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Gingrich: Only I Can Go ‘Toe to Toe’ With Obama

Gingrich: Only I Can Go Toe to Toe With ObamaFresh off his South Carolina primary victory, Newt Gingrich sought to paint himself as the only Republican capable of successfully taking on President Barack Obama in November.

“I think you can draw a very strong case that in the end the dynamics of a Gingrich-Obama fight are much better for Republicans than the dynamics of a Romney-Obama fight,” Gingrich said on CNN’s “State of the Union.“ The former House Speaker has repeatedly cast Mitt Romney as a ”Massachusetts moderate” incapable of defeating Obama.

Gingrich beat the former Massachusetts governor by double-digits in the Palmetto State. Heading into Florida’s Jan. 31 primary, Gingrich said he thinks South Carolina voters picked him out of “a belief that I could debate Obama head to head, that I could convey conservative values.”

“My job in Florida is to convince people that I am the one candidate who can clearly defeat Obama in a series of debates and the one candidate who has big enough solutions that they would really get America back on track,” Gingrich said.

“I think we had better be prepared for a tough campaign, whoever we nominate,” he said. “I can go toe to toe with President Obama on big things.”

Gingrich offered a small amount of praise for Romney over the announcement that he would be releasing his tax returns Tuesday. Romney has faced mounting pressure to do so, particularly from Gingrich.

“I commend him for it,” Gingrich said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “As far as I’m concerned that particular issue is now set to side.”

Watch Gingrich’s “State of the Union” interview below, via CNN:

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  • acovenantinblood
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:40pm

    America is done my friends. The TEA party failed and they will give us Newt or Romney.

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    • patriot4ever
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:56pm

      I agree, the only toe to toe he’d be doing is playing footsies under the table.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:03pm

      Who would you have been pleased with? It’s easy to dislike everybody. It’s easy to like everybody. It’s tough to make a decision. That’s why umpires and refs are universally disliked.

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    • GeoInSD
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:10pm

      But at least neither Romney or Gingrich will be trying to “fundamentally transform America”. I think that is an extremely important difference between Obama and the GOP frontrunners. Neither Romney or Gingrich will be trying to “change our traditions, our history, our conversation”. Our country would still be fundamentally pre-Obama. But give Obama another 4 years and we will be Mao era China by the end of his 2nd term.

      Already we are showing features of Mao era China. Mao era China encouraged people to rat on people political incorrectness (witness that website that was for the reporting of “falsehoods” against Obama), the careful parsing of words for hidden meaning and the persecution of those suspected of saying something incorrect (witness that people lose their jobs over merely suspected racism or suspected hate. The losing jobs over suspected racism has been happening for the last 30 years but the suspected hate (e.g. chatter after the Giffords shooting) thing is new with the Obama administration).

      Look at Obama’s power grabs (e.g. the recent not really between session appointments, the various “czars”, the creation of a new agency that is not accountable to Congress or even the President).

      So I while I agree with those, including Glenn Beck, who say that Gingrich is a big government guy and not really conservative and the Romney is similar, neither aim to destroy the United States as we know it, so either is preferable to Obama.

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    • Faith1029
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:22pm

      God used sinners for His purpose such as Moses and Saul, murderers, and King David, murderer, aldulterer. He can also use Newt. I don’t want a PC POTUS this time around. I don’t want someone who is afraid of offending. We’ve had that long enough. Romney even has hard time in the debates against his own party, plus, sometimes he looks like a nervous wreck. Newt is the only one that is capable of defeating BO. I believe he has learned from his mistakes from the years he has dedicated to the US, along with his renewed relationship with the Lord, and he is older now. Newt will make a good President.

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    • BillDixon
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 7:47pm

      They may give us Newt or Romney but in the end they will end up with Obama.

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  • Vechorik
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:33pm

    Newt wins South Carolina, Paul campaign celebrates

    http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-washington-dc/while-newt-wins-south-carolina-paul-campaign-celebrates

    If Newt or Santorum really had integrity, they would be the ones explaining this situation to the voters and preferrably just drop out as Huntsman and Perry did recently. To do anything else, when they can not even compete for 564 delegates shows their failure to plan should be looked at as either a lack of organizational ability or lack of real leadership ability. The bottomline here is that they both did not have sufficient real support or organizational ability to even accomplish the minimum things necessary to lodge an honest campaign for the Republican nomination which is being able to achieve ballot access in enough states to actually win it.

    All the other campaigns had this same problem except Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, the two campaigns that were obviously the only ones serious about this contest from the very beginning. I would hope that more news sources would finally get this story out but I am not exactly holding my breath to see that develop. In the meantime, these 2 gentlemen are the only ones in the field that deserve to eventually receive the nomination as they each took running for the Office of President, seriously.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:55pm

      Wow!

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    • lukerw
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:55pm

      The French have a saying: Vote in Campaign with your Heart; Vote in an Election with your Brain. In the last Election, the majority voted with their Heart… and we got Obama. Now, people simply desire a Win and to replace him…

      Off to see the Wizard of Ozz!

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    • FreeManWalking
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:56pm

      You have to admire the passion of the RonPaul supporters. But it was clear from his speech last night he is not running for president, he knows he can’t win, he is running for delegates to have a say at the convention.

      If the RP supporters truly want to help their man, then they need to get behind whoever the nominee is this fall so RP may have a chance to be part of the administration. We all know where he would do the most good.

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    • Tretka
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:19pm

      Wow from me too. I care about this. Other comment, Newt is a meglomaniac just like Obama-so I can see why Newt thinks he is the only one. Visions of grandeur dance in their heads.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:33pm

      Very possible that Obama would be “too busy” to participate in the “series of debates” that Gingrich proposes. Romney tried to show his debating talent by refusing to answer direct questions directly, showing he could control the conversation. Actually he was just trying to put time in between his response and the troublesome comments and questions of others. ( not just the tax return questions) It was obnoxious. I’m not surprised at the SC results.

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:48pm

      I kept a copy of one of my postings. I would like to know why this posting is being removed:

      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:15pm Your comment is awaiting moderation.

      We are at critical mass. Half of our nation pays no federal income tax. That half has no investment in our nation. Just like the teachers unions, they will always vote to take, because taking benefits them.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:50pm

      I really wish Newt and Obama would not only go toe to toe..but hand in hand and skip off into the sunset together instead of at the helm of our country…Wow I hope people wake up and realize that we don’t need any more progressives toward Communism..Santorum could be a third wheel with Newt and Obama..They are all progressives..and progressivism is progressing toward Communism.Check out Newts record..you will see. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gingrich-i-can-go-toe-to-toe-with-obama/#respond

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    • garyM
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:53pm

      The last presidential election, people voted with anything other than their heart. Americans are easily BSed. That’s why we have so many news people 24/7 trying to BS Americans into doing what they want them to do. The sheep get their popcorn and when the talking heads say what their itching ears want to hear, they goggle the lies right up. Sometimes all they got to do to dress lies up is say, “THE TRUTH LIVES HERE”

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    • robert
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:16pm

      “Gingrich: Only I Can Go ‘Toe to Toe’ With Obama”

      PLEASE….STOP….THE…..HYPE!

      I mean about Obama.

      Can anybody please tell me how the teleprompter reader became a master debater all of a sudden even though the ONLY thing he displayed that might have been above the norm is his enunciation of the words he used?

