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Commentary argues that Romney is much more electable in polls v Obama
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That’s the thing–once people decide for Paul, they rarely seem to move to anyone else. Once people get past his “image,” they find a whole lot of integrity, honesty, courage and consistency to hang their hats on. That by itself is worth more than agreement on every single issue, and it’s worth way more than “looking presidential.”
I love the fact that he actually seems to care about the Constitution.
I love the fact that he will say what he needs to say even if he knows the audience is about to boo him.
I love that he understands we ought to treat other nations in a way we would want to be treated.
He’s the tortoise of the race. A lot of hares have jumped ahead and burned out already. I hope he wins Iowa, and makes a respectable showing in NH. He’ll have my vote as long as he is in the race.
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ringil
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Nope, totally different. You know it’s going to be Romney. I have known for months and stating it for months.
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ringil
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Romney is “great”? That’s a superlative you don’t often hear regarding him. I’ve heard “good enough”. I’ve heard “he’s not Obama,” but not so much a “great.”
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VIDEO: Democrats’ Mitt v Mitt video contains “15 Pinocchios” according to Washington Post
Newt Gingrich To ABC News: ‘I’m Going To Be The Nominee’ - NPR
Gingrich now 6.2% ahead of Romney in GOP race - RCP
“He’s at 50 percent in Florida and nationally, among likely voters, enjoys a 20-point lead on Romney. He’s not blowing smoke here. If he doesn’t stumble this month and Cain drops out, it’s absolutely possible that he’ll run the table in the early states.” - HotAir
Republican voters like the Gingrich they’ve seen so far in the campaign. But they want to make sure it’s really him - Bryon York for the Washington Examiner
Gingrich’s mom-and-pop political operation is now rushing to narrow the gap with Mitt Romney’s well-funded, national-scale primary campaign - Politico
Newt Gingrich as president could turn the White House into an ideas factory - Washington Post
You should NOT take Gingrich’s candidacy seriously - Jonathan Bernstein for TNR
Gingrich immigration plan helps millions - [content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/12/newt-gingrich-illegal-immigrants-/1"]USA Today
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Chris Christie (ROMNEY’S ATTACK DOG?) Slams Newt Gingrich - FOX
TIME: Why don’t they like Mitt?
“Mitt Romney isn’t having a very good week. He gave a testy interview to Fox News. Newt Gingrich is surging–and actually shows signs of uniting the conservative anti-Romney vote. He shows signs of becoming a Potemkin front-runner, whose support was based on name recognition–like Joe Lieberman in 2004 or, to a lesser extent, Hillary Clinton in 2008.” - TIME
Ramesh Ponnuru endorses Romney - NRO… but Romney needs Palin’s endorsement to win over conservatives says Ross Douthat
Is Romney evading the Sunday talk shows?
“Romney is the only Republican candidate for president who has not appeared on a major Sunday morning news show since joining the 2012 contest. The last time Romney was on a Sunday show was March 7, 2010, when he appeared on Fox News Sunday. He announced he was running for president on June 2.” - Daily Caller
"Lobbyist" Romney’s biggest weakness?
“The millions he has made lobbying—sorry, teaching history—as a former speaker, Capitol Hill insider and member of the permanent political class. Some of his paychecks came from the very agencies (such as Freddie Mac) that succeeded for 20 years in operating without proper oversight due to the influence and protection of Capitol Hill insiders and members of the permanent political class. That is the great scandal of our time, and it helped tank our economy. He has been part of it.” - Peggy Noonan in the WSJ
"Plutocrat" Romney’s biggest weakness?
“The biggest problem, though, is that Team Romney cannot see what is plainly visible: that Mitt already is being prepped by the Axelrod Machine for the role of designated fall guy, the Bain Capital plutocrat/ heartless corporate manipulator who just so happens to be the spitting embodiment of the largely manufactured Occupy movement’s feigned “outrage.” And this is even before the Dems’ whispering campaign about “weird” Mormons gets fully underway.” - Michael Walsh at NRO
Republican Governors and leaders are not rushing to endorse Romney - New York Times
But Thune’s endorsement of Romney is proof, thinks Roll Call, that bigger doubts are attached to Gingrich
Rick Perry’s stumbles have rattled confidence in him among many wealthy Texas conservatives, creating a fund-raising opening the Romney camp has been quick to exploit - WSJ
Newt Gingrich To ABC News: ‘I’m Going To Be The Nominee’ - NPR
Gingrich now 6.2% ahead of Romney in GOP race - RCP
“He’s at 50 percent in Florida and nationally, among likely voters, enjoys a 20-point lead on Romney. He’s not blowing smoke here. If he doesn’t stumble this month and Cain drops out, it’s absolutely possible that he’ll run the table in the early states.” - HotAir
Republican voters like the Gingrich they’ve seen so far in the campaign. But they want to make sure it’s really him - Bryon York for the Washington Examiner
Gingrich’s mom-and-pop political operation is now rushing to narrow the gap with Mitt Romney’s well-funded, national-scale primary campaign - Politico
Newt Gingrich as president could turn the White House into an ideas factory - Washington Post
You should NOT take Gingrich’s candidacy seriously - Jonathan Bernstein for TNR
Gingrich immigration plan helps millions - [content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/12/newt-gingrich-illegal-immigrants-/1"]USA Today
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Chris Christie (ROMNEY’S ATTACK DOG?) Slams Newt Gingrich - FOX
TIME: Why don’t they like Mitt?
“Mitt Romney isn’t having a very good week. He gave a testy interview to Fox News. Newt Gingrich is surging–and actually shows signs of uniting the conservative anti-Romney vote. He shows signs of becoming a Potemkin front-runner, whose support was based on name recognition–like Joe Lieberman in 2004 or, to a lesser extent, Hillary Clinton in 2008.” - TIME
Ramesh Ponnuru endorses Romney - NRO… but Romney needs Palin’s endorsement to win over conservatives says Ross Douthat
Is Romney evading the Sunday talk shows?
“Romney is the only Republican candidate for president who has not appeared on a major Sunday morning news show since joining the 2012 contest. The last time Romney was on a Sunday show was March 7, 2010, when he appeared on Fox News Sunday. He announced he was running for president on June 2.” - Daily Caller
"Lobbyist" Romney’s biggest weakness?
“The millions he has made lobbying—sorry, teaching history—as a former speaker, Capitol Hill insider and member of the permanent political class. Some of his paychecks came from the very agencies (such as Freddie Mac) that succeeded for 20 years in operating without proper oversight due to the influence and protection of Capitol Hill insiders and members of the permanent political class. That is the great scandal of our time, and it helped tank our economy. He has been part of it.” - Peggy Noonan in the WSJ
"Plutocrat" Romney’s biggest weakness?
“The biggest problem, though, is that Team Romney cannot see what is plainly visible: that Mitt already is being prepped by the Axelrod Machine for the role of designated fall guy, the Bain Capital plutocrat/ heartless corporate manipulator who just so happens to be the spitting embodiment of the largely manufactured Occupy movement’s feigned “outrage.” And this is even before the Dems’ whispering campaign about “weird” Mormons gets fully underway.” - Michael Walsh at NRO
Republican Governors and leaders are not rushing to endorse Romney - New York Times
But Thune’s endorsement of Romney is proof, thinks Roll Call, that bigger doubts are attached to Gingrich
Rick Perry’s stumbles have rattled confidence in him among many wealthy Texas conservatives, creating a fund-raising opening the Romney camp has been quick to exploit - WSJ
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Different people… different opinions.
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I don’t know it and neither do you.
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Stjudeprayforus
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I have been for Perry. 3 term Gov who balances a budget in a state that is the envy of every other state. Sadly…I dont see him recovering in time. But who knows… this time in 2007… it was Edwards and Guiliani leading int he polls.
I like Newt… I think he is smart and would do well. Rassmussen has him beating Obama… 2 points higher than OBama (its a statistical tie actually ) I would happily vote for Newt.
Romney isn’t my first choice but I could see him being a good President. He would beat Obama.
I like Santorum. I think he is a good principled Catholic.
Primary is basically over by the time it gets to me so my primary vote wont matter.
In the general… I am crawling over broken glass to vote for whoever runs against pro abortion Obama.
I like Newt… I think he is smart and would do well. Rassmussen has him beating Obama… 2 points higher than OBama (its a statistical tie actually ) I would happily vote for Newt.
Romney isn’t my first choice but I could see him being a good President. He would beat Obama.
I like Santorum. I think he is a good principled Catholic.
Primary is basically over by the time it gets to me so my primary vote wont matter.
In the general… I am crawling over broken glass to vote for whoever runs against pro abortion Obama.
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If you were in front of me (and if you were a betting man) I would bet $1000 it will be Romney, and I am an unemployed person with no cash to spare.
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Romney’s hair is too perfect.
No joke. One of my friends is like that. Too perfect. But once he is on the job, his superficiality shows through.
Makes a GREAT first impression.
No joke. One of my friends is like that. Too perfect. But once he is on the job, his superficiality shows through.
Makes a GREAT first impression.
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President good hair?!
My son who is only a teenager said Romney looks like a President.
My dad is for Romney… my mom for Newt. Thanksgiving was interesting.
Especially when I said I wanted Perry.
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His barber says no color and he doesn’t put any product in.
nytimes.com/2011/11/25/us/politics/romneys-image-expert-the-one-for-his-hair-anyway.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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I’m not a betting man and I do have a job. I’ve never bet on anything I might lose. I know Romney might win the nomination, but nobody knows he will win.
There is the professor who has never predicted a wrong nomination, I believe he already picked Romney. But then he was talking about it during an interview and said that his prediction could change since there were several of his keys that either had no answer or the answer could change any day.
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ringil
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I’ll agree with you that Romney does look like a President! That being said I hope he does not become the President.
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If it takes good looks to become president we would never of had Lincoln
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He also predicted that Obama would win the general.
I’m not a betting man and I do have a job. I’ve never bet on anything I might lose. I know Romney might win the nomination, but nobody knows he will win.
There is the professor who has never predicted a wrong nomination, I believe he already picked Romney. But then he was talking about it during an interview and said that his prediction could change since there were several of his keys that either had no answer or the answer could change any day.
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Some have been considered to be better looking than others I’m sure. But of course Lincoln didn’t live in the media age we live in and his picture wasn’t on 24 hr cable.
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CMatt25
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Me neither
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bbarrick8383
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Yea, that’s what it was. I was thinking he had picked Romney, but it was Obama that I read about.
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Newt Gingrich: Pro-Life But Says Life Begins at Implantation
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is pro-life on the issue of abortion and frequently voted pro-life during his days in Congress. However, in a new interview, the former Speaker shows he needs to be educated on the scientific understanding that life begins at conception.
In a new interview with Jake Tapper of ABC News, Gingrich said human life begins at implantation rather than conception, which science has established as the starting point for human life.
Tapper asked him, “Abortion is a big issue here in Iowa among conservative Republican voters and Rick Santorum has said you are inconsistent. The big argument here is that you have supported in the past embryonic stem cell research and you made a comment about how these fertilized eggs, these embryos are not yet “pre-human” because they have not been implanted. This has upset conservatives in this state who worry you don’t see these fertilized eggs as human life. When do you think human life begins?”
“Well, I think the question of being implanted is a very big question,” Gingrich said. “My friends who have ideological positions that sound good don’t then follow through the logic of: ‘So how many additional potential lives are they talking about? What are they going to do as a practical matter to make this real?”"
“I think that if you take a position when a woman has fertilized egg and that’s been successfully implanted that now you’re dealing with life,” he added. “Because otherwise you’re going to open up an extraordinary range of very difficult questions.”
“So implantation is the moment for you,” Tapper said.
“Implantation and successful implantation. In addition I would say that I’ve never been for embryonic stem cell research per se. I have been for, there are a lot of different ways to get embryonic stem cells. I think if you can get embryonic stem cells for example from placental blood if you can get it in ways that do not involve the loss of a life that’s a perfectly legitimate avenue of approach,” Gingrich explained.
“What I reject is the idea that we’re going to take one life for the purpose of doing research for other purposes and I think that crosses a threshold of de-humanizing us that’s very very dangerous,” he said.
Gingrich maintained a very strong pro-life voting record, according to the National Right to Life Committee, and has said the Republican Party needs to be pro-life.
“I think we’re clearly a pro-life party,” he once said. “We had a vice presidential nominee who was pro-life. I don’t see [this] as a significant change. I think that it is continuity in how this party has evolved over the last 30 years.”
“I think that abortion should not be legal,” he told American View. “Abortion is a very, very important moral question and I think it’s a very important question about the very nature of society. And I think that in terms of voting on the issue and speaking on the issue I’ve been pretty clear in my entire career. I did cite at the beginning of the book, that I think that people who are not certain how they feel about “right to life,” have in fact been coming our way.”
“There should be [legal protection for unborn children,],” Gingrich added. “And I think the focus has been on doctors performing abortions. And in that sense that we want to move the society as rapidly as we can that people should select adoption rather than abortion and that choosing abortion is not acceptable.”
LifeNews reporter Andrew Bair has extensively profiled Gingrich’s pro-life views.
Gingrich’s voting record on pro-life issues reflected the consensus pro-life views of the majority of Americans.
Gingrich voted in favor of a ban on partial-birth abortion. (President Clinton ultimately vetoed the bill and a ban was not signed into law until President Bush took office.) Gingrich also voted to cut federal funding to organizations that perform or promote abortions abroad, including the United Nations Population Fund, which is complicit in carrying out China’s One Child Policy. In addition, Gingrich supported restrictions on funding for assisted suicide.
In the 2012 presidential race, Gingrich has pledged to appoint pro-life judges to the Supreme Court, end taxpayer funding of abortion, de-fund Planned Parenthood and sign into law a federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Gingrich is also committed to repealing the pro-abortion Obama healthcare law, which contains massive abortion funding and threats of rationing.
lifenews.com/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-pro-life-but-says-life-begins-at-implantation/
Excerpt:
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is pro-life on the issue of abortion and frequently voted pro-life during his days in Congress. However, in a new interview, the former Speaker shows he needs to be educated on the scientific understanding that life begins at conception.
In a new interview with Jake Tapper of ABC News, Gingrich said human life begins at implantation rather than conception, which science has established as the starting point for human life.
Tapper asked him, “Abortion is a big issue here in Iowa among conservative Republican voters and Rick Santorum has said you are inconsistent. The big argument here is that you have supported in the past embryonic stem cell research and you made a comment about how these fertilized eggs, these embryos are not yet “pre-human” because they have not been implanted. This has upset conservatives in this state who worry you don’t see these fertilized eggs as human life. When do you think human life begins?”
“Well, I think the question of being implanted is a very big question,” Gingrich said. “My friends who have ideological positions that sound good don’t then follow through the logic of: ‘So how many additional potential lives are they talking about? What are they going to do as a practical matter to make this real?”"
“I think that if you take a position when a woman has fertilized egg and that’s been successfully implanted that now you’re dealing with life,” he added. “Because otherwise you’re going to open up an extraordinary range of very difficult questions.”
“So implantation is the moment for you,” Tapper said.
“Implantation and successful implantation. In addition I would say that I’ve never been for embryonic stem cell research per se. I have been for, there are a lot of different ways to get embryonic stem cells. I think if you can get embryonic stem cells for example from placental blood if you can get it in ways that do not involve the loss of a life that’s a perfectly legitimate avenue of approach,” Gingrich explained.
“What I reject is the idea that we’re going to take one life for the purpose of doing research for other purposes and I think that crosses a threshold of de-humanizing us that’s very very dangerous,” he said.
Gingrich maintained a very strong pro-life voting record, according to the National Right to Life Committee, and has said the Republican Party needs to be pro-life.
“I think we’re clearly a pro-life party,” he once said. “We had a vice presidential nominee who was pro-life. I don’t see [this] as a significant change. I think that it is continuity in how this party has evolved over the last 30 years.”
“I think that abortion should not be legal,” he told American View. “Abortion is a very, very important moral question and I think it’s a very important question about the very nature of society. And I think that in terms of voting on the issue and speaking on the issue I’ve been pretty clear in my entire career. I did cite at the beginning of the book, that I think that people who are not certain how they feel about “right to life,” have in fact been coming our way.”
“There should be [legal protection for unborn children,],” Gingrich added. “And I think the focus has been on doctors performing abortions. And in that sense that we want to move the society as rapidly as we can that people should select adoption rather than abortion and that choosing abortion is not acceptable.”
LifeNews reporter Andrew Bair has extensively profiled Gingrich’s pro-life views.
Gingrich’s voting record on pro-life issues reflected the consensus pro-life views of the majority of Americans.
Gingrich voted in favor of a ban on partial-birth abortion. (President Clinton ultimately vetoed the bill and a ban was not signed into law until President Bush took office.) Gingrich also voted to cut federal funding to organizations that perform or promote abortions abroad, including the United Nations Population Fund, which is complicit in carrying out China’s One Child Policy. In addition, Gingrich supported restrictions on funding for assisted suicide.
In the 2012 presidential race, Gingrich has pledged to appoint pro-life judges to the Supreme Court, end taxpayer funding of abortion, de-fund Planned Parenthood and sign into law a federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Gingrich is also committed to repealing the pro-abortion Obama healthcare law, which contains massive abortion funding and threats of rationing.
lifenews.com/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-pro-life-but-says-life-begins-at-implantation/
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