 7:49 AM
So exactly which candidate have the “American people” been screaming for?
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 7:58 AM
It’s the people who vote in the primaries and it is the people who respond to opinion polls. To date Mitt is the only candidate to consistently maintain over 20% support throughout this entire process. And it is the people who will go to the caucus and the polls who will ensure that we do the right thing and first nominate and then elect Romney.
Every other candidate has been rejected by 90% of the people at one time or another. And despite Newt’s recent surge, his crash and ineptitude is bringing him back to that same 90% level faster than he rose. Mitt is on the rise even in Iowa. His competence kept him in position and his competence is allowing him to crest at the perfect time in his candidacy.
The Establishment is your bete noir du jour. Nobody is forcing anyone to vote for Mitt. We live in a free society and the people are proving you wrong.
MJBrutus on December 27, 2011 at 8:04 AM
Victory or death for Newt? I can live with that.
EddieC on December 27, 2011 at 8:13 AM
Yup. For better or worse that is the hard, real world fact. That’s why I asked which of the monthly boomlet-bust candidates IndieCon was offering as “the people’s choice”.
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 8:13 AM
Gingrich is still my favorite candidate of those running – despite all the snarky remarks of obsequious RINO pundits.
I guess it’s more important and easier for these self-appointed “seers-of-the-future” to justify another loss of another RINO than to acknowledge the reality of those candidates we have at hand and acknowledging which has the best chance to beat Obama in 2012. Allahpundit’s neighing for Romney carry no weight for me. While Bachmann or Santorum may have ideological appeal to me, I simply do not see either as possessing the character to fight The Obama Machine.
That *is* a real criterion, as the fundamental point of politics – understood for centuries as war without weapons – is to win…*not* to seek the most ideologically aligned master.
Czar of Defenestration on December 27, 2011 at 8:14 AM
Right now we have a potus that is a Marxist.
He,through his handlers, is incrementally destroying the country little by little.
It’s a pretty good bet that Mitt can win. Mitt will most likely have an easier time beating Zero than Newt.
Problem is Mitt is a rino 50% of the time Newt only 20%. So the decision remains all ours.
Do we take a speculative chance on Newt that he can eek out a victory and totally turn Marxism around in 4 years or go with a sure thing that is Romney knowing he is Newt lite? Romney will never do as much as Newt as far as conservative thinkers are concerned. Its not even a question.
It’s a tough call.
All I would ask is lets keep the playing field level.
rodguy911 on December 27, 2011 at 8:14 AM
For the most part, I don’t have a problem with politicians with large egos. A man or woman seeking high national office rarely cultivates humility. That said, there’s a tipping point where sense of self-importance veers into narcissism and grandiosity, with the endpoint on that particular pride scale being meglomania. That’s a problem. People so afflicted believe life is a movie, they’re the star, and we–the rest of humanity–are bit players and extras making up the cast of millions who exist to serve the heroic narrative.
Our best Presidents, Washington and Lincoln, were humble men, with a clear grasp of their place in the world and their relationship to their countrymen. Our worst, on the other hand–Carter, Obama, and Nixon particularly–had/have a distorted, over-inflated self-image. All of the bad ones–except for Harding, a small-town newspaper editor who was just way, way out of his league, and Buchanan, who was a traitor to the office and an active Confederate sympathizer before there was even a Confederacy–loved themselves more than they loved their country.
Egomaniacs make for bad presidents. It doesn’t matter that Gingrich compares himself to Thatcher, Reagan, and Churchill. It matters that he thinks himself their equal.
troyriser_gopftw on December 27, 2011 at 8:29 AM
RINOS for Mitt
gerrym51 on December 27, 2011 at 8:34 AM
Oh please. Establishment media/pundit/net savaging every one of the candidates, except for Mitt of course, is blatant bias. Even ‘fair and balanced’ Fox News is part of the ‘establishment’ Romney machine now. You’d have to be blind to not see what’s happening here. Before a vote is even cast yet! Wow, at least in 2008, the establishment/media waited for several primary results before they crowned John McCain. They’re really afraid for their precious Mitt this time I guess.