      Was there any clever, well-informed data or phraseology from him that was exceptional? Of course not.

      Was there any pearls of wisdom falling from his lips?

      Hardly.

      Did he give every indication in his speech that he DID NOT author his own book and that Bill Ayers did so, as evidenced by WND’s Jack Cashill?

      Absolutely!

      Has everything he‘s ever written been hidden from the public’s eye?

      ABSOLUTELY YES! including his grade transcripts from every school he went to.

      This community organizer was promoted by a plethora of lies and insinuations without any proof…or even evidence…to substantiate the ludicrous claims from the radical leftist geeks.

      Now he’s being lauded as some kind of great debater that only the best of politicians can equal.

      Give…me…a…break!

      The only Republican buffoons who could be shown up in a debate with this klutz is McCain and George Bush, and that would be only because they are far below par themselves in articulate delivery.

      Any people who take up the mantra about the community organizer’s debating skills now are the same ones who were fooled to begin with.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:16pm

      Yep…you Paul haters are really gonna hate him as President (at first anyway). He will MAKE you FINALLY read the CONSTITUTION…But after a while you will see REAL change and REAL Conservatism in action…

      The Nation buildng will end
      The War Machine will turn into TRUE DEFENSE.
      Thw welfare state will be slowly dismantled.
      Opressive regulations will end.
      The enviromentalist will be put back in their cages.
      All the Czars will be eliminated…maybe even prosecuted under the 4th ammendment…OK I am just dreaming there…
      The Nation will return to greatness..

      Its a shame we have to pull you Paul haters to the truth of the Constitution whikle you are kicking and screaming.It is the medicine that will make us well…

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:21pm

      From Carol Paul’s cookbook:

      Ron Paul’s Favorite Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookies

      An important warning: Mix judicious use of this recipe with 5-mile walks every morning and 10-mile bike rides every afternoon as Ron does, or you’ll look more like Newt Gingrich than Ron Paul on the campaign trail.

      I received this recipe from my house mother in college and made these to send to Ron at his college. They are still his favorite. Now his daughters and granddaughters make them for him.

      Cream: 1 cup Crisco; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp. vanilla (It is important to put the vanilla in now.)
      Dissolve: 1 tsp. baking soda in 1 tbsp. hot water and mix alternately with:
      2 1/4 cups flour; 1 tsp. salt; 1 cup chopped nuts; 1 large bag chocolate chips
      Drop by teaspoon on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.

      Now you know this Tireless Agorist isn’t all about the kitchen; there’s bound to be an ulterior motive for this short but sweet blog post. I found it in the comments for the cookie article, posted by commenter Diogenes, who has apparently finally found what he’s been looking for. I’ve taken the liberty of reworking it a bit.

      Ron Paul’s Favorite Recipe: Federal Government version
      Liberty

      Use natural ingredients:
      - Follow the Constitution
      - End the endless foreign wars
      - End the endless War on Drugs
      - Restore civil liberties
      Trim the fat:
      - Cut spending ($1 Trillion in the first year)
      - Balance the budget
      - Restore sound mo

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:33pm

      Both look yummy Vech….The liberals will ot like them though…

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:33pm

      Dirty photo of Newt and daughters:

      http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/394241_351207988242191_100000589794465_1278022_378491793_n.jpg

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    • fullblownjackass
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:33pm

      It dosen’t matter. Newt, Obie, or whoever. It dosen’t matter and it is our fault.

      http://voices.yahoo.com/why-2012-election-doesnt-matter-10867865.html?cat=62

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:39pm

      Laura Ingram’s interview with Jim Demint…reveals what’s happening in the Rise of Ron Paul
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHcYwkeiDVc

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:53pm

      delegates are what win… that is how obama won…

      then we have this to deal with… and we MUST deal with it…
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTXbARGXso

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:59pm

      you are correct, the only one who can beat obama is Ron Paul. He has the delegates, he has the cross platform votes, he has the young voters… backing anyone but Paul is ensuring Obama wins…

      Romney is just another obama… Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, etc… come on…

      Santorum and Gingrich do not have their campaigns together and I feel both of them are arrogant control freaks anyway… Gingrich is surrounded by shadyness and scandals… and Santorum is a going to be eaten alive in a debate against Obama…

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:11pm

      Which states can Gingrich and Santorum not compete in? Where are those 564 delegates from? That’d be helpful to know so I can pass that along to friends who are supporting those two. Would probably get them to switch their support to Ron Paul.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:20pm

      JB.KIBS If Dr Ron can’t win the primaries what on earth makes you think he could win a general election? He does get the across the line & over the border vote…..a collection of Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, Holocaust Deniers, 9/11 “Truthers” and other paranoid and discredited conspiracists.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:27pm

      If newt wins, Obama will never stand toe to toe and debate him. It will not happen, and the MSM will be in full glory defending the chosen one.

      This could get interesting. If there are any debates, it will be such a closed and controlled event, that it will nothing more thatn Obama spewing talking points.

      Newt aint my favorite, be he can hook and jab with the words

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:30pm

      @DRSAVAGE24 Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:11pm
      “Which states can Gingrich and Santorum not compete in? Where are those 564 delegates from? That’d be helpful to know so I can pass that along to friends who are supporting those two. Would probably get them to switch their support to Ron Paul.”

      You and your friends will make swell Paulbots…

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    • masters11111
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:33pm

      the rat bastards backer
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson

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    • masters11111
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:40pm

      This is why NEWT WON.When are the american people going to wake up and see the special interest behind these candidates????????????????????????They just fooled the whole state of s.c with ads backed by special interest.You people in s.c. are very gullible.
      http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2012/01/201211481528732918.html

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    • endgamer
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:42pm

      I find odd and that nobody seems to be reporting is that both Newt and Santorum are not on the ballots or cannot receive delegates in 17 states totaling over 500 delegates .. So unless both Mitt and Paul drop out neither Newt or Santorum have a mathematical chance to acquire the needed delegates to win the nomination…. My question is why are they even running ? There are 534 delegates that Gingrich and Santorum statistically cannot win.. Read it and weep! http://images.politico.com/global/2012/01/120110_ballotaccess.jpg

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    • toto
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:46pm

      I am leaning toward Newt in hopes that he is wiser now. While pure debating skills are very important, for THIS election, I want a junk yard dog that is capable of taking it to Obama AND the press and Newt has demonstrated this the best so far. None are as conservative as I would prefer, but at this point, I want Obama metaphorically bleeding after every debate.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:13pm

      RE: the 564 Delegates to be split ONLY between Paul and Romney.

      Wasn’t Rick chiding Newt for having grandiose plans along with bad follow through? Like wanting to be President and not getting yourself on the ballot in enough states to garner enough delegates to win the Presidency?

      Santorum and Gingrich are not on the ballot for 564 delegates worth of states. They are not, and will not be on the ballot in other states besides just Virginia. They cannot win the nomination. Newt at this point is hoping enough people swallow his BS in debates so he can ride waves of momentary fly-by-night support. Santorum, ditto. Neither of them have enough money or grassroots support and even they both know this to be true. Their last ditch efforts to sue various states to get onto ballots failed – (didn‘t Newt say he’d send the police after activist judges?) This is a long term race, not a marathon and you can never win a marathon by missing legs of the race, ever, period, end of story. As far as South Carolina, Paul never expected to do well there or in Florida, but, there are many more states where he will clean up house, including other states like Virginia and Arizona where previously he wouldn’t have had a chance – he’ll look stellar compared to Romney – thanks to the buffoonery of Santorum and Gingrich.

