Pretty basic, Gingrich does not have the funding to fight the negative campaigns….  He had somehow made it to the top of the stack and his rivals have torn him from the pedestal by launching their negative attack ads. Gingrich has little ability to respond in kind.  IMO his frustration comes from from a sense of helplessness as reality does not match his over inflated ego, he erroneously thought that he had a real chance for the nomination given his short lived success.  

Newt is pretty much done and it probably will not be a gracious exit on his behalf.  

Romney to Gingrich: “U mad, bro?”

Ha, awesome!!

Newt can be a very nasty person.

Weasel words.

Probably the same reason 70% of Republicans and virtually all Independents and Democrats seem angry to you, Willard. You’re icky. You make the skin crawl on the average person.

I admire the audacity of Newt, who has no money for negative ads, to use every minute of free airtime to go negative.

Newt’s done for and good riddance!

Fortunately Republicans and Independents will eventually choose “icky” over ineffective.

Repubs are supporting Romney, taunting that he WILL be the next President. My question is which Romney? The progressive Romney, the independen­t Romney, the Reaganite Romney, the Non-Reagan­ite Romney, the Bush Romney, the Non-Bush Romney? These are ALL things Romney has claimed to be at one point in his never ending quest to become POTUS.

Romney, the capitalist. 

All of the above.
Pathetic.

The right, in contrast, recently generated some of the most spectacular effects on record.  The assorted implosions were bright and hot… the large crash tangled and vast.  Obama has reconstructed enough of the mess that they can certainly manage a small encore.

I think that despite the craziness that has become this campaign, at the end of the day it will come down to Romney vs Obama’s 4 years in office.

I don’t think Obama stands a chance.  

I disagree for a few reasons. Paul supporters will splinter to some degree as a principle/ protest vote… probably in the Nader range but perhaps approaching the Perot level. Evangelicals are the most motivated, organized and energized portion of the Republican coalition. They also happen to be the portion of the coalition least interested in Romney. Many will come around… but a number are bound to be discouraged by what they see as an establishment fix. This will translate over to turnout. Additionally, Obama has recently (and finally for us liberals) proven that he can outmaneuver Congress to effect change while also controlling the narrative (payroll tax). The Romney narrative is the Republican Congressional narrative… and there seems to be little popular taste for that blend.

We have a man named Newt fighting a man named Mitt.

Please enjoy this tea party. They are just like you…..

Certainly, Republicans have a long history of icky and ineffective.

In other words, he is going to go for 100% unemployment? He does love to fire people. And, when it does it in the name of free enterprise and capitalism, it seems to be orgasmic for him.

Obama did good against an ineffective congress.  The only way the Republicans can win is to not allow a bunch of people from voting.  In the Republican Iowa caucus people can sign up for same day registration and no photo ID is required.     

Yeah, he did great with control of both houses for two years.  Summer of Recovery…

Do the Dems plan on producing a budget proposal anytime soon?  900 plus days and counting…

Yeah, he did great with control of both houses for two years.  Summer of Recovery…

Do the Dems plan on producing a budget proposal anytime soon?  900 plus days and counting…

Hopefully he fires Obama in the name of capitalism!

Hopefully he fires Obama in the name of capitalism!

Good analysis, Greg, I disagree though.

I think your scenario is the BEST the Democrats can hope for to win re-election.  I don’t see it happening.  Even if I take off my partisan hat.

At the end of the day Obama will be running against Romney, not congress.

I now live in NJ, and people thought that Corzine would be re-elected by running against the Tea Party, instead of Christie.

And Corzine, like Obama was a failure.  So at the end of the day, a state as blue as NJ went with a Republican.

 

He didn’t have filibuster proof Senate majority. Let me remind you my young friend Republicans loved the filibuster so much they used it a record amount of times. 

The Dems will be passing the budget soon, but others priorities have pushed it back. 

Well, at least Pelosi and crew took care of light bulbs and low flushing toilets.

Thanks for calling me young too!

Obama will run against Romney and Congress. IMHO the two share enough intellectual geography that Mitt is easily damaged by comparison. Mitt is just riddled with flaws… awkwardness, shifting core, entitled history. Could Mitt beat Obama in selected states… of course… honestly don’t see it in a national race. Speculation is of course only that. I have a feeling that the sorts of events that humble men will hold major sway.

Well, at least they’re smart enough not assume a pizza is a vegetable.   I don’t think you want to go down that road, because the examples are endless.

paper tiger-dan quayle 2.0-john kerry without experience or military medals…
Mitt-take 2012

Basically Romney is spinning his prior lie. All the man had to do is keep his nose clean, not get negative, be the classiest guy, and claim the prize easily. Instead, already, Mitt is knee deep in snarky. Why does he do it? Well, maybe he is just a little snarky. But his biggest problem is that he is like rapper with a bad set of home boys, Mitt has the world’s worst advisers.  

Pizza IS a vegetable.  It’s also the best food on the planet and only a commie would disagree.