I'm for Newt, and here's why

I support him for more than that, though. I support him because, for the most part, he’s won his fights. he is the only Republican politician I can remember in the last decade who backed down Nancy Pelosi, and it only took a couple of hours for him to do it. I also support him because he is the only candidate, now that Herman Cain is out of the race, who has not only pushed a series of positive messages about what this country can do with him in the Oval Office but has deliberately refrained from savaging his fellow candidates or those who support them. His control has frayed recently, after he came under simultaneous attack from four different candidates in the same week, but he’s holding it together pretty well. I admire that, and I would hope that you do, too.

I am not naive. I know that I will have to keep my eye on Gingrich should he be elected President. I know very well his impulse toward the technological solution and the grand idea. I know that his penchant for brainstorming out loud will lead to headlines that will make me, and most of the country, roll our eyes in disbelief. I know that he can easily come off as arrogant and too clever by half. I will not agree with him in every detail; in fact, I can tell you that I don’t. I have plenty of reasons not to like him. Then again, I have plenty of reasons not to like any of the candidates.

Despite all that, I prefer him to all the others. Much like Abraham Lincoln said of General Ulysses Grant, “He fights”.