      All this propaganda pushing either Santorum or Gingrich is a joke. Any way you work the numbers, they are out.

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:16pm

      What are the 17 states? There were only about 5-6 on the link you posted.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:27pm

      RE RE: those 564 delegates…

      There are 2286 delegates total.

      1144 are needed to win the party nomination.

      Santorum and Gingrich cannot win. If either Rick or Newt had consistently won first place up to now, MAYBE they could, since they haven’t? No chance, 0%; not even that little chance in hell is there for you.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:28pm

      Whoops in that first post “This is not a marathon” should’ve been *This is not a sprint*

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    • Debbie1927
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:46pm

      I disagree with you. Newt should drop out not Santorum. Wake up!!

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    • texrubarts
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:49pm

      Wow if this is how Mitt prepares – he needs to go back to the drawing board & somebody needs to tell him he does NOT look good just in case he does not know it!! LOL – Please let people decide for themselves who they want to vote for! They are NOT stupid!!!

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    • CommonSense41
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 5:06pm

      Vechorik,
      Do you believe really that Ron Paul could win the nomination and defeat Obama? It is Ron Paul who should drop from the race with all do respect to his work as a congressmen. He has a few good ideas but he is not electable. He has never got more that 10 -15 percent of the votes. If he decided (Providence forbid) to run as third party candidate, he will make Obama second term president. He will play the same role as a midget guy with fanny ears (forgot his name-not relevant) who help to elect Clinton. Mitt is a nice guy but he is too nice to question Obama agendas and ideology. Do not forget McCain. We do not need nice guy to defeat Obama. We need a fighter who could make Obama a one term president otherwise we will have Ameritopia not America as was designed by Great Founders. “Ameritopia” is title of the book written by Mark R. Levin. Every adult in the USA must read this book. Even a brain washed progressive could change his or her mind set if the brain was not washed-out completely.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 5:19pm

      Interesting. A brokered convention. I wonder if that is Sarah Palin’s plan — to get the nomination at the convention. That would explain her endorsement of Gingrich. Nothing about Gingrich explains it, that’s for sure.

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 5:52pm

      After watching Bush bumbling around on stage for eight years and not knowing how to defend himself, I am surprised that anyone would want to look forward to the same thing with Romney.

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    • Wolf
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:42pm

      Gnewt, all I can say about you going ‘toe to toe’ with anyone is that you can do it without me watching your back. You’re as big a turd as the Turd, so all you’ll do is stink up the country some more.

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    • arx
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:54pm

      I‘m wondering if Beck’s constant negative portrayal of Newt comes from his secret support of Romney, a fellow mormon

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 7:37pm

      Ron Paul is unelectable? Check out how he polls against Obama. He and Romney are the only two who poll anywhere near Obama head to head. Ron Paul is more than just a guy with a few good ideas. He’s got a huge grass roots movement behind him and a national organization up there with Romney. Gingrich and Santorum have none of that. Ron Paul is the most popular Republican among Democrats and Independents and he does it not by compromising on his core principles like McCain or Romney would, but by being a man of character, integrity and consistency. How else do you explain people like Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher, and Jon Stewart saying so many nice things about a guy who would cut the budget by $1 trillion in year one and abolish 5 cabinet level departments? It just goes to show that what makes you electable and able to reach out to the other side isn’t just agreeing with their views, but having a backbone and being willing to fight for your views. It doesn‘t hurt that he’s consistent in how he interprets the Constitution. I‘m starting to wonder if Gingrich and Santorum aren’t just staying in this race to deliver the nomination to the establishment’s choice, Mitt Romney. If they dropped out, conservatives would have to choose one or the other. Most Santorum and Gingrich supporters I’ve talked to do not like Romney at all, but they have a more favorable opinion of Paul. I believe they’d switch over to Ron Paul in a heartbeat and Paul would defeat Obama in a landslide.

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    • arx
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:12pm

      DrSavage. Do you really think libs the likes of Rachel, Bill, or Jon say ‘nice things’ about RP because they respect his character? Are you for real? These people don’t respect honor, character, or anything else that matters to good people. If what you say is true, they don’t pile onto RP (right now) because they are hoping he is the nominee, thinking he is unelectable. Watch and see how nice they are to him if he is nominated. You are very naive.

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 8:57pm

      It’s true that Gingrich is a progressive communist. He’s proven that over and over with his statements. Almost as bad, he wants to let Mexicans who have been here for several generations to stay and he would even give them citizenship (I guess he loves Mexicans), where Romney would make them go back to Mexico and “wait in line.” Given his record of communist-like statements, I don‘t see how anyone in NC voted for him unless they simply didn’t know the facts.

      Of course Romney has problems too. Nobody really likes him for one thing. A person who says $300K in speaking fees is “not much”, a person who pays only 15% income tax and a person who says some people wouldn’t vote for him because they are “envious” of his wealth doesn’t exactly endear a candidate to the average person. I mean some people would vote for a movie star because they’re rich and famous, and some people likewise would vote for a really rich guy like Romney even though he‘s clueless about what Americans who don’t have a zillion buck in the bank are going through.

      Unfortunately though, Americans, on average, won’t vote for either of these guys in a general election even though they are, like, good for America.

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    • fatjack
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:11pm

      This is what it will take to win in Nov.

      ‘Nobody in the Elite Media Wants to Cover’ Obama’s Alinsky Roots

      Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/01/22/newt-gingrich-tells-david-gregory-nobody-elite-media-wants-cover-obam#ixzz1kF66GvJz

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:20pm

      @jzs

      I see your doubling down on you ignorance concerning Romney’s tax issue, and no disrespect by ignorance. I mean it in the true sense of the word.

      Is it safe to assume you realized most every position you have taken on this sight is a direct contradiction from the ideas of our founders. Let me guess, you could find no position backed up by our founders that conservatives disagree with you on. Am I right?

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:17pm

      Hey Speck. It’s good that we an expert on the Constitution and the thoughts of the Founders here. You should be proud. What did they say about immigration, being immigrants themselves? Kick ‘em out?

      No, I was just commenting on the fact that you’re okay with someone worth a quarter of a billion dollars, making millions each year capital dividends is paying a lower tax rate than you. I’m not so sure they Founder envisioned a country where the the rich become ever richer, the middle class shrinks and the number of poor people becomes a larger and larger percentage of the population. Can you quote a Founder supporting the idea that a tiny fraction of Americans should benefit from the wealth of the country and the rest should just suck it up and try harder? Did the Founders want the wealthiest to decide elections?

      Speck you may be cool with the idea that Romney and other enormously rich people pay less tax than you, and can give unlimited amounts of money to elect the beholden candidate that will make them even more rich by shifting the tax burden to you and me. But I don‘t think that’s what the Founders had in mind. Maybe you can give me a quote to the contrary.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:33pm

      JZS

      Trippling down I see. Do they math on how much taxes you would have previously paid to get to the 15% dividend rate.

