Conservatives Laud Gingrich at Meeting

[Omaha Steve]

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Conservatives Laud Gingrich at Meeting
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Mar 4, 10:23 AM (ET)

By LIZ SIDOTI

WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative stalwart Newt Gingrich has done nothing to lay the foundation for a presidential run except talk - yet he ranks third among Republicans in most national polls.

"We need to stand decisively for the values and principles of the future of the American people," the former House speaker from Georgia declared Saturday to GOP activists who gave him a celebrity's welcome at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.

Grinning, he slowly ambled down an aisle toward the speakers' stage to the strains of "America the Beautiful," thundering applause and chants of "Newt! Newt! Newt!" His audience - many in their 20s - reached out to touch him and take his picture.


Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, March 3, 2007 in Washington. Gingrich has done nothing to lay the foundation for a presidential run except talk, yet he ranks third among Republicans in most national polls. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Over the past few weeks, at least four polls have put Gingrich behind only former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Ex-Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts came in fourth.

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[acmavm]

1. That pretty much describes the Republic party for ya. They're so

desperate that they are now dragging out all the has beens, adulterers, and former rejects who were sent to the woodpile in disgrace.

[givemebackmycountry]

2. Total Whore

And a filthy freaking lying cheating manipulative scumbag to boot.

The perfect Republican candidate.

[BadGimp]

3. Poll: Gingrich "Could Be The Heir To President Reagan (CBS News)

Poll: Gingrich "Could Be The Heir To President Reagan"
they changed the headline since I first saw the story ...hhhmmm

Gingrich Is Popular Despite No Campaign
Gingrich A Popular GOP Choice In Most National Polls Though Not A Candidate - Yet
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/03/ap/politics/main2533713.shtml

WASHINGTON, Mar. 3, 2007
(AP) Conservative stalwart Newt Gingrich has done nothing to lay the foundation for a presidential run except talk, yet he ranks third among Republicans in most national polls.

The former House speaker from Georgia was addressing GOP activists Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.

Over the past few weeks, at least four polls have put Gingrich behind only former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Ex-Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts came in fourth.

The ranking reflects Gingrich's status among the party's right wing as well as the Republican base's discontent with Giuliani, McCain and Romney.

Unlike Gingrich, all three are actively campaigning for the nomination and are considered the party's strongest contenders so far. Conservatives, however, are wary because they do not trust any of the three to sincerely champion their causes.

"A lot of Republicans are still searching," Wendy Nanney, chairwoman of the GOP in Greenville County, S.C., said recently. Her counterpart in Iowa's Henry County, Robin Malmberg, agreed: "Gingrich may be one that people can rally around."

Beloved by conservatives, Gingrich helped develop the "Contract with America" manifesto of 1994 and end four decades of Democratic power in the House. He abruptly resigned as speaker after a rocky four years and following the GOP's poor showing in the 1998 elections.

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I have made my case here that he can win the GOP nod:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3145274

[n2doc]

4. Or is he the Hair to Reagan's legacy?

Or the Heir to the hair? I'm confused...

[Xipe Totec]

5. He's the hair to the err n/t

[hatrack]

6. Senile? Lazy? Ignorant? Yeah, sounds great!

We really need more of that! :puke:

[Canuckistanian]

7. Yeah! Run, Newt, run!

Go ahead, I dare you! Explain your extremist RW political platform in excruciating detail, yeah!

And go ahead and explain how you're a "serial adulterer", while you're at it!

And you might mention that you're a "pioneer" at the art of receiving bl*wj*bs from "girlfriends", then claiming you "never had sex" - well before Clinton!

And don't leave out the detail of divorcing your wife while she was in the hospital for cancer!

Go, Newt, Go!

[rebel with a cause]

16. And don't forget his novels.

Sexually explicit fictional (?) novels!!!!