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Gingrich: The GOP’s in danger of becoming a permanent minority
In a letter Friday to Republican National Committee members, Gingrich, who failed in his bid for the Republican nomination for president this year, warned that the “Clinton-Obama majority could become as dominant as the Roosevelt majority was from 1932 to 1968 presidentially and from 1930 to 1994 in the House of of Representatives.”
Gingrich’s letter, reported in The Hill, was sent to warn that the GOP needs a major overhaul, and said he’ll spend several months working with the RNC on the project.
Gingrich said there are 25 issues the party should address, including more work to include minority communities, a push for the party to compete in big cities and a refusal to ignore parts of the country that lean Democratic.
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Go away Newt and please take your 3rd wife with you.
JPeterman on December 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Democrats are stealing from the future generation, borrowing and spending money we don’t have, making promises they can’t keep. When it collapses, the default position will be Republicanism.
Or … maybe this is all an exercise for the federal government to gain more power. When it all collapses, they will print the money, and decide who gets what, how much, and when.
But I still support individual rights.
Paul-Cincy on December 23, 2012 at 1:56 PM
There’s an open market for ideas and thinking.
Hint: compete.
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Less Newt is good Newt.
Pork-Chop on December 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Disagree
Shy Guy on December 23, 2012 at 2:09 PM
A new Contract with America? Let’s see what’s in it, Newt.
Wethal on December 23, 2012 at 2:13 PM
Lets hope Newt is right. Time to replace the Republican party.
astonerii on December 23, 2012 at 2:21 PM
Gingrich is right. And if the Right can’t accept that it is Gingrich who is spouting the truth, they’re blind.
tommy71 on December 23, 2012 at 2:24 PM
Of course they are because Republicans are so busy attacking each other rather than focusing on the Democrats. It doesn’t matter who comes to the fore, the back benchers will sit there and criticize and cast blame. It’s what they do. Right now the Republicans need some party loyalty and they don’t have it. There is too much hay to be made in the papers being critical of their own leadership.
crosspatch on December 23, 2012 at 2:31 PM
This.
Moesart on December 23, 2012 at 2:31 PM
Newt is already a permanent loon. But I do love the way he takes on the media. He could give lesson on how to do that.
novaculus on December 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM
“He wanted to be president less than anyone I’ve met in my life. He had no desire to . . . run,” said Tagg, who worked with his mother, Ann, to persuade his father to seek the presidency. “If he could have found someone else to take his place . . . he would have been ecstatic to step aside. He is a very private person who loves his family deeply and wants to be with them, but he has deep faith in God and he loves his country, but he doesn’t love the attention.”
Isn’t that just special!
astonerii on December 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM
This is the consequence of almost 50 years now of unlimited mass legal immigration (courtesy of Ted Kennedy and 1965 Immigration Act) from third world socialist countries. But the GOP loves their cheap labor so they don’t mind digging their own graves. 85% comes from third world countries and 60% go on welfare once they’re here. Those are called permanent Democratic voters.
TxAnn56 on December 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM
His 3rd wife knows more about politics than you. That hurts doesn’t it?
Irritable Pundit on December 23, 2012 at 2:35 PM
this will fall on the same ears that said:
Romney was electable
Rush calling Fluke nasty names in public was the way to win
Romney was right to take the 47% message around the country
Making a reversal of Roe vs Wade part of the party platform was smart
That all the polls were wrong except for Gallup (on a good day) and Rasmussen
OWS’s core message was not going to hurt them in the general election
They won’t listen. They think they know it all.
It’s the best disservice to the nation, since they don’t seem to realize that this is a GOVERNING business!! We need a counterparty, not a countercult. They can be that if they want, just get out of governing.
remember: calling me a lib does not change the facts. Go read those threads before you dismiss them as facts. If you weren’t one of them…then I’m not talking about you.
Can.I.be.in.the.middle on December 23, 2012 at 2:51 PM
astonerii on December 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM
yes, that is special.
we need good people in office rather than radicals and charlatans that we have. I know that we are in the age of glib entertainment president…and the celebrity press and od/ed pundits, and that the stars and starlets whose job is to read scripts deign themselves as Expert in all thing human
so, yeah it is special…but totally crushed under the charlatans and snake oil salemen and the bling that is this country
r keller on December 23, 2012 at 2:52 PM
newt is right, btw.
at least about the future of the R party. Now whether is can be salvaged at this point?…not so sure
but newt needs to scare these people. They have very poor personnel systems, poor planning, poor strategic thinking at tne national level.
they have bought into the medias narrative that the media is the legitimate arbiter of truth. That’s a bad move right there
r keller on December 23, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Uhh, no, it’s public education. Wake up dummy.
The GOP will betray you
True_King on December 23, 2012 at 3:08 PM
If the leadership took a consistent, principled approach, maybe the backbenchers would shut up. But that WSJ article about how Boehner kept giving concession after concession was not the sort of thing that inspires loyalty.
Wethal on December 23, 2012 at 3:19 PM
She’s right, but don’t feel bad, so are you.
DFCtomm on December 23, 2012 at 4:14 PM
Maybe if some in the republican party would stop acting like democrats, this wouldn’t be the case.
Loyalty is earned. If the leadership doesn’t want criticism, it should stop giving fellow Republicans reasons to criticize. Not threatening them for refusing to embrace surrender would be a good place to start.
xblade on December 23, 2012 at 4:18 PM