Newt is on a roll, others have been on that same roll. Will this be the one that stays on top of the heap? Maybe it depends on whether all his laundry has already been hung out to dry or if the Obama camp can find something new to chew on in his background.
I am afraid they have effectively smeared Herman Cain enough to keep him from anywhere near the top again. I do not know if the accusations against him are true but there is an old saying, “sling enough mud and you will get some to stick.” Of course with Bill Clinton even charges of assault, seemingingly verified, didn’t stop his rise to the top.
Why am I asking this now? Well two emails this morning had Newt related links and they are good ones. First was a video of his speech to the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition. It is a strong and inspirational speech. It’s long but I urge you to watch and listen, it is impressive.
Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich Speaks at Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition
Second was this article by Charles Hurt in the Washington Times.
HURT: Gingrich is GOP’s latest not-Romney.
Getting Republicans to line up behind Mitt Romney, it turns out, is like trying to stuff a cat into a trash can. No matter how you present the feline to the receptacle, at least one claw always manages to reach out at the last second and cling desperately to the rim.
Romney has been the anointed front-runner for four years now in a party that likes its front-runners. Nothing contents Republicans more than an orderly transition of power.
But not this time. The long list of slain or surrendered GOP saviors is astonishing to consider.
Haley Barbour, Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and, now, Herman Cain.
It appears the only thing Republican primary voters can agree upon for any length of time is that they just don’t want to nominate Mr. Romney. Other than the deep antipathy for President Obama, the discomfort with Mr. Romney is the only enduring theme of the 2012 GOP primary process.
This is how we wind up in this absurd situation, where angry citizens armed with pitchforks demanding to throw all the bums out have coalesced around … the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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No one in either party has lived in the bowels of this town longer than Newt Gingrich, and yet he appears to be peaking at the perfect moment to capture the nomination.
As strange as it all may be, here is why the former speaker really could win.
First, Mr. Gingrich is truly Clintonian in all his faults. Yes, there are many, but they have been out there for all to see for a long time. His laundry has been so well-aired over the decades that we are not likely to see Gloria Allred midwifing any new salacious scandals now.
Second, before Mr. Gingrich was the ultimate insider, he was the ultimate outsider. He was a legendary back-bencher in the House before he became speaker, and he was at his best crashing the ramparts from the outside, such as during the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress.
Finally, then as now, he is a man of ideas. The improbable recovery of his campaign since its summer collapse is entirely owing to the force of his ideas, laid out in so many debates.
Newt Gingrich is a romantic conservative. (ed. note: a term I had never considered and don’t know exactly what it means)
Sure, he thinks that a system that takes from workers and gives to those who refuse to work is evil. But he is most passionate about the evils of a system that destroys and enslaves those it teaches to live off government handouts.
It is the most profound and mature concept of “Don’t Tread on Me.” And the perfect pitch for this crop of angry voters.
This is most of the article, but I wanted to be sure you read it. To read the entire article, go here. It may have come down to this, Newt will be our best and brightest, you may not think so, but think of the alternative. We must change presidents next year.
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Here is what Jim Van Gilder had to say: