What if Newt wins South Carolina?

[JimH52]

What if Newt Gingrich wins South Carolina? - Yahoo! News

Talk about tipping the GOP boat!

 

[Full-Auto]

What if Newt wins South Carolina?

It could be a horse race.

 

[Katzndogz]

Liberals will say that the southern evangelicals voted for him because they hate him so much.

 

[The T]

Liberals will say that the southern evangelicals voted for him because they hate him so much.

And seeing that the left is so hung up on his adultry and making light of it means that possibly those evangelicals might be practicing forgiveness, and are focused on the current danger to the Republic, and that would be Obama and his damaging the economy.

Novel thought, eh?

 

[Seawytch]

If Newt wins SC? I'll pop the bottle of champagne I didn't drink on New Years...

 

[JimH52]

I think it is hialrious that the Party of Morals is clinging to the Master of Immorals as their "anyone but Mitt" alternative. It makes me crack up laughing!

The Dems at the WH must be rolling in the isles. I heard this morning that even the Tea Party moralists are lining up behind Newt. He is soon to be known as the Champion Snake Oil Salesman of all time!

GO NEWT!​

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[JoeB131]

I think a Newt Win will have the following effects-

First and foremost, it will make him the only "Not Romney" standing. Santorum will figure he's made his point and he's had his fun. I never thought Santorum was running for anything other than redemption, and having made it this far, outlasting Perry, Bachmann, Cain and Pawlenty. He's got that now, he can go back to Fox News and demand a lot more money as an analyst.

So what you have in the GOP race is about 30% who have bought into Romney and the 70% who would really like someone else. Discounting the 12% who want Ron Paul, that still leaves Gingirch with about 58% of the GOP electorate to work with.

The other end result is that Romney has FINALLY gotten the scrutiny he should have gotten three months ago about his business dealings, what his real positions are and his whackadoo religion. When you get past the platitudes about "electablity" and "inevitability", what you have is a candidate who is personally very unappealling, isn't in sync with where most Republicans are, has no empathy with real Americans and their worries and belongs to a religion that is just plain strange.

Again, this should have happened three months ago, but the MSM avoided talking about it, but they can't keep pushing it off. They had every intent of talking about it in the general, but it's all coming up now because Newt brought these things to the table. (Except the Mormon thing.)

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

I think it is hialrious that the Party of Morals is clinging to the Master of Immorals as their "anyone but Mitt" alternative. It makes me crack up laughing!

The Dems at the WH must be rolling in the isles. I heard this morning that even the Tea Party moralists are lining up behind Newt. He is soon to be known as the Champion Snake Oil Salesman of all time!

GO NEWT!​

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I won't tell anyone else but your fear is showing.

 

[JoeB131]

I think it is hialrious that the Party of Morals is clinging to the Master of Immorals as their "anyone but Mitt" alternative. It makes me crack up laughing!

The Dems at the WH must be rolling in the isles. I heard this morning that even the Tea Party moralists are lining up behind Newt. He is soon to be known as the Champion Snake Oil Salesman of all time!

GO NEWT!​

clap2:

Again, maybe I'm getting old, but I remember liberals in 1980 saying, "Please Nominate Ronald Reagan and not George Bush, because Bush is electable and Reagan is so far off to the right he can't ever get elected. "

Need a reminder of how that turned out for you?

I think you also miss the whole point of "morals". We know people aren't perfect. We know marriages fail. Sorry, they just do, sometimes. Nobody really faulted John Kerry for his ex-wife. Or John McCain. They traded up.

 

[elvis]

then Florida will take center stage.

 

[Full-Auto]

I think it is hialrious that the Party of Morals is clinging to the Master of Immorals as their "anyone but Mitt" alternative. It makes me crack up laughing!

The Dems at the WH must be rolling in the isles. I heard this morning that even the Tea Party moralists are lining up behind Newt. He is soon to be known as the Champion Snake Oil Salesman of all time!

GO NEWT!​

clap2:

Here is what and why we laugh at the left. I have saved this illustration because it shows reality.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

then Florida will take center stage.

Excellent prediction. What do you charge for your sessions?

 

[Seawytch]

I think it is hialrious that the Party of Morals is clinging to the Master of Immorals as their "anyone but Mitt" alternative. It makes me crack up laughing!

The Dems at the WH must be rolling in the isles. I heard this morning that even the Tea Party moralists are lining up behind Newt. He is soon to be known as the Champion Snake Oil Salesman of all time!

GO NEWT!​

clap2:

Again, maybe I'm getting old, but I remember liberals in 1980 saying, "Please Nominate Ronald Reagan and not George Bush, because Bush is electable and Reagan is so far off to the right he can't ever get elected. "

Need a reminder of how that turned out for you?

I think you also miss the whole point of "morals". We know people aren't perfect. We know marriages fail. Sorry, they just do, sometimes. Nobody really faulted John Kerry for his ex-wife. Or John McCain. They traded up.

Yup...that's what we're doing. We don't really want you to nominate Newt.

Go Newt!

 

[elvis]

then Florida will take center stage.

Excellent prediction. What do you charge for your sessions?

I was going to say Florida would determine the election, but that may be too bold.

 

[Seawytch]

So Joe, if I were to say "Go Romney", would you vote for him?

Go Newt!

 

[JoeB131]

Like I said, the MSM and liberal establishment cheering for Romney is a sure sign he was a loser.

I think anyone is going to have a hard time beating Obama in the fall, and I've said this. He's an incumbant, he's likable and he's got an impressive organization.

But I would rather lose with a guy who clearly defines what Conservativism is (and, no Toro and CaliGirl, it is not "Let's help RIch Douchebags make more money") than with a guy who is just a corporate spokesman who doesn't draw a contrast.

 

[ladyliberal]

The story cites Nate Silver's odds of 62% for a Gingrich victory in South Carolina. As of now, however, those odds have risen to 82% (Gingrich Is Well-Positioned as South Carolina Votes - NYTimes.com). So a Gingrich victory now looks quite likely, though not inevitable.

Newt seems to have really benefited from Perry's endorsement. Unfortunately for him, it's unlikely that he will pick up another endorsement like that, even if he does win convincingly in South Carolina. Santorum seems too stubborn to drop out any time soon, and he doesn't seem to like Gingrich very much. Other past candidates also seem beyond endorsing Gingrich: Bachmann anti-endorsed him (Michele Bachmann Campaign Disputes Claim That She Will Not Endorse Newt Gingrich [UPDATED]) and Herman Cain chose to endorse "the people" as his nominee of choice (Herman Cain's big endorsement? 'We the people' - Los Angeles Times).

In any case, Gingrich's South Carolina surge promises that the current mess of a primary season will continue on for quite some time. The Intrade odds of a Republican victory in the presidential race have correspondingly fallen slightly.

 

[EriktheRed]

What if Newt wins South Carolina?

Watch all the remaning debates get cancelled because the Repub establishment doesn't want Newt to be their nominee and debates are his only strength (at least these during the primary).

 

[JoeB131]

So Joe, if I were to say "Go Romney", would you vote for him?

Go Newt!

I think we've firmly established that I'm against Romney because he's Romney.

I think Newt can win under the right circumstances. But Im more for playing the long game. Newt is on the long game, where the GOP has to build the bridges to the working class that were burned by the Bushes.

You see, here's the thing. I think most Americans are really conservative in their own lives, even if they vote liberal too often. No one takes their paycheck on Friday and walks down the street giving it to stew bums and crack heads. But they vote for the government to do this for some odd reason.

Most Americans are for traditional family values. We are not European socialists and never will be.

But the GOP's problem is that it sides with the wealthy and is seen as a tool of their interests. They also have real problems with minorities, because it was easier to play on fear than build bridges to people who agree with you.

Newt can build those bridges. Romney is just an aloof rich guy who says bizarre shit like "I like to be able to fire people" and "Corporations are people, too."

 

[JoeB131]

What if Newt wins South Carolina?

Watch all the remaning debates get cancelled because the Repub establishment doesn't want Newt to be their nominee and debates are his only strength (at least these during the primary).

Wouldn't surprise me in the least.

I think Newt would clean Obama's clock in a debate...