      “To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.” — Thomas Jefferson

      “A wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.” — Thomas Jefferson

      “I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson

      “Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.” — Thomas Jefferson

      “With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.” — James Madison

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    • DefectiveByDesign
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:35pm

      “If the RP supporters truly want to help their man, then they need to get behind whoever the nominee is this fall ”
      Forget it. I’ll vote 3rd party or write-in Ron Paul. Those neocon frauds will not get my vote.

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    • SpeckChaser
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:49pm

      Cont.

      “Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.” — James Madison

      “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions.” James Madison

      “I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it.” — Benjamin Franklin

      “The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” — Benjamin Franklin

      So as you can see, your legitimate assumptions on the founders were incorrect. I will not try to correct your intentional false premises and dis-information. Take a good look at the last quote. Then decide if you will keep advocating the your disproved ideas.

      I couldnt help but notice you did not supply any of your liberal positions that are backed up by our founders. So tell us, why should we consider opinions that are in direct opposition of our founding.

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    • catman
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:14pm

      People who support Mitt must stop looking at WHAT’S BEST FOR AMERICA TOMORROW BUT WHAT’S BEST FOR AMERICA IN THE FUTURE! Why doesn’t Newt or Santorum go after Mitt on the Judges & SAN? Mitt always talks about what he got done as Governor with Democrats at the State level. But look at what Newt got done with the Democrats at the Federal level… the State level is like high school football & the Federal level is like Pro football. The Federal level is all cut throat which is why the Democrats want Mitt to win. The Democrats think even if Obama would lose to a Moderate Mitt, they can still get a lot of their socialism programs done. Mitt is a P.C. guy. He might win some battles. But they know that Newt is a lot more Conservative… he calls a Spade a Spade & Newt can not only win battles but he can win the War!!! If elected President, Newt should tell the Public that he won’t be like Obama… negotiations WILL be on C-Span so people can see the Truth. I believe Newt won’t be like Bush. Newt will keep the American Public informed.
      Mitt is the only one that said he was mixed on appointing Constitutional Judges reported by the survey by FRC.
      Judges will be the most important thing for our Countries Future. Mitt could appoint a liberal judge to the courts. If it happens to the Supreme Court our Country & Freedom will be lost for along time or maybe forever.
      Mitt hasn’t signed on to SAN (Strong America Now). This program will cut $500 Billion a year of waste. Jim

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 11:51pm

      i am sorry people, I can’t vote for Newt or Obama. I Know I am not alone. Choice of two devils leaves no option for me

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    • marion
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:32am

      Ron Paul and Mitt Romney have all the stuff necessary to run because it was left over from the last election they both lost. People have to vote with their heads this time, BHO has ripped the hearts out of everyone that both voted for him, and the hearts of everyone that didn’t vote for him.

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    • cstinem
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 12:52am

      Yeah I guess you are right, I think Gingrich should just give up – he should have won all the delegates from SC instead of all most all of them. How many did Paul win I have forgot?

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 2:46am

      Hey JZS

      Do you have any idea how many more eager, liberal revenue enhancers this country would have right now if the lefties had not aborted (killed) so many of their future replacements?

      Gosh JZS, if you guys can’t condemn the practice for moral reasons, I’d think you would at least condemn it for economic reasons.

      Imagine how much fraud and waste you could accomplish with that non-existent revenue stream that is not being generated by that non-existent group of tax payers?

      I’ll bet that got your gears turning, huh?

      Get the book yet?………..“The Liberal Mind” by Dr. Lyle H. Rossiter

      It’s a real page turner JZS

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    • little big man
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 8:47am

      Newt would be the best one to debate Obama. Newt would make obama look foolish. the other RP and RS would just do so so.
      plus newt has some good ideas also for the country.

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    • cosette
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 9:39am

      @ Robert your points are well taken. I believe if the opposition had been someone with not only oratorical skills but knowledge and willingness to deliver the necessary blows in order to take Obama down that nominee would have won in 08. We all know McCain was unable and reluctant, for fear of having the race card played against him. I contend that Romney is cut from the same cloth. He’s often praised Obama as being affable and well intended. He is NEITHER. He is cunning, shrewd and plotting the destruction of our country. We MUST nominate someone who will stand boldly for the Constitution and the principals that made our country great, someone who will not flinch in the face of the media onslaught and demagoguery of the left. In spite of Glenns’ negative opinion of Newt, I view him as our only hope to rid this country of Obama which will be my highest priority when I go to the polls.

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:21am

      @BADDOGGY

      It’s very unlikely that Dr. Paul is going to win the republican nomination. If you can’t at least admit that to yourself then you need to step back and view the situation more objectively. Your whole point is that Ron Paul is going to force the majority of people to do something they really don’t want to do. But consider that if the majority of people don‘t like what he’s saying, they aren’t going to vote for him…. so how is he going to become President in the first place?

      And please note that I am not a “Ron Paul Hater.” Being a libertarian there are many things I love about Dr. Paul’s proposals. But I’m realistic enough to realize that Romney and Newt are currently winning and barring something big, one of them is going to win.

      So…. vote for Paul in the primary. Work as hard as you can to get him nominated. Believe in him to the 99th degree. But if and when he doesn’t win the primary… be more pragmatic in the national election and vote for whoever does win the republican primary. Writing in Ron Paul (if he doesn’t win) or voting for a conservative TPC (third party candidate) is only going to lead to four more years of Obama. And while I may not really agree with a certain candidate, I’ll eagerly vote for him in November if it means no more Obama.

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    • Mike N
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 1:10pm

      Simply put, Rick Santorum is too conservative, Mitt Romney is too moderate, and Ron Paul is unrealistic.

      While Gingrich thinks an awful lot of himself, I’m willing to deal with that foible to get a new president who can deliver the goods.

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    • pakaeboiboi
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 7:53pm

      VECHORIK ….. reality check ….. here’s the down and dirty ….. ain’t no “gentleman” goin ta win dis election ….. against the “forces of evil” …… this ain’t goin ta be no “Dancing with the Stars” contest dancin to tha tune called the “Vienna Waltz” …..

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  • Trefcorp
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:32pm

    dude you won one primary while not even placing third in the last two. Newt you’re a joke and S.C. is useless.

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    • SheriS
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:58pm

      Agree with you—all that talk we herad about “values voters” thrown at us and they go with a man who has the worst values and principles ever—he has none! Then everyone attacks Mitt for not releasing his taxes—will him having been on the road that makes things a little difficult to release. The two he releases next week is fine with me since the rest haven’t released theirs! Why single out the one person who happens to be wealthy because he actually worked in the real world and ran a business unlike Newtie who has never done anything but be a corrupt poltician! Go Mitt, hand the “ the rest of the candiates” their hats and make them eat their stupidity!

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    • Morningglory
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:52pm

      I agree! South Carolina is going to loose the bragging rights to “every winner of SC goes on to win the Presidency”! He is a joke and he would NEVER win in the general election. Let’s see the records on your ethics charges, Newt. And let’s talk about when you resigned from Congress in defeat and disgrace. And how about the fact that you were for the individual health mandate before Obama was, and your big-government proposals (progressive) see http://www.newtexposed.com. Oh, and the fact that you agreed with the Dems (sitting on the couch with Pelosi) about global-warming. And how you called Paul Ryans plan “right-wing social engineering” and attacked free-market capitalism at a time when it is being attacked from the left. But as he says he is “the only one who can go toe to toe with Obama”. Please! Let’s hope Florida is smarter than South Carolina. Just because someone is a good debater does not make him a good President!