Yeah, Mitt has lived in the 20% zone. You see that as a positive? The man has no core principles, his MA record is ultra- liberal, and he lies about his opponents regularly.
ABRomney! Newt is presidential material, Romney no way. The Obama billion dollar media machine will destroy milquetoast Mitt.
Perhaps the Romney establishment will get their comeuppance yet. The distaste for Romney as the nominee runs deep, and the anger at the establishment foisting him upon us is such that I believe many voters will stick with the ABRomney theme. Literally.
At any rate, the GOP is in deep trouble after this Romney fiasco. Conservatives are running away from the Republican party in droves.
IndeCon on December 27, 2011 at 8:43 AM
So by your criteria, character and electability in the general election, you think Gingrich has the edge?
Character? Really? I’m genuinely curious: what’s your definition of character?
troyriser_gopftw on December 27, 2011 at 8:45 AM
The American people do not want him as their nominee, period.
IndeCon on December 27, 2011 at 7:49 AM
So exactly which candidate have the “American people” been screaming for?
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 7:58 AM
ABRomney! The billion dollar Obama machine/media would destroy milquetoast Romney.
Newt Gingrich would destroy Obama. Ha, no contest.
IndeCon on December 27, 2011 at 8:51 AM
If Newt is the nominee the election will be about his idiosyncrasies rather than Obama’s pathetic economic record. Obama will campaign on the theme that the obstructionist Republicans have prevented him for getting the car out of the ditch Bush drove it into. And Freddie Mac Gingrich would be powerless to explain that it was the the Carter-Clinton CRA (which he praised) that caused us to end up in the ditch, not Bush.
Republicans on this site act like we have the majority. We don’t and we can’t win without the support of Independents. It won’t be too hard for the media to convince Independents that Gingrich is a blowhard. Those who worked with him in Congress understand this which is why he has virtually no support from his Congressional colleagues.
Basilsbest on December 27, 2011 at 8:57 AM
I’m guessing Team Romney’s strategy early on was not to count on capturing the conservative base. Instead, keep 2nd Tier conservative candidates in play for as long as possible, so by the time a significant challenger emerges, the vote will be spread among several conservative or even fringe candidates, with Romney bringing in the social con moderates and fiscal conservatives who like his managerial skills and private sector resume.
From Romney’s perspective, Ron Paul’s candidacy is a gift from God. Ron Paul’s true believers are locked up tight, not going anywhere. The only way Ron Paul’s supporters matter in the primaries is if Paul quits the primary race and then endorses one of the other candidates, such as Gingrich or Perry.
And that bit about ‘Conservatives running away from the GOP in droves’? Any support for that statement?
troyriser_gopftw on December 27, 2011 at 9:02 AM
You must have some secret source to which no one else is privy since all the polling data has shown exactly the opposite outcome to the one you’re offering.
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 9:04 AM
I’ve watched the video.
Where the hell are people getting the implication that Newt is equating himself with George Washington here? It simply does not exist.
This is a beautiful patriotic peace calling for the people of America to rise up and save our nation – nothing more.
mitchellvii on December 27, 2011 at 9:11 AM
Seriously, you have to be a complete idiot or someone with an agenda to see in any way this video as Newt self-aggrandizing.
He is NOT telling us he is George Washington. It just isn’t there.
STOP LYING!
mitchellvii on December 27, 2011 at 9:13 AM
With regards to Newt missing the VA ballot, NO ONE is talking about the OBVIOUS reason. Until a month ago, Newt most likely believed he would no longer even be in the race by the time we got to VA. He had no money to be getting signatures in VA.
Romney had YEARS to get these signatures, Newt had A MONTH.
Why is no one considering this?
mitchellvii on December 27, 2011 at 9:16 AM
Good ad for Newt….Now if we can only get everyone to understand the truth,
and that is that Romney is basically the King George III…he is the leader of the RedCoats and he must be defeated at all costs
georgealbert on December 27, 2011 at 9:22 AM
It’s hard to keep up with who The Great Historian thinks he is – a day ago he was the CO at Pearl Harbor, awhile back it was Theodore Roosevelt.
