Gingrich: GOP ‘Incapable Of Competing’ Against Hillary Clinton In 2016

[LisaA]

She is pro abortion and pro gay marriage. Enough for Catholics to oppose her as president

Unfortunately Obama is even more radical on these issues than Hillary…and apparently a majority of “Catholics” voted for HIM when there was an alternative.

BTW is there a Democrat on the national stage who ISN’T pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-big government?

Potential contenders according to pundits; Cuomo, O’Malley, Booker. All providing options for murder and debauchery as talking points for 2016.

Lisa

 

[SamH]

Except for Bill Clinton. If it wasn’t for the 22nd Amendment Clinton would have won a third term against George W. Bush. .

What makes you think that?

More people voted against Bill Clinton than for him two elections in a row. He owes Ross Perot big time.

 

[_Abyssinia]

nationalreview.com/articles/335404/rnc-s-fix-it-committee-interview

Reince Preibus say the RNC might limit number of republican presidential primaries in 2016

 

[LisaA]

nationalreview.com/articles/335404/rnc-s-fix-it-committee-interview

Reince Preibus say the RNC might limit number of republican presidential primaries in 2016

Good…this year was over the top with too many debates, too many primaries and “kaka-ses” (why IOWA picks our nominee is beyond my comprehension). Preibus said the RNC did a good job for the 18 months it was active but the DNC did a better job over four years. IOW they never left Ohio or Florida after 08. It was so tiresome to have candidates who had no hope of winning drag out the process and drag down the campaign in their wake.

I think the ‘experts’ were the real problem since they counted on Obama to lose rather than the Republican nominee to win. Had we seen Romney as he was in the first debate for the entire campaign it would have been different result IMO.

Lisa

 

[_Abyssinia]

Good…this year was over the top with too many debates, too many primaries and “kaka-ses” (why IOWA picks our nominee is beyond my comprehension). Preibus said the RNC did a good job for the 18 months it was active but the DNC did a better job over four years. IOW they never left Ohio or Florida after 08. It was so tiresome to have candidates who had no hope of winning drag out the process and drag down the campaign in their wake.

I think the ‘experts’ were the real problem since they counted on Obama to lose rather than the Republican nominee to win. Had we seen Romney as he was in the first debate for the entire campaign it would have been different result IMO.

Lisa

Karl Rove said republicans need to copy Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy and

• Move the convention to June

“It made sense to have the convention in late August when you wanted to minimize the amount of time during which you could spend your general election public financing,” Rove told Hannity. “But nobody’s ever going to use public financing again, so we need to move the convention back to June or July so our nominee gets picked and then can begin raising money for the general election and doesn’t get outspent.”

• Get on social media

“I think it is absolutely vital that we recognize that the old saw in politics that if you’re responding you’re losing – in the hyperkinetic age that we live in with cable, Internet, you name it, Twitter you name it, we’ve got to have a different attitude in a presidential race,” Rove said. “Because if you’re not responding, sometimes you are losing.”

• Stop allowing the ‘liberal media’ moderate primary debates

“We need to do something about these primaries. Look we’re not going to change the structure, that’s organic, but we need to reduce the media’s power over the Republican primary,” Rove said. “The number of debates that we had was jaw-dropping. And most of the time we had some liberal media figure whose intention was to depict the GOP and conservatives as some nut fringe group. We had debates in which most of the questions were on abortion and contraception and very little on jobs, economy, deficit, debt, spending and health care.”

 

[austenbosten]

nationalreview.com/articles/335404/rnc-s-fix-it-committee-interview

Reince Preibus say the RNC might limit number of republican presidential primaries in 2016

So lemme get this straight…Michael Steele gives the Republicans a sweeping majority in 2010 and is fired…but Reince Preibus loses heavily in 2012 but still keeps his?

Oh and the RNC might limit GOP candidates…guranteed we’ll be stuck with more RINO’s. So much for being a party about Liberty, when they operate their party like some Soviet politburo.

Bye Bye Republican Party…I’m done giving money to you, and I’m done calling myself a Republican. I hope you go the way of the Whigs you bunch of phony hypocrites!

Karl Rove said republicans need to copy Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy and

It amazes me how terrible Karl Rove’s track record is, and the moronic Repubbbs are still listening to this guy.

Unbelievable!

Get ready for 4 more years of Democrats.

 

[_Abyssinia]

So lemme get this straight…Michael Steele gives the Republicans a sweeping majority in 2010 and is fired…but Reince Preibus loses heavily in 2012 but still keeps his?