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:16pm

      Not just a good debator… a Master(de)bator.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:44pm

      @ Trefcorp
      I’m not sure what we know from the primaries so far. Santorum’s win was most significant because Mitt and Newt won neighboring states. They were home games.
      Newt has no reason to believe that what he said about him being the only one, is true, but being true has never been an important part of his statements.

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:27pm

      How did South Carolina ever give us Jim DeMint? This is one of the most messed up states in the country politically. The same state that gave us DeMint gave us Lindsey Graham and has supported John McCain and Newt Gingrich in the past two presidential primaries. South Carolina strikes me as a big-time establishment state with a bunch of people who go with the flow and support whoever Fox News tells them to support. Maybe I‘m just disillusioned with the hayseeds they brought on Frank Luntz’s focus group 4 years ago talking jibberish about how McCain is clearly their guy. There’s still hope, I guess, after all, Ron Paul’s support in SC quadrupled from 4 years ago, so his message is definitely getting out there and growing, despite the declarations from the conservative elites that Ron Paul’s base of support is also his ceiling, that he can’t grow in popularity.

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 9:39pm

      sc is as big of a disgrace as newt is but what is a bigger disgrace is the likes of Youssef, many evangelicals, Norris, mike reagan, basically liberty university and all those that always claimed family values and then come along and throw their weight behind the most corrupt, dishonest, lying, cheating blowhard. Doesn’t surprise me but to see this right before our very eyes is pretting stunning.

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    • Chuck Stein
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:26pm

      It does look like South Carolina made history on Saturday. Until then, South Carolina had a great record at picking republican nominees for President. Not anymore.

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:50am

      @SHERIS

      Newt has baggage.

      Ron Paul has a foreign policy that scares most of us.

      Romney has Romneycare hanging around his neck and a few similar issues that the conservative base just doesn’t like the smell of.

      Santorum can’t get the base motivated to vote for him. For what reason I don’t know. Perhaps now is not the time to push family values when most people are concerned about finances and Iran…. I don’t know.

      I want someone with Romney’s business experience and immigration policies, Newt’s brilliance, debate skills and big ideas, Ron Paul‘s dedication to the constitution and Perry’s service record and machismo. Unfortunately, that guy (whoever he is) isn’t running. So I have to pick the guy who I think will perform the best:

      Romney: I think he’d be a good president. Not as conservative as Newt and certainly not as conservative as Ron Paul… but I think he’d do a good job. I think many republicans are not giving him a fair chance.

      Newt: Big ideas, big solutions. All of his negatives, IMO, are in the past EXCEPT for his temper. If he can reign that in and work with the opposition effectively I think he’d be a great president.

      Paul: Domestically he’d be A+++. By far my favorite on the domestic side. I’m afraid, however, that the world would slide into a global arab caliphate under his watch and, long term, his foreign policy would greatly reduce our national security (my opinion… you’re welcome to your own).

      Santoru

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  • mikee1
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:31pm

    True! And he can take ODUMBO off of the SCRIPTED DEBATE. They probably let him use POTUS in the debates like everything else. Gingrich can switch sticks on Odumbo and the media and make them all look like the dinosaur fools that they are. All they will have left are GLOBAL WARMING AND GAY MARRIAGE WHEN HE GETS THROUGH WITH THEM. RINOROMNEY will AGREE WITH ODUMBO HALF WAY ON A LOT OF BOGUS POINTS and STAY WITH THE SCRIPT. GET IT. VOTE GINGRICH. R. SANTORUM HAS TO LEAVE, LIKE A PATRIOT, LIKE GOV. PERRY DID.

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    • toto
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 10:20pm

      And if Santorum leaves, I hope he will support Gingrich. Newt is no saint, but he is smart, knows how the system works and has the ability to take the fight to Obama and the press will have no choice but to cover him. I love that Gingrich has gone after the press and exposed their insipid bias. I love that he will challenge Obama to doulas style debates and that if Obama refuses he will follow him doggedly to Obamas campaign stop and counter what has been said. We need a junk yard dog to do this job and I am willing to risk Newts negatives to get it done. He certainly does not seem more liberal to me than Romney. It is also really too bad that Ron Paul is so dangerously wrong on foreign policy, or I would be looking at him harder. The fact that Newt has committed to bring John Bolton on board regarding foreign policy is a huge plus. Want to hear more conservative domestic commitments to be comfortable, but he is on the right track.

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    • Ohio Guy
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:49am

      A patriot does not quit and go home. Does anyone… anyone believe that Newt has staying power? SC is a joke, he won because he dressed down a couple of moderators in a debate. Values voters? Really? Newt would be the Republican Clinton and not just on the womanizing crap. Do Republicans really want to have to be the one‘s arguing that character doesn’t matter?
      Santorum and Paul are the only ones left who cannot be dismissed as being Obama lite on healthcare & bailouts.

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  • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:28pm

    I agree with others and Newt’s remark about giving him a bloody lip, nope I want him knocked out. I would also like to see the referee (media) given a sucker punch. IOTW had a great thread, it had a picture of all the media talking heads who have been sucker punched, with a NEWTERED printed across their face. Funny as hell, IMO.

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  • audiemurphy
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:28pm

    A good debater makes not a good president as good looks makes not a beautiful person.
    Newt …… go back to the shadows and leave the American people the two real choices for president.
    Santorum or Romney.
    Towing a liberal policy in a liberal State does not make one a progressive.
    Power to the people: if the electorate want cake once a week provided by the state then so be it . If you don‘t like the people’s request then deny them and gave them next election or quit. Every elected official has to fulfill a mandate from the people or get the boot at election time. If Romney did what the people wanted as their elected Governor then that’s what he did.
    When the majority chooses evil then they reap their own just rewards.

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    • Chappy123
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:18pm

      But he doesnt need a teleprompter to do it.

      You have to admit, he has the answers and he actually answerrs the question asked rather than going into the “when I was, i talked to a lady, yesterday I had eggs for breakfast.

      Like him or not, he is a smart man.

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    • Buck Shane
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:47pm

      @ Chappy123
      The problem is, Newt has no core. He has the ability to talk any argument either way. He doesn’t give you his position, he gives you what you want to hear.
      He is a big government progressive. He is a Globalist.
      He’s sneaky.

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    • grand slam grandam
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:52pm

      Who is to say Obama is going to debate ANYONE? Is he obligated to debate…..we’re assuming he will…. will he?

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    • Love_John_Galt
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:37pm

      Newt Gingrich has been a member of the ‘progressive’ Council on Foreign Relations since 1990. This NGO, founded in 1921, and bankrolled with BIG MONEY from the Rockefeller Foundation and J. P. Morgan among other internationalists, has been dedicated since its inception to dismantling American sovereignty, de constructing our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, and promoting the idea of One World Government! During his long tenure in Congress which began in 1979, and ended in disgrace in 1999, Newt Gingrich supported and even pushed through Congress, as the Minority Whip or as the Speaker of the House, Federally funded loan guarantees to China! This is one of the reasons that China is beating the pants off us today in world trade! In 1993 New Gingrich not only voted for the ‘job destroying’ North American Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA) but he was also instrumental in getting enough Republican support to pass the bill. In 1994, as the House Minority Whip, Newt voted to support the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) with his vote on GATT! In his position as Minority Whip, he had the power to postpone the vote on GATT, The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, until it could have been modified or defeated in the House, but he chose instead to let the bill pass in a Lame Duck session of Congress! Newt voted in favor of The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade which subjects Americans to the international authority and the regulation of the World Trade Organ

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    • abseas
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Right on AUDIEMURPHY!!!

