Newt’s fantasy
By Rick Sincere | Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 | PoliticsDid anyone notice that at Newt Gingrich’s “victory” party after yesterday’s Florida primary, his lectern was adorned with a sign that said “46 States to Go”?
Considering that Gingrich’s campaign failed to qualify him for the ballot in Virginia and Missouri (and perhaps other states), that’s hubris-plus. At best, it’s “Possibly 44 States (plus Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa) to Go.” It’s certainly false advertising, since he won’t be competing in 46 additional state contests.
At least he didn’t claim to have visited all 57 states.
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Rick Sincere, twice a candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates, blogs about politics and culture from Charlottesville. He is the author of two books on U.S. policy toward Africa and has contributed articles to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Examiner, among other publications. Follow him on Twitter at @rick_sincere.
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I think that what was most interesting about Newt’s second place “victory” speech in Florida was all the “executive orders” that he plans to issue on Inauguration Day. Apparently, he plans to govern by executive fiat and not by Congressional action. Is his vision for our country–an end to the republic? And I am not being snarky in the least bit here. This egomaniac really thinks that he can dissolve Congress and begin a period of executive dictatorship? He is even more dangerous than Ron Paul.
Have to agree with MD, even though I prefer Newt over Romney anyday. Romney has no balls with Obama, “he’s in over his head”. This is by design!
Your assumption is extremely flawed, Tebow would not have made it to the playoffs without a Detroit win over San Diego. It’s all about going the 16 games…not just the 16 games you play.
Still too early to tell. With only 67 delegates in the Romney column and 1,144 need to clinch the nomination, none of the four Gingrich (27), Paul (9), and Sanatorium (6) have a lock. The real likelihood of a brokered Tampa convention exists. Moreover, one (or three) of the contestants may challenge the winner take all provision of Florida’s delegates. Keep your popcorn handy; this may turn out to be a real melodrama.
1 The executive orders are all to overturn prior
Obama executive orders or policy decisions excepr
Embassy in Israel which is in purview of execurtive.
2. Mo. primAry is beauty contest. March caucus opeN to all.
Virginia may have write in.
Newt realizes in the depths of his vanity that all he has ever been is a warmup debate coach for Mitt to help prepare in the coming onslaught by the Obama war machine. Newt, thank you for your service.
As Jennifer Rubin notes in today’s Washington Post, Newt “has been thinking about this since 1958.” That means he has been running for President since he was 15 years old, or almost as long as Ron Paul.
Virginia will not have a write-in in its March 6 primary. Absentee voting has already begun and there is no write-in option for absentee ballots. It is too late to redesign ballots (both paper and electronic) to accommodate write-in votes.
If Virginia’s General Assembly decides to allow write-in votes for party primaries, it will only be for elections far in the future (2013 and beyond) and not for any of the contests in 2012.
Does Newt have a bipolar disorder that has been been running the campaign all these years? Or is he an idiot savant who is schizo at times, and at other times brilliant?
He would drop out now but the establishment does not want Romney to face Paul one on one at the feb 22 debate. Newt and santorum cannot win after losing too many states to win enough delegates. The media is mum on this for obvious reasons.. Political dork in me says this is an inside coordinated obstruction of Paul.. Establishment needs newt and santorum to stay in and dilute paul delegates.
Turbo,
The establishment called: the tin foil in your hat needs refreshing.
Turbo, to keep “Newt and Santorum in and the expense of Paul” theory, there has to be an Establishment Sugar Daddy that keeps laundering just enough money into their campaigns to make them think they are serious contenders. Has Romney ever operated a laundry business in the list of the many businesses he says he has created or destroyed?
I don’t know how many times this needs to repeated: MISSOURI PRIMARY IS A BEAUTY PAGEANT / TAXPAYER FUNDED STRAW POLL. The delegates are not at stake. They are selected at the county / local township caucus. I am so sick of hearing how Newt is not on the ballot for the Missouri “Primary.” No, he isn’t. But it is meaningless.
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