Comments on: Sounding Presidential? Newt Gingrich Knocks Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin

By: timzank

timzank — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:56:09 +0000

Sooner or later, the conservative folks in this country have got to stand up and stick to their principles. I’ve always thought the world of Newt, he is brilliant man and a great author. I especially admire his knowledge of history, he is fascinating to listen to.

That being said, I don’t want him in charge of a damn thing anymore. He doesn’t speak for me anymore politically. I’d love to see him fade away to a University and teach and write books. These are not the times for “making concessions”, “looking the other way”, or “reaching across the aisle” to make nice with people that are digging this country’s grave.

He can knock Beck and Palin all he wants, it doesn’t matter anymore. They get it. They understand why we are pi$$ed off. Get out of the way and go write a book Newt, your political clout is fading as fast as the true meaning of the constitution.

By: ImNotBlue

ImNotBlue — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:21:59 +0000

Well, M… I think the difference is really politics versus principal. Do the Republicans risk the available seat, in favor of someone who most represents them… or do they play it safe, and win for the sake of winning. Both strategies have their merits and their flaws.

Although, I wouldn’t worry as much about 2012. When it comes to the big race, as always, the parties will fall in line. “Our guy,” even if we don’t agree 100%, is still better than “your guy”… or so the theory will go. It may be focused enough to win over the House or Senate… but the Presidential race is too big too take to chances.

By: m

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:54:57 +0000

So basically, you want the Republican party to become smaller and increasingly marginalized?

By: ChrisNH

ChrisNH — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:27:15 +0000

After the year that we’ve just had, RINOs are clearly losing some of the support they thought they could count on. I agree with ‘m’ that this bit of chameleonship’ by ‘Newt’ (pun intended) will fail. True conservatives have NO interest in ‘moving to the center.’ The lesser evil, I suppose, is to throw RINOs under the bus whenever and wherever they appear. To support them is to take 2 steps back for every one forward. In the end, you’re still moving backwards. Many people (myself included) just don’t want to do that ’2-step’ any more.

By: m

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:41:56 +0000

This is a really interesting development within the Republican movement, because it’s the exact opposite of Howard Dean’s strategy when he became head of the DNC back in early 2005.

Democrats today who are upset with “Conservadems” in Congress just don’t realize that they’re the reason for the large Democratic victories. Yes, they push legislation to the middle – and getting votes becomes sorta like herding cats. But being in power is better than having no power at all. The best way to assure electoral victory is to move to the middle.

I think we’ll know by 2012 how this strategy turned out. My bets is big failure.