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  • HTuttle
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:23pm

    Obama The Con will weasel his way out of any direct debate with Newt and you are naive to believe otherwise. With the adoring media on his side it would be an easy finagle to pull off.

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    • nocalifornia
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Are you a mormon or a moron, either way the Obummer can’t weasel out of debates unless he wants to loss his allies in the media. Even they can’t protect him when he is labeled a coward. The billion dollars won‘t help and the union thugs won’t help, they are all going to get whats coming to them if they try and steal the election. This time around people will not hope for a change they will vote republican and get the kind of change that will put the country back on its path of greatness.

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    • rush_is_right
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:15pm

      “This time around people will not hope for a change they will vote republican and get the kind of change that will put the country back on its path of greatness.”

      and you think you’ll get much change with gingrich??? please.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 8:03am

      ” they will vote republican and get the kind of change that will put the country back on its path of greatness.”

      Oh, that’s a good one. Just have a Progressive with an “R” after his name, and the world will be roses and sunshine! I can’t stop laughing. Seriously. What American needs right now is a government limited by principle – and the Republican Party, led foremost by South Carolina, is rejecting the only candidate to offer that principle AND HAVE A RECORD OF STANDING BY IT. Instead, they are thinking about choosing someone who quite obviously preaches about the “sanctity of marriage” while on his third wife, a flip-flopping moderate from Massachusetts, or a Catholic Populist who rails against the “pursuit of happiness”. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=03zFTTqHScI) Well, I’ll leave you to the worst possible fate – suffering the consequences of your own actions.

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    • dnewton
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 11:11am

      You are so right. Any debate between Obama and Gingrich will be a flop because it will end up reinforcing beliefs that both sides already believe. It will end up like a sports argument at a bar. Each side will weigh the facts based on how much their own world view needs to be protected. Living within your means will be called stingy. Taxation will be seen as the swing of a righteous sword against the people who make everyone else poor by being rich. It takes Beck weeks to lay an educational foundation under the argument against progressivism, three hours is not enough, even if you get all of the time. The education system in this country has failed us. It may have helped put a man on the moon but it can not grapple with the problem of human depravity, especially when there is a free floating idea of the concept of depravity even existing. Obama will take the high ethical ground with the doctrine of social justice, a concept well embedded in the Catholic Church.

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:22pm

    None of them are perfect… But all of them are better than the mystery marxist… And i pledge to support whomever the nominee is !!!

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    • Arizona Don
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:54pm

      I’m right there with you paperboy, all these folks who like to run down one candidate to try to improve another are probably liberals who want the conservatives to get on their wagon. The main goal is to defeat obama in 2012. Anyone of the four remaining will do well. The thing they do not understand is we cannot be lead like their liberal progressive buddies.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:40pm

      Mystery Marxist?

      What’s so mysterious about Obama? We know his intentions and what he will do. What we don’t know, is what horrible things Newt, Romney or Santorum will do. With their records, they’re bound to do ANYTHING.

      Honestly, I‘d rather the devil I know rather than the devil I don’t know….

      I will not vote for the lesser of two evils. Feel free to continue doing MORE of the same, expecting different results. And they call Ron Paul supporters crazy?

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    • Todd P
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:01pm

      Ditto here.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:25pm

      Ditto Paperboy… But I would appreciate it if the MSM did not tell us whom our candidate should be. They have been pushing Romney since ‘08. Give me Newt. Turn the Georgia Bulldog loose in DC.

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    • Love_John_Galt
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:45pm

      Liberal media is thrilled at the prospects of a Mitt/Newt candidate going against Obama. They continually run clips of Mitt and Newt’s own words that make Obama look like a saint. These clips are ready made campaign endorsements for Obama.

      Ron Paul may not be the best ‘grandstander/actor’ but his principles run circles around Obama any day and his steady Constitutional record cannot be disputed by Obama.

      Liberals, Independents, and Libertarians will NEVER vote for Mitt or Newt – but those and the ‘ABO’ people would vote for Ron Paul in the general. Republicans had better do the math or we’re in for another 4 years of Obama!

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  • PJL
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:21pm

    All he will do is come off nasty and condescending and turn everyone off.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:20pm

    Newt idolizes all the Progressive (Liberal/Socialist) Presidents… Obama idolizes all the Communist & Collectivist Leaders… so while this may make them Equal in a Fight… neither is Fighting for the Conservative or Libertarian!

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    • MiloArk
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:30pm

      Whatever dude, we’re buying time with Newt. Obama…we’re dead. Burn the country down and run.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:44pm

      @Lukerw
      I agree, but he’s still better than the majical mysery marxist…. But then again so is a bucket of warm puke…

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:06pm

      Better the devil you know then the devil you don’t know.

      You actually THINK we have time to buy?

      Why buy time when we can start restoring america…. NOW.

      Ron Paul. If you are really just incapable of giving him a chance, then we have no hope for recovering our nation. It will burn. In the ashes, we‘ll have to rebuild anyways but it’ll be a lot harder. Stop going after the lesser of two evils. He is still evil.

      Vote for the man who will stand for the people and the Constitution.

      Buy time? Sure. Instead of going 100MPH towards the cliff, we’ll go 70MPH towards that cliff. Problem is, the cliff is just 1 mile a way! Unless we actually TURN the car around, slowing it down will just prolong REAL recovery but instead will send us over the edge where we will be forced to rebuild America from the ground up. Is it worth that risk to you? Not to me it isn’t.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:52pm

      American Soldier,
      I agree, the country is most probably doomed but not because Ron Paul isn’t going to be the nominee, because the concepts that he espouses have not spread quickly enough amongst the populous. At some point those who were in the best position to educate others parted ways with promoting the principles and began promoting one man.

      Rather than teaching people well and allowing them to make their own decision on a candidate, it started to be about shoving one person down their throat. This is why the country is probably doomed. One man was never and never will be the answer, the people are.

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    • LibertarianRight
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 8:12am

      @Axel

      It’s never been about “one man” – even if that man is Ron Paul. The reason the focus has been on him is that he is the only candidate espousing those ideas. His ideas not spreading fast enough won’t be because we focused on that “one man”, but because the people refuse to listen and think out of fear riled up by the media and the typical politicians.

      Illogical fear of Iran, especially, is the biggest problem with getting a principled man – in this election, Dr. Paul – into office. Illogical fear of income inequality (and a lack of understanding as to its real source) pushes the unprincipled Democrats into office, as well. Lack of understanding of economics pushes BOTH parties into office whenever a recession occurs on the other’s “watch”. Education of the people is difficult, and only becomes more difficult as people get older and set in their ways. The only real question is whether the education will be fast enough to get Paul elected – and if not, will the country survive long enough while printing money to finance bloated welfare spending and the fighting of pointless wars to enable a slower education process to pull us back from the brink caused by voting the “lesser of two evils” for generations.