Oh and the RNC might limit GOP candidates…guranteed we’ll be stuck with more RINO’s. So much for being a party about Liberty, when they operate their party like some Soviet politburo.

Bye Bye Republican Party…I’m done giving money to you, and I’m done calling myself a Republican. I hope you go the way of the Whigs you bunch of phony hypocrites!

It amazes me how terrible Karl Rove’s track record is, and the moronic Repubbbs are still listening to this guy.

Unbelievable!

Get ready for 4 more years of Democrats.

Can you blame the failiure of Romney’s campaign on Reince Preibus? I do not think so and Karl Rove has run 2 successful campaigns and I think his advice for 2016 is good advice

 

[SamH]

Can you blame the failiure of Romney’s campaign on Reince Preibus? I do not think so and Karl Rove has run 2 successful campaigns and I think his advice for 2016 is good advice

If it were only Romney I would agree. But several other house and Senate seats were lost that should have been won.

 

[austenbosten]

Can you blame the failiure of Romney’s campaign on Reince Preibus? I do not think so and Karl Rove has run 2 successful campaigns and I think his advice for 2016 is good advice

Yes, yes I can!

If Steele could get a GOP-major victory in 2010 while America was still enthralled with Caesar Obama, how come Reince couldn’t do it in 2012 when American’s were weary?

Besides it’s not just Romney’s campaign…how come the GOP couldn’t win seats in the do-nothing Senate?

Oh wow, Karl Rove was able to win 2 elections against Al Gore and John Kerry…what an accomplishment

I guarantee the GOP is not going to win in 2016, since they clearly have not learned anything from 2008 and 2012

 

[mary_bobo]

OK roger that. Now would someone remind me of a good reason to consider Hillary Clinton as next POTUS? I’m hard pressed to find anything appealing about her although as with her husband Bill, Obama’s incompetence, petulance and cosmic dissonance is making either of them look like a viable alternative.

I’m curious (sincerely) what anyone thinks she’s accomplished as SoS. Egypt…a mess and quite honestly having been there in October I can attest to this from personal experience. Libya…a total debacle with the deaths of four Americans still waiting for justice. Iran steaming toward nukes, NoKo saber rattling, Afghanistan a total quagmire…now tell me that other than leading a conga line and drinking on camera what has she done to become the defacto nominee? Blech…

Lisa

In the case of Hillary, I look at her past record just as I did with Obama. Even overlooking the pro-choice stances of both, there is not much difference in their philosophies. Both are devotees of Alinsky philosophy. But people don’t look at stuff like that. They will be much more enthralled with the idea of the first female president and Bill as first man.

 

[Seeker1961]

Friend, if those 5-million voted, you would not be saying that because Romney would have won. The GOP’s task is to learn from that, and to determine why those people did not vote.

The Republicans have never felt they must get only white votes to win. How easily people forget the human rights record the GOP actually has. Most people do not know that a higher percentage of Republicans voted for the civil rights acts, then did the Democrats. Most also do not know that it was Republicans who initiated the drive to get women the vote. The left has managed to bury the truth quite well.

It’s not so much that the truth has been buried, it’s that the GOP of the civil rights era is not the same as the GOP of today. The Democratic party of the civil rights era is not the same as the Democratic party of today. The political history of both parties is really interesting and how they have changed over the years explains a great deal. There has been almost a complete role reversal since those days.

 

[_Abyssinia]

Yes, yes I can!

If Steele could get a GOP-major victory in 2010 while America was still enthralled with Caesar Obama, how come Reince couldn’t do it in 2012 when American’s were weary?

Besides it’s not just Romney’s campaign…how come the GOP couldn’t win seats in the do-nothing Senate?

Oh wow, Karl Rove was able to win 2 elections against Al Gore and John Kerry…what an accomplishment

I guarantee the GOP is not going to win in 2016, since they clearly have not learned anything from 2008 and 2012

You can not compare middterm election to a presidential election

It is hypocritical to complain about the 2012 loss and then not think beating Gore and Kerry is an accomplishment

 

[Jeanne_S]

I am right there with ya on this one!

 

[LisaA]

If it were only Romney I would agree. But several other house and Senate seats were lost that should have been won.

The Senate seats that should have been won were lost by (sorry folks but this is the truth) POOR QUALITY CANDIDATES. Now I love much about the Tea Party but they have floated some real dipsy doodles under the mantra of “pure” Conservatism. So we got Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell last time…good heavens they were AWFUL. This time we got Akin and Murdouck both of who were easily ensnared by the leftist media into blurting out ill timed and inflammatory comments regarding rape. Claire McKaskill should have been long gone and we turned a safe Republican seat into a Democrat seat by getting rid of the “RINO” and nominating someone with hoof in mouth disease.

