Sunday, January 22, 2012
Win-grich
So, here's what you get for attacking free-market capitalism, cozying up to Freddie Mac, and having cheated on not one but two wives: a 12-point win in S.C.
Sounds like the kind of guy who best exemplifies conservative principles, both fiscal and social.
Well played, S.C., you've just set back Republicans enormously. Here's why. First, in the long-shot chance that Gingrich actually ends up being the party nominee, he will lose to Obama. Period.
But in the more likely scenario that Romney still wins the nomination, all you've done is extend the primary thus allowing more time for in-party attacks against Romney that will subsequently be used by Obama in the general election. The longer this primary goes, the more fodder we generate for Dems to use against us. Santorum's weak finish in SC also unfortunately suggests he will not get much traction. One can only hope Romney gets a big win in FL to keep his momentum going.
If Mitt is smart he will not attack Ron Paul or Santorum, making sure he can line up their supporters in the future. There are also rumors he could pick Santorum as VP candidate, which would be a great choice (as well as Rubio and Christie).
Sounds like the kind of guy who best exemplifies conservative principles, both fiscal and social.
Well played, S.C., you've just set back Republicans enormously. Here's why. First, in the long-shot chance that Gingrich actually ends up being the party nominee, he will lose to Obama. Period.
But in the more likely scenario that Romney still wins the nomination, all you've done is extend the primary thus allowing more time for in-party attacks against Romney that will subsequently be used by Obama in the general election. The longer this primary goes, the more fodder we generate for Dems to use against us. Santorum's weak finish in SC also unfortunately suggests he will not get much traction. One can only hope Romney gets a big win in FL to keep his momentum going.
If Mitt is smart he will not attack Ron Paul or Santorum, making sure he can line up their supporters in the future. There are also rumors he could pick Santorum as VP candidate, which would be a great choice (as well as Rubio and Christie).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
AddThis
Always sniffing for the truth
Contributors
Links
- Love and Lunchmeat
- Long Island Prepper
- Fredo's Mets Blog
- Continental Sausage
- Human Events
- Maker's Mark
- Michelle Malkin
- National Review
- Newt Gingrich
- NRO
- Pro Ecclesia
- Ralfy's Whisky Reviews
- Red Albany
- Res Publica et Cetera
- Sour Mash Manifesto
- Straight Bourbon
- Taki Mag
- The American Conservative
- The American Spectator
- The Anchoress Online
- The Politico
- The Weekly Standard
- Wild Turkey Bourbon
Blog Archive
-
▼
2012
(232)
-
▼
January
(29)
- 47%
- An independent taste test proves...
- Man Kills Wife for Delivering a Girl, Failing to P...
- Mitt killing Newt with TV ads
- Newt explores the area behind Ann Coulter's woodshed
- Two Florida GOP polls out today showing Romney +8
- Where does the GOP race go from here?
- Ladies and Gentleman, the price of safety is just ...
- Abortion: Safer than natural child birth
- Guess we know who's playing Newt...
- Now reading...
- More proof ID should be required for voting...
- Meth is bad
- Erick Erickson: Evangelical leaders trying to prop...
- Win-grich
- Great News!
- 100 best movie insults
- Bill Kristol on the great Bain debate
- GOP Poll
- A fair recap on the Huntsman campaign
- Newt drops a bomb on Mitt
- NH: Early exit polls
- NH Predictions
- Iowa: results vs. predictions
- 8 Votes!
- The BloGlo on Judicial Supremacy: Newt has it right
- Caribou, anyone?
- Final Iowa Predictions!
- Get your free Crack Pipes here! Crack Pipes!
-
▼
January
(29)
8 comments:
While I may not agree philosophically with Newt's attacks on Bain, the fact remains that, politically speaking, it's fair game. And I think it's a favor to Republican voters to have the debate now, before we've settled on a candidate.
I don't blame the voters for this result. Mitt had a double digit lead here a week and a half ago. He responded ineffectively to Newt's attacks, and if he can't improve his game in the next week and a half, he'll lose Florida as well. And you know what? He should. Because if he can't parry attacks like these amongst GOP voters, who are probably philosophically open to his counter-argument, he's not going to be able to do it with moderates who are less convinced that private equity has value.
Additionally, Mitt absolutely fumbled in the debates with his weak reply to whether he'll release his taxes.
Mitt still has huge structural advantages in the remaining contests. He should still win.
He will have to prove he can play offense, and hit Newt's many weaknesses, as well as play defense, and show why his track record at Bain and his huge income are positives, not negatives.
In this age of sound bites and YouTube, I think Newt getting ambushed during the CNN debate the other night was the best thing that could have happened to him.
That footage was shown everywhere (unlike the actual substance of the event) and what people took away was Newt as a strong, no-nonsense MAN who will stand up for himself and tear the face off of an insolent little piss-ant.
And it gave him a colossal win.
I sure am glad I already cleaned up with Mitt early...#winningmad money.
For the record, I'm all for supporting Romney and having Rubio as the VP.
Agreed that Romney needs a better defense against both the Bain attacks as well as his taxes, and better for him to figure this out sooner. Frustrating that he didn't knock this out of the park since (a) he MUST have known this line of attack would come out, at least from Obama, and (b) there are many ways to easily defend this while not alienating typical independent voters (the only swing votes that matter).
That said, I'm not sure why Newt gets rewarded for this. Yes, I completely agree that ABC and other media did a smear job on him. The timing reeks, it's really old news in any case, and as usual they are just trying to take down a Republican. Media = flaming liberals, nothing new there. And I agree Newt's defense was brilliant and this worked in his favor. But it still doesn't change the fact that his life doesn't embody socially conservative principles, and his attacks on Bain go against fiscal conservatism. If anything voters could have rewarded Santorum.
They're all flawed candidates. As Ed Rollins said, Mitt's a guy who ran away from Reagan in his MA Sen race, endorsed a woman's right choose, and ran for Gov as a moderate. A lot of conservatives have trouble swallowing that he's one of them.
I actually believe he is a conservative, but it's not a slam dunk case for those who like to see a consistent track record.
He's got to win the argument.
No doubt, mitt's got to strengthen his game and soon. I also agree he's fundamentally conservative, hard to see how a guy who spent that much time in private equity and is as truly devout as he is could be anything other than conservative.
As Ann coulter said, newt's got a lot of flaws.
Newt's got bigger flaws. And more flaws. He's also a better debater and connects more naturally with the conservative base. It's the difference between a career politican who's steeped in the "language" of the right, vs. a personally conservative person who's a businessman and isn't as practiced in making ideological, dogmatic pronouncements.
Mitt's got to prove his policy prescriptions are conservative, and that he's more likely to effect his agenda than Newt is. Go out there and win the argument. He's got the money, the endorsements, and the organization. No one else to blame if he fails to win.
Well, guess he's getting right to the offense.
He's got to do it convincingly, though, to Newt's face. Chance #1 comes in the debate tonight.