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 9:22 AM
closed thread?
maverick muse on December 27, 2011 at 10:08 AM
That’s why the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
Seth Halpern on December 27, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Only in one of those alternative history novels that Gingrich writes.
haner on December 27, 2011 at 10:30 AM
So, our current president is already in the pantheon of top-four presidents of all time. And the wanna-be R nominee Newt is in the pantheon of top-four human beings of all time. We truly live in blessed times.
To quote my favorite blogger: what could go wrong?
nukemhill on December 27, 2011 at 10:42 AM
Newt had all the time he needed. He just wasn’t organized enough to get the job done. He’s got no one but himself to blame for this fiasco. Same with Perry.
The others clearly didn’t care enough, so they didn’t put any effort into it. Newt and Perry did care. But they failed to do the job properly.
nukemhill on December 27, 2011 at 10:46 AM
George Washington was able to get on the VA ballot.
In related news, after hearing about not qualifying for the VA ballot, Gingrich swiftly declared war on Japan.
LevStrauss on December 27, 2011 at 10:49 AM
If Barry and the entire MSM want to get away with non-stop references to The Won being the savior of mankind, someone who can lower the oceans, and get his lightworkin’ poppin’n'lockin on…then
Newt can liken himself to George Washington all he likes. Krauthammer deadpans it beautifully though he spoils it a bit with the Freddie Mac quip.
Still waiting to see who Rev. Jeremiah Wright will endorse. Given that he blames the JOooooooooooooooooooooos for taking away his boy Baroque, it’s going to have to be Ron Paul. Paul-Wright 2012: Craziness You Can Believe In.
CorporatePiggy on December 27, 2011 at 10:58 AM
@BCrago66…good post. You started to paint the bigger picture with the stats. Paul will get Paul votes….12%. Romney at 25% for 6 years. Do the math….=37% total. We need to get behind ONE of the remaining candidates and give him/her that 63% NOW!! Otherwise we WILL end up with the STATUS QUO Republican Romney.
coach1228 on December 27, 2011 at 10:59 AM
you’ve posted this before and been disproved before. these are notarized by the collectors for what date. If you think there is a CONSPIRACY it involves a lot of people.
gerrym51 on December 27, 2011 at 11:18 AM
At this point, I want a candidate who is not afraid to take a wrecking ball to Washington. Out of all of them, Gingrich is the only one who has actually done it. I don’t have the link handy, but the story of Newt sabotaging Bush 41 during the “read-my-lips, no new taxes” saga right before the signing, shows me that Newt is not a “go-along-to-get-along” fellow. It took a lot of political courage to do what he did.
Whether he can beat 0bama is the question. But I don’t question Newt’s ability to be the bull in the china closet, and right now, I think that some of the china in D.C. needs to be broken.
cane_loader on December 27, 2011 at 11:18 AM
So we are now finding out that Gingrich also supported Romneycare? Ha ha ha ha…
I said it: Romney and Gingrich are two halves of the same establishment turd sandwich. You vote for one, you will get the other free. Those supporting Gingrich thinking they have a Not-Romney candidate are simply being fooled.
Perry is looking better and better. And it is thanks to things like these leaking out that will make him the last Not-Romney standing. Hence Romney et al trying to kill off the race early. Won’t happen.
Another thing that will doom Newt’s bid is the lack of the massive on-the-ground resources that Romney and Perry have. Even Paul outstrips him in that department.
Watch and learn as poll numbers meet reality.
Go Perry 2012.
TheRightMan on December 27, 2011 at 11:26 AM
It’s a shame that Kerry isn’t running this time around. He and Newt could swap war stories.
whatcat on December 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM
I have no respect for Bob Woodward. I was in college during the Nixon fiasco. Woodward make it his goal to take him down for a relatively small scandal, but looks the other way while Obama swims in them.
Rose on December 27, 2011 at 12:45 PM
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