I also think that his refusal to pander to the extremes infuriates the small sense of empowerment the tea partiers feel they've wrested from the Party.
Yeah, the non-Tea-Party vote has been sewn up by Romney, and Huntsman has never even tried to court the Tea Party vote.
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
"what's Gingrich's fundraising lookin like?" is a more pertinent question than "what does Rassmussen say?"
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, December 1, 2011 8:23 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
McCain had no money and then he won a couple primaries and it flew in. If Newt's lead in Iowa and Florida holds up you'll see the money come in fast.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
McCain was that election's chump -- born to lose. All the Wall Street dough went to the other guy.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, Cain was one thing. But Newt polling at 47% in Florida is a big deal. Yes, he might/should/probably will be torn down at some point. But we're five weeks away from Iowa and the current storyline is Mitt looking unhinged in a room full of juice bottles.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
now Wall Street's confused.
― Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
McCain's campaign was 1.5m in debt at the end of 2007. after those primary wins in january, he ended up raising 75m in the first three months of 2008.
People will get in line behind Gingrich if he notches up primary wins.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://caucuses.desmoinesregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gingrichflier-440x570.jpg
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
But we're five weeks away from Iowa and the current storyline is Mitt looking unhinged in a room full of juice bottles.
and a week ago it was "this individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time"
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich defended his stance against certain child labor laws during a campaign stop in Iowa Thursday, saying that children born into poverty aren’t accustomed to working unless it involves crime.
“Really poor children, in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works so they have no habit of showing up on Monday,” Gingrich claimed.
“They have no habit of staying all day, they have no habit of I do this and you give me cash unless it is illegal,” he added.
keep talkin Newt!
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
Plus w/o child labor laws we won't need to employ the illegals! Picking in the fields is a lot easier when you're three or feet tall so it's actually a humanitarian gesture.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.politico.com/global/news/111201_romney_time_cover_400.jpg
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
because youre just not insane enough mittens
― mayor jingleberriez, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
Good job, Newt--this will really keep the momentum going:
GINGRICH: “They are not going to be the nominee. I don’t have to go around and point out the inconsistencies of people who are not going to be the nominee. They are not going to be the nominee.”
TAPPER: “You are going to be the nominee?”
GINGRICH: “I’m going to be the nominee.”
So maybe this will play out like the Larry Sanders episode where Hank gets to guest-host.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aPqhFUvo8E
― clemenza, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
man this is going to be awesome
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 1 December 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
seriously try watching this without repeatedly, aloud just hollering OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenwNhL1Te0
why did no-one mention interracial marriage laws, here
― Never translate German (schlump), Friday, 2 December 2011 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
oh man "they abide by the same laws as everyone else, they can marry a man or a woman" lololololol
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 2 December 2011 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
hoping for a knock-down fight between romney and gingrich -- nasty, brutish and personal.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
haven't we seen this already between Romney and Cain, Romney and Perry, Romney and Bachmann? What more can you want?
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
I can't believe Herman Cain's got his lawyer on Piers Morgan doing damage control. Would seem to be a little late--unless it's damage control meant for Mrs. Cain. ("I know Herman Cain...Everyone knows Herman Cain--except Mrs. Herman Cain.")
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
Even better--the guy's just ridiculous.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, December 2, 2011 1:55 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink
I don't think anyone has come close to the venom and viciousness of attack that McCain, Thompson et al. mustered against Mitt in '08.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:09 (twelve years ago) link
Perry's attacks were hapless.
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
all those "attacks" were hamfisted, bungled, or relatively congenial.
these two, however, have the skills to be really nasty to each other.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
Everything's been exceptionally mild so far. Except for Perry's shrill Hail Mary over the Mitt's illegals, there's been basically nothing until these Paul and Huntsman ads of the past two days.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
Take out "the"--I haven't started calling him "the Mitt," promise.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty clever reader comment from TPM: Newt Gingrich + Mitt Romney = Knute Romney, All-American.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
lmbo @ bachmann getting pwned by high school girls.
― big popppa hoy, Friday, 2 December 2011 06:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/mitt-romney-drops-bombshell-past-201641043.html
― furnace mane, Friday, 2 December 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
a Dean scream from Donny Osmond
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 2 December 2011 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
You're supposed to smoke cigarettes, Mitt, not eat them
― Tony Hart land (Deep in the Tony Hart land), Friday, 2 December 2011 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
Perry did 10 minutes of what basically amounted to "Aw, shucks" on Leno last night. He's back to calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme, so I guess he's thrown in the towel.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
lol, newt gingrich would turn white-house into an 'ideas factory'
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
Idea #1: Please shut up immediately until after the Iowa caucus!
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
Idea No. 2: all illegal immigrants must move to detroit, which will be otherwise emptied and turned into an internment camp, while we convene citizen counsels for individual "stay-or-go" trials for each one.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
jonathan capehart is right: these comments by newt gingrich are really despicable. but i don't think they'll hurt him with base GOP voters.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
An ideas factory, staffed w/ children
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Friday, 2 December 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
newt gingrich would turn white house into a "chocolate factory"
― Hunt3r, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
I'm seeing rumblings already that various socon types in Iowa are moving towards Santorum, but of course.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
eventually all socons end up immersing themselves in santorum
― OH NOES, Friday, 2 December 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
for those who think romney is a really formidable general-election opponent, it's bad news for the non-romneys to keep splitting the not-romney vote. so now -- for many reasons -- i especially hate santorum.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
What the fuck, Newt, don't you know that being an ideas factory is not a legitimate function of government?
― William (C), Friday, 2 December 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
I'm in panic mode today. It occurs to me that I'm rooting for a guy who's...a tad undisciplined. (I think it's funny beyond words that Newt thinks that congress right now is a good operational match for an "idea-factory" president.)
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
Interesting post:
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/12/newts-appeal.html
Suggests that part of Newt's appeal is his gift for highfalutin language and the snarky jab. Conservatives delight at the thought of Newt taking the professorial Obama down a peg.
― o. nate, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Clips of Gingrich explaining why and how poor children can replace janitors will take him down a peg.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
Newt's flameout is going to be spectacular
*MJpopcorn.gif*
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 2 December 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
not with the base, i'll bet.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Indies decide elections, and in the general election Gingrich will collapse.
― Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
in a general-election v. obama? oh, gingrich will be crushed.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 2 December 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
You see, I think he's just so focussed on job creation and what's going to get America moving again, he sometimes gets ahead of himself.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
The ideas flow freely.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 December 2011 17:39 (twelve years ago) link