The latest Rasmussen Poll has Newt Gingrich dropping a dozen points in Iowa. This is either an anomaly, or the result concerted battering of Mr. Gingrich in the opinion pages from wary conservative intellectuals. I suspect it is the former. Barring a fresh public slip, one wouldn’t expect Newt to plunge in the polls, but to gradually disintegrate under the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Newt’s $30,000-Per-Hour Question
Newt Gingrich is such a target rich candidate that his fellow GOP primary candidates don’t seem to know where to begin harming him politically. They hit him with a quip on one thing and then move to another — before any real damage is done to his candidacy. What needs to be performed is a sustained […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Million-Dollar Bounty
Conservative radio host Michael Savage just publicly offered Newt Gingrich $1 million cash to get out of the presidential race. I am broke as all hell, what with Christmas and all, but I’ll kick in an extra $100 towards that end. The only problem is that George Soros can outspend us all. I’m sure he […]
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In the days of a President Obama and a surging (for now) Newt Gingrich, one can’t help but yearn for the early years of the republic when presidential candidates did not campaign for themselves, when others extolled the candidates’ public virtues in their behalf. Face it, Barack Obama was elected president because he was imbued […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, Karl Rove
“When a man of [Newt Gingrich’s] self-confidence begins to feel on top of the world, bad things often happen.” — Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal opinion piece, December 8, 2011
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, John Podhoretz
“The problem is that there are still all those things to remember and that when you use glue and tape and paste all those things together to form an overall portrait of Gingrich, you’re looking at someone who is probably unelectable as president.” — John Podhoretz, NY Post, 12/08/11
Read the rest of this entry »Newt Gingrich, Fool’s Gold
Conservative icon George Will has been pounding the daylights out of Newt Gingrich in his syndicated column lately. And for good reason. Will has been writing about Mr. Gingrich for years. He knows him. He knows that Mr. Gingrich is a megalomaniac first, an opportunist second, and a conservative third — at best, and […]
Read the rest of this entry »Paul Directs Fire at Newt
While Mitt Romney considers how to take on a resurgent Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul is taking it directly to the former House Speaker. He won’t be the first or last in the field to do it. Should be interesting. There is plenty of fodder available where Mr. Gingrich is concerned. Let’s see how he handles […]
Read the rest of this entry »Is God Smiling on Mitt Romney?
I think God may be smiling on Mitt Romney. It may not look like it today — the day Newt Gingrich bagged the Manchester Union Leader endorsement — but I think I see the crack of a divine grin breaking through the big white puffies up above. The last thing anyone wants to be in a presidential […]
Read the rest of this entry »No Way Newt Stays on Top
Newt Gingrich is the latest in the anyone-but-Romney bunch to skyrocket in the polls. After hovering in single digits for months, Mr. Gingrich suddenly finds himself leading his fellow GOP contenders in at least one poll. It won’t last. Yes, Mr. Gingrich is smart, too smart perhaps. And he is brash at a time when […]
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