2012 GOP Presidential Campaign -- "This individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time."

WHY IT'S STRONGER THAN EVER

more than ever, we need Herman Cain

if cain could only make a voting block out of the women he's allegedly harassed or with whom he's allegedly had affairs, he might have enough support to win the GOP nomination.

Sizable voting blocks:

Newt -- ex-wives.
Huntsman -- people who thought, "Kurt Cobain?"

Obama-Gingrich debates would be fascinating

this is a new level of derangement

if Newt is nominated I will kiss all of yr asses is Macys window

If Gingrich is leading NH polls ten days before the primary, look for amazingly timely, scandalous "revelations."

Oh, come on--Obama and Gingrich would be amazing. Gingrich could say anything at any time, and Obama would be walking a tightrope--how much to hang back and let Gingrich destroy himself, but at the same time running the risk that Gingrich pounces (obviously Obama is vulnerable all over the place). Or if Obama debated aggressively, that would just increase the chance that Gingrich goes off.

I think I'm w/ you morbs but otoh the fact that romney still hasn't sealed this up might suggest that this might be an unusual primary

dr. m is probably right, and that just tells you how little people are paying attention (because none of those possible "revelations" are actually new).

the thing is that the extent to which they'd damage gingrich at that point is largely dependent on the mood of the anyone-but-romney voting bloc at the time. if there's no alternative to gingrich (or at least none that could be settled upon in time), the "revelations" may not matter.

intrade has romney at 53.8%, newt at 30%

that's absurd I should go make some money off this

THAT'S CRAZY THERE IS NO MONEY TO BE MADE FROM POLITICS.

everyone knows this.

willing to suggest that there's *some* chance of this going all weird and romney not getting it, but 50%?

btw, rick perry is now a populist

CarrieNBCNews Carrie Dann -- "You don't have to sit back & take it any more," "reach beyond the confines of the Beltway." Big push against "insiders" (read: Mitt/Newt)
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CarrieNBCNews Carrie Dann -- More Perry: "Americans were snookered" by "Wall Street highrollers" who were "betting against America." Harsher than usual.

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CarrieNBCNews Carrie Dann -- Populist Perry this AM in Nashua: "What's wrong with America can be diagrammed on a napkin... Straight line between DC and Wall St"

CarrieNBCNews Carrie Dann -- Populist Perry this AM in Nashua: "What's wrong with America can be diagrammed on a napkin... OOH I DREW A DOGGIE!"

LOL

If Gingrich is leading NH polls ten days before the primary, look for amazingly timely, scandalous "revelations."

I sorta doubt Newt will pull ahead in NH but if so, yeah this is going to happen. Newt will never get the nomination, will probably limp through Iowa and NH and bank all his hopes on South Carolina.

btw, rick perry is now a populist

If someone doesn't kick him in the nuts for this, we should just give ourselves back to Britain. His corporate whoredom is blatantly obvious.

<i>Newt will never get the nomination, will probably limp through Iowa</i>

He may well get crushed in NH, but, barring sudden developments, it doesn't look like he'll be limping through Iowa. "Never"'s a strong word; the older I get, the less and less I'm inclined to speak in absolutes.

Square brackets--okay, now I get it.

Newt will never get the (GOP) nomination

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"Never"'s a strong word; the older I get, the less and less I'm inclined to speak in absolutes.

i will go out on a limb and say the following people will never get the GOP nomination.

• hillary clinton
• abe vigoda
• bradford cox, from deerhunter
• prof. griff, from public-enemy
• prof. newt gingrich, from the planet look-at-me

Never say never, but even among Republicans Newt's negative numbers are probably insuperable and even if they want to nominate someone who Obama is likely to beat, they'll want someone they actually like.

i feel like newt will fuck this up and flame out at some point because he's newt gingrich and that's what he does.

Chamblis/Duffy '12

i feel like newt cain perry will fuck this up and flame out at some point because he's newt cain perry and that's what he does.

naw, newt's actually got a chance here, especially if other non-romneys drop out of the race. he'll do pretty well in iowa and NH, and might do very well in south-carolina, where the south begins to roll.

NEWTNEWTNEWTNEWT

I wouldn't discount Abe Vigoda--Tessio was always smarter, and believe me, I know.

Tiffany's of NY is definitely in Newt's corner on this nomination thing.

I hope he uses "Breakfast at Tiffany's" as his campaign song.

The Freddie Mac thing has got to be thrown in his face. Perry is a ham-fisted hypocrite about the 'napkin diagram' but Newt is the ultimate Beltway insider and the Teabaggers and the Base have to decide whether even a shred of coherence is important to them. Personally, I'd like to see all their heads explode Scanners-style at the multitude of contradictions they presently contain.

Frum's head has already exploded, evidently (that was a great piece btw, thx for the link upthread)

The Freddie Mac thing has got to be thrown in his face

don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes (i.e., general election v. newt gingrich).

Bobby Moynihan is probably out distributing Newt fliers as we speak

How can you not love him?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU72izvZVRA

"I can't tell you what Speaker Gingrich is saying." I can only tell you what Speaker Gingrich is saying.

I love how the de facto GOP position is "round em up and deport em" as if that is a) moral, b) simple, c) inexpensive and d) a net benefit for the economy

their old position was "let them fry on an electrified fence with an alligator-infested moat dug around it," so this is an improvement.

in that it's only slightly less feasible eh I guess so

Josh Marshall thinks Newt-mentum may have legs:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/11/mitts_darkening_horizon.php

don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes (i.e., general election v. newt gingrich).

I said this not as a partisan but as general advice. S/he who is (relatively, to him) w/o sin cast some mf'ing stones ppl!

lol how badly did romney screw-up that FOX News interview?

Bring in the clowns...

the clip above seems like yr standard Romney performance to me, but maybe I'm missing something.

Bring in the clowns...

they're ... all... rea...dy... heeeeeere

lol romney's answer on immigration question:

talk talk talk talk talk talk talk maybe he'll move on to something else talk talk talk talk talk talk talk

talk talk uh . . . you know . . . (nervous laughter) . . . uh talk talk

the lolsome part is that uh, aren't people who are here illegally already at the "back of the line" re: becoming legal

anyway, gingrich has a chance, because (a) he's an angry white guy who knows how to dog-whistle to his reactionary constituency (i.e., the GOP base) and (b) romney's No. 1 asset was the total, utter inability of his opponents to speak in coherent sentences and discuss even rudimentary policy, and -- as wrong as gingrich is on most issues -- he can speak full sentences and discuss policy.

basically, i'm willing to give amnesty to any undocumented person who can speak english better than rick perry.

which means amnesty for almost all of america's 11M undocumented persons.

anyway, gingrich has a chance, because (a) he's an angry white guy who knows how to dog-whistle to his reactionary constituency (i.e., the GOP base)

which means he has no chance of gaining independents, therefore he's lost the primaries.