Jennifer Rubin, Drudge and Ann Coulter are idiots. They were all in the bag for Romney from day 1 of the primaries. I get that my man, Newt, was a highly flawed candidate in many, many ways. But you know what? He would have done better than Romney. Maybe he wouldn’t have won…but he could have articulated a clear position that was diametrically opposed to | Read More »
I’m sitting here watching the MSM go crazy about Newt staying in the race. How it helps Romney, makes no sense and he has no chance at the nomination etc. It is making me crazy! I think Newt’s strategy is clear and totally plausible. He stays in race, hangs close enough with Rick S on delegates and Mittens does not get what he needs. Mitt | Read More »
Newt and Rick……there is little doubt, that in order to stop Romney, one needs to get out of the race. From my perspective, Newt has more experience, is more dynamic, has more specific ideas and is a better match up against Obama. My feelings are clearly not shared by all conservatives as Santorum is getting more votes than Newt in most states at the moment. | Read More »
Contrary to popular belief, I am beginning to think the race could come down to these two. Romney is one more gaffe (poor, severely etc) or disappointing finish from being done. I continue to wonder where his votes are coming from in the first place. He seems to garner very little enthusiastic support beyond the electability argument and that is starting to fade fast. So | Read More »
I think Rick is great. Really strong candidate. Not a perfect candidate, none are. Problem is I think Newt is just a stronger candidate this time around and he has gotten both my money and my time. One of the two really needs to get out or we will all lose by nominating a very liberal Republican who can’t beat Obama. As it stands Rick has less | Read More »
Take a look at the new 2 min spot…..thoughts….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAkKl3Y8xmQ&sns=em Seems pretty powerful on what Newt says about the Obama/Romney differences being pretty incremental and far from stark. Should the campaign run this widely?
Is it me or does there seem to be a bit of a backlash in Florida the last 24 hours or so against the Romney lies, distortions and his trying to buy the nomination? A few polls that include Sunday, seem to show the race tightening and there has been some press on this today. Not sure it will be enough to overcome the damage to | Read More »
I think you are selling Newt short. There is no candidate who can better articulate conservative principles like individual responsibility, getting government out of the way, lower taxes and liberty than Newt. Is he a perfect vessel? No he is not. He is a flawed human being like all of us. However he has made his peace with God and is a new creation according | Read More »
Rush just said “Newt stands for an IDEAL, Mitt stands for getting himself elected” This sums it up well. Newt stands for conservative principles of smaller government, individual freedom, individual responsibility, pro life principles, Christian values and freedom (even if he is not a perfect model). Mitt repeatedly will say anything to get elected, just look at how he distanced himself from RR in his | Read More »
Well, that wasn’t so bad! A clearly bitter ex offered nothing new and ABC even played Newt’s debate response! ABC even sort of discredited her by pointing out that she met with an arms dealer and allegedly asked for millions to try and influence Newt. I wonder how much, someone paid her for tonight’s interview. She also discussed Newt asking for a divorce and she | Read More »
Rick Santorum appears to be a great man, a solid republican and a wonderful retail campaigner. He is not a nationally viable candidate at this time. He may have won or tied Iowa but let’s face it, he cannot beat Romney and cant beat Obama. Imagine the impact a Santorum exit today or tomorrow could have on the Gingrich campaign. It would stop the “drudged” | Read More »
Newt needs to stand up and state very clearly for the media, that this Bain business is NOT an attack on capitalism. It is an attack on the ethics, character and decision making of a man who wants to be President. Just like Newt must answer for every vote he has cast in his career, so must Mitt answer for the decisions he made, especially | Read More »
I am sensing the Newt momentum has stopped and is likely slipping. I continue to believe that he is the smartest and most consistently conservative of the “electable” candidates. The primary chinks in the armour seem to be the fannie/freddie consulting and the individual mandate. His primary opponents are hitting him hard – and I fear it’s working. The fact is, despite those past actions, he | Read More »
My blood starts to boil when I see all of the supposedly conservate commentators and pundits say Newt is “unelectable”. Against Obama, of all people, an extremely smart, reasonably conservative candidate who has a track record of balancing the budget and working sucessfully with a Bill Clinton is unelectable? I cry foul! How can that be true? Certainly Newt was at one time a polarizing | Read More »
I say good riddance to David Brooks. In his piece today, he sounds like any other mainstream media leftist hack in excessive praise of the Obama transition and appointments so far. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/opinion/21brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion] Where exactly is the conservative in this so called conservative columnist? The Obama appointments from my (hopefully conservative) perspective have been awful. They have been extremely liberal. They have been Washington insiders (Change??). | Read More »
I read in the Libertarian magazine Reason, that Libertarians were expected to vote for Obama by a greater than 6-4 margin. When I worked on my first republican campaign in 1988 (JKFP) most of my colleagues were self described small government libertarians. It strikes me as a sad state of affairs when our party cannot win the vote of this group. The question is why? | Read More »
Is our Constitution really not important to them? This is a very strange issue. It could be put to rest so easily by BO by just producing the original and the issue is over. The only reason I can think of not to produce it, is it does not exist. This, by itself, does not mean he is not qualified to be president it just | Read More »
Help!!! Virginia is in danger of making a habit of being a blue state. The political calendar is pretty light in 2009 but Virginia will provide one of the first referendums on the BO presidency. In November 2009 Virginia can reclaim its rightful place as a Red State (without even a shade of purple) by electing a solid conservative Bob McDonnell as Governor. The democratic | Read More »
Let the market do it’s job. The Automakers are failing because they have bad union contracts, make poor and not very innovative products and have a bloated and ineffective supply network of waaay too many dealers. I know I have heard the doom and gloom about all of the related companies that rely on the automakers and this is true but they are not going | Read More »
21 months. Thats right 21 months until Labor Day 2010 when the mid-term election season will kick in with national media coverage. Conservatives need to redouble our efforts to win the battle of ideas in the trenches between now and then. We can start (restart) a movement here folks. No matter who we are or where we live or work, there are battles of ideas | Read More »
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