I can tell you I’d rather have a moderate Republican than Harry Reid. No more stupid candidates please.

Now I’m not particular fan of Preibus but he surely cannot be blamed for what the people selected for their nominee.

Lisa

 

[_Abyssinia]

It’s not so much that the truth has been buried, it’s that the GOP of the civil rights era is not the same as the GOP of today. The Democratic party of the civil rights era is not the same as the Democratic party of today. The political history of both parties is really interesting and how they have changed over the years explains a great deal. There has been almost a complete role reversal since those days.

What has radically changed from the republican party of the civil rights era to today? I can tell you what has changed in the democrat party

 

[austenbosten]

You can not compare middterm election to a presidential election

It is hypocritical to complain about the 2012 loss and then not think beating Gore and Kerry is an accomplishment

Oh I see now…so we have to give Preibus a pat on the back cause he lost the Senate. Puh-leese

How is it hypocritical, to point out that Rove only has 2 wins on his belt against Democrat candidates that Democrats weren’t enthusiastic about and his “glorious” ideas still yielded BIG losses in 2008 and 2012.

Sorry I ain’t drinking the Kool-Aide. The GOP doesn’t get it and never will. It’s not “too many candidates” or “Tea Party” or “Only have one-half of one-third power” or “Karl Rove didn’t get enough money”

It’s the fact that the GOP believes in NOTHING! After the 2012 Election the Republicans were giddy to throw out Social Issues, Taxation and Immigration. The GOP will say and do anything for votes and they wonder why so many Conservatives stay home.

Well come 2016 I’m staying home, I ain’t givin’ a dime to this phony party. Somebody wake me up when a true Conservative Party comes around.

 

[austenbosten]

The Senate seats that should have been won were lost by (sorry folks but this is the truth) POOR QUALITY CANDIDATES. Now I love much about the Tea Party but they have floated some real dipsy doodles under the mantra of “pure” Conservatism. So we got Sharron Angle and Christine O’Donnell last time…good heavens they were AWFUL. This time we got Akin and Murdouck both of who were easily ensnared by the leftist media into blurting out ill timed and inflammatory comments regarding rape. Claire McKaskill should have been long gone and we turned a safe Republican seat into a Democrat seat by getting rid of the “RINO” and nominating someone with hoof in mouth disease.

I can tell you I’d rather have a moderate Republican than Harry Reid. No more stupid candidates please.

Now I’m not particular fan of Preibus but he surely cannot be blamed for what the people selected for their nominee.

Lisa

Yeah sure…Akin is such a stupid moron and never should have gotten a platform. But the geniuses of McCain and Romney always win eh? How’s that workin for ya.

BTW that dummy Sharon Angle got 45% of the Vote in her state while the “genius” Romney got oh geee wow 45% in Nevada in 2012.

 

[Seeker1961]

What has radically changed from the republican party of the civil rights era to today? I can tell you what has changed in the democrat party

I learned the history of both parties during university classes that I paid a great deal of money to get. Today, all you have to do is have a computer, a decent search engine and some time on your hands to do the reading. There’s not even a test or a paper due at the end!

I would suggest reading a bit about the “Southern Strategy” that was used during the Nixon years, that’s pretty interesting as a shift from the party origins of anti-slavery. There’s also the early years of the Democratic party in the South vs the membership today.

 

[ProVobis]

How used to 15% inflation annually?

If only the CPI would report things accurately, we’ll be there quickly enough. Especially after the more-QE announcement by Bernanke today.

Someone should have told him the election is over.

 

[austenbosten]

I learned the history of both parties during university classes that I paid a great deal of money to get. Today, all you have to do is have a computer, a decent search engine and some time on your hands to do the reading. There’s not even a test or a paper due at the end!

I would suggest reading a bit about the “Southern Strategy” that was used during the Nixon years, that’s pretty interesting as a shift from the party origins of anti-slavery. There’s also the early years of the Democratic party in the South vs the membership today.

Oh puh-leese…the old tired Liberal MYTH about somehow the racist Democrat party had a “switch” after the 60s, and is no longer racist

Too bad when you see how Robert Byrd was still celebrated by the Dems and you have big-time Dems like Jamie Foxx talking about how he “loves to get to kill all the white people” in his new film.

The Democrats are the same dog, just with different fleas.