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  • Rayblue
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:20pm

    I don’t want someone who can go “toe to toe” with Obama.
    I want someone who can kick him in the teeth and smile while doing it.

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    • grand slam grandam
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:11pm

      Excellent repartee, Rayblue! Condensed, that would make a super bumpersticker! Keep it coming!

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    • Ohio Guy
      Posted on January 23, 2012 at 10:55am

      Woo-Hoo Three hours of Newt slapping Obama around the stage in debates followed by a landslide defeat and 40 more years of Obama. Sounds like a hoot!! Yes I meant 40!

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  • JustPeachy
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:20pm

    My first reaction:

    To Gingrich – - Bullcrap!

    Just what we need–more ARROGANCE in the White House!!!!! :-0

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:49pm

      only difference is one is fat!

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    • Arizona Don
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:08pm

      I do not perceive Gingrich as arrogant, but he is certainly not passive. I do think he could be described as aggressive. There is a considerable difference between arrogance and aggressiveness. Obama is arrogant.

      Well McCain was not aggressive at all and he got his butt handed to him. Say anything you like but obama will not do that to Newt and I like that. He is not my first pick either but he’s hundreds of times better than obama.

      Whoever the Republican nominee is I will support anyway possible. Quite frankly the only one’s who won’t are the obama supporters.

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  • Hickory
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:17pm

    If we continue to bash each other, we will lose. If Newt is the man, so be it. I had rather have someone else but some of you killed off the chances of others and we have what we have. If you screw around and let Obama win again………….. you deserve it.

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    • JustPeachy
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:25pm

      This race is FAR from over Hickory. I’m not ready to lie down yet and “settle” once again. . .

      For me, there is still at least one better choice running than dishonest, lying Gingrich. And until he’s out, I will support him for POTUS – NOT Gingrich.

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    • rtist542010
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:26pm

      Amen to that! Stop tearing down your chances to beat Obama AND put this country on the right track people. Romney is fake and has no spine, Paul will leave us defenseless, Santorum will never beat Obama. Newt Gingrich knows what to do to fix this country – he WILL do it (no matter what you think of him personally) – and he will spank Obama in front of the entire nation.

      Stop believing all the rhetoric about him – you’re falling right into the liberals hands!

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:30pm

      Gingrich is lying when he says he’s the only one who can go toe to toe with Obama. He’s an adulterer and he would be OBLITERATED by Obama because he not only has excess baggage, but he alienates REAL conservatives by trying to portray himself as a moderate and then flip-flopping when confronted about it. He supports global warming, carbon taxes, executing marijuana smokers, etc. The man is a megalomaniacal, narcissistic, NWO troglodyte. If he cheats on his wife, how can he be trusted as far as you can throw him? He cheated MULTIPLE times.

      The truth is that the media is ignoring Ron Paul because he is the only other candidate who polls as beating Obama next to Romney, and Gingrich is intent on taking Romney out of the picture because he feels like he DESERVES the presidency. He doesn’t like Romney who, I must admit, HAS MORE INTEGRITY THAN GINGRICH, yet is just as dangerous in terms of liberty because of forced healthcare mandates and big government. Romney is the white Obama.

      Ron Paul 2012.

      Nobody is surprised SC goes for someone who attacks welfare because they believe the lie that the blacks are stealing all their money. The truth is there’s just as many, and a little bit more, white people on welfare as blacks, out of 50 million and counting.

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    • Teabggr
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Yeah, so much negativism on here. I am afraid if this site is a sampling we are so divided we will let Obama have a second term.

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    • fatjack
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:16pm

      Teabggr
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:10pm

      Yeah, so much negativism on here. I am afraid if this site is a sampling we are so divided we will let Obama have a second term.
      _______________________________________________________________

      I believe most disgruntles are Paulbots and obamabutts.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:29pm

      Can’t speak truthfully about the state of affairs without being negative, because it is a negative state of affairs.

      We’ve been hoodwinked too many times by candidates who say one thing to get elected then do whatever they want when in power.

      They called Ron Paul “Dr. Doom” along with Peter Schiff and others. We see how THAT played out.

      THEY WERE RIGHT.

      If you want to be taxed to BREATHE (carbon taxes), and you want marijuana smokers executed, and you believe in global warming, and if you like open marriage, then vote for GrinchGrinch.

      If you want some real integrity, sound fiscal policy, sound foreign policy, and a return to freedom and liberty/ economic prosperity, then your man is Dr. Ron Paul.

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    • A Conservatarian
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:37pm

      Your belief is unfounded and incorrect Fat Jack :)

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  • JEANNIEMAC
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:16pm

    Will any of the mainstream media print this news?
    http://www.coachisright.com/will-jan-26th-be-%E2%80%9Cthe-night-the-lights-went-out-in-georgia%E2%80%9D-for-obama-and-his-27-socsec-numbers/

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  • shagstar
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:14pm

    who knew,,,,these two share a foot fetish? yikes!!

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  • Clean Patriot
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:13pm

    lets go to washington and demand change fronm Speaker Boehner. some of the changes we need.
    _*Congressional Reform Act of 2011*_

    1. No Tenure / No Pension.

    A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no
    pay when they’re out of office.

    2. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social
    Security.

    All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the
    Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into
    the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the
    American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.

    3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all
    Americans do.

    4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise.
    Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

    5. Congress loses their current health care system and
    participates in the same health care system as the American people.

    6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the
    American people.

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    • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:25pm

      You cannot retroactively enforce a law. It is right there in the Constitution, Ex Post Facto, look it up.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:26pm

      Great post! I love your ideas, but sadly it will never happen. We can try and vote out the lifetimers, but we just get more crap in. Sure, they tell us what we want to hear when they’re running for office, but as soon as they get in they see that golden egg and cannot help themselves. I don’t know how to change what we have, short of an armed uprising. But that would only get us China, Russia, islamists, or some other country invading the U.S. We’ve let the federal government take “We the People” out of the equation and now we’re screwed.

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    • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 2:58pm

      By the way, quit spreading spam emails, half the crap on that are stupid as I have stated.

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    • Unix
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:15pm

      @
      o AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:43pm
      UNIX: Go back to your promise and stop posting. You‘ve posted this same comment on every article I’ve read on the Blaze today. You even posted this comment on the Joe P. article. Do us all a favor and get lost.
      o
      o AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:26pm
      Great post! I love your ideas, but sadly it will never happen. We can try and vote out the lifetimers, but we just get more crap in. Sure, they tell us what we want to hear when they’re running for office, but as soon as they get in they see that golden egg and cannot help themselves. I don’t know how to change what we have, short of an armed uprising. But that would only get us China, Russia, islamists, or some other country invading the U.S. We’ve let the federal government take “We the People” out of the equation and now we’re screwed.
      =====================

      You call me out for my posts, which are peaceful in nature, yet you post this, what are you just blood thirsty now? Seems like you are casting stones in a glass house does it not?

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  • garyM
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:11pm

    Romney can release his taxes back to his teenage years and he’s still a Mass liberal!

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:10pm

    Gingrich is right. He is the only one who can beat Obama in a debate. I just hope “We The People” will give him a chance. I don’t agree with Gingrich on some issues. I also don’t agree with Romney, Santorium or Dr. Paul on some issues. But I think Gingrich is better equipped to beat Obama.
    p.s. I’m really glad Mrs. Gingrich the second’s CBS interview backfired. Sometimes it’s the people we marry who make us a bad person.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:43pm

      Strega…..
      Though I generally do not trust Gingrich, I think of him (if he wins the nom) as a starting point from which to begin a turn around. He certainly has to be better than Obama. Newt will be confrontational in a debate with Obama, as opposed to the wishy-washiness of McCain. That man (McCain) had me so frustrated, I wanted to scream.

      My guess is that Barak will not go certain places with Newt that he would venture with a lesser opponent. Newt is capable of turning the tables on Obama at any point in a debate.

      The Progressives needed 100 years to make so many Americans dependent on gov. to the point that they’d elect a Marxist/Racist as President. It will take decades to eliminate the Socialist programs that got this country to the point where we are today.
      Hopefully, in another 4 years, we will be able to nominate a true Constitutionalist who also realizes the dangers to America that await in foreign lands.

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    • mac410
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:44pm

      The fun part is gonna be when The Messiah tries to pull a Newt during a debate. He doesn‘t have the ****** nor the skill to pull it off and he’ll end up looking like the weasel he is.

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    • grand slam grandam
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:24pm

      Why does everyone ASSUME President Obama is going to debate ANYONE?

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  • barber2
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:10pm

    I think America has had enough of the hate speech , the intimidation, and the Occupies of the Democrats. We need a leader with the ability to get things done. Admire Newt for standing up to the Dominant Media Propaganda Machine. But think Newt needs to put on his Mr. Capitalism Pants and play down the Pit Bull bit.

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  • islamhater
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:10pm

    Yes newt would DESTROY Obama in a debate…..But him as our president no way in hell…NO more progressive’s.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:15pm

      Which candidate ISN’T a progressive in one form or another?

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    • atrain
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:19pm

      Suggesting that Romney is a conservative is like suggesting Reagan was a liberal. The argument does not work.

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    • islamhater
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:41pm

      @ATRAIN: I never said anything about Romney…But if you like here it goes.. He is a progressive.. There‘s only one person that is for the constitution and i don’t even have to mension his name everyone know‘s who i’m talking about.. A big part of our problem is our forgion policy..

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  • garyM
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:08pm

    Obama is not Newt’s biggest problem, he can beat Obama easy, it’s those lying suckers that Romney has hired , Romney is trying to buy the election for himself by hiring liars in telling lies about Newt on the airways! You gotta pro-choice, gay marriage tax and spend former gov from Mass who could not beat McCain in a GOP primary in 08 and then you call Newt a progressive by digging up Teddy Roosevelt, what a lie!

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    • LTinUT
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:18pm

      A little behind in your facts research I see… Turn a little of that effort into looking at Newt’s political career. Personally I am for Santorum but it drives me crazy that people spew liberal bias media talking points without doing their own research. What has happened to critical thinking skills? Oh wait, the Dept. of Education doesn’t have that as approved curriculum.

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    • LVMerrily
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:25pm

      You don’t have to lie about Newt, just listen to HIS own words and read the newspapers. BHO wants to run against another candidate with no morals, ethics, or integrity. They can wallow in the mud together. My person has dropped out – most of the good ones have.

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    • fatjack
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 4:54pm

      I have been a Bachmann, now a Santorum supporter. However, after listening to Newt speech last night he gave me hope, I think I can see a turnaround of our country. If Santorum drops out I would vote for Newt in a heartbeat.

      I saw all the Republicans and the media elite cringing last night and this morning. Romney is the chosen one this cycle, as Bush H, Doyle, Bush W and McSame were. Newt will come under vicious attacks not only from the Dims, but the Republican elitist, i.e. Carl Rowe, Billy Crystal, Peggy Newman etc. I also saw the fat man from Jersey hammering Newt on behalf of Romney.

      I will refuse to allow the Media to influence me this election cycle. Our country can’t afford it this time around. It will take someone like Newt to undo the insidious secret things obama has hidden.

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  • LTinUT
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:08pm

    Isn’t going TOE-TO-TOE another term for dancing? Like Obama he is a career politician that has never run a business nor a state. So, yes, he dances to the same tune as Obama.

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    • Bizerker
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:15pm

      Or boxing, you Becker head.

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    • LTinUT
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:20pm

      @Bizerker. Thank you so kindly for your friendly thought-provoking discourse.

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    • Bizerker
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:48pm

      You are welcome. I would in turn, like to thank you for showing so many of us the power of Glenn becks cult of personality.

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    • barber2
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 1:57pm

      BIZ is just your typical , juvenile smart- aleck.

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    • Bizerker
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:16pm

      Comments on santorums questionable actions are off limits at the blaze apparently. So I will say this, one should only burden a child with what they are developmentally equipped to handle. Santorums judgement is seriously questionable.

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    • Bizerker
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 3:50pm

      The other thing I wanted to say in my censored post: anyone who thinks there is no difference in obama and Gingrich is not living in reality. It is an absurd comment that only someone who swallows everything Glenn says could make.

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  • MONICNE
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:05pm

    He has proven he can go Ho to Ho with Clinton!

    TEA

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  • ZAP
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:05pm

    Loser

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    • Unix
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:09pm

      o I broke my promise to never post again, but I have to say this one last thing. How do we fight fire with fire? Not with a bloody revolution, it is not necessary at this point. Here is what ALL right minded Americans need to do:
      We pick a date, we ALL call in sick, and stay sick for a week, we bring this country to it’s knees! If that does not do it, quit your jobs! How will they pay for their crimes, if they have no tax revenue? How will they control us, millions of us all at the same time?
      WE CAN make a difference, WE CAN change the course away from communism, DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS to do this? What are they going to do, lock us all up for being deadbeats? There are not enough cops or jails if MILLIONS of people do this! What difference does it make anyway, you lose your job now, under our terms, or you lose your job and life later on their terms?
      If we fail to come together we are LOST! Either we fight fire with fire, or we lose our country and freedoms forever!
      If you are self employed, you can withold your taxes, fine. If you are paid by an employer, one has no control of the taxes THEY take out for you…I seem to remember the French Revolution being a bloody afair, and I said there was not need for one of those. This is a peaceful, yet EFFECTIVE means of protest. Not one drop of blood will be spilled to bring down this corrupt, illegal current gov’t we have now!
      Do you think we are going to win in November, when they rig the vote? THINK

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:43pm

      UNIX: Go back to your promise and stop posting. You‘ve posted this same comment on every article I’ve read on the Blaze today. You even posted this comment on the Joe P. article. Do us all a favor and get lost.

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  • Blazesurfer
    Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:05pm

    If we take both House and Senate..Does it really matter who the president is?

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:09pm

      Don’t count your chickens before they hatch!
      Pray for a repeat of the 2010 election.
      Remeber this?
      “You have to pass the bill to find out what is in it.
      Nancy Pelosi, March 9, 2009.
      Identify the enemy…..
      Arrogance of the progressive left.
      From a terrorist and SOB

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:10pm

      If is a very big word. It would be great to have both, but unlikely, so president seems to matter a lot.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:11pm

      YES! Obama will just bypass congress as he has already proven to do.

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    • Blazesurfer
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:15pm

      I remeber.

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    • Blazesurfer
      Posted on January 22, 2012 at 12:16pm

      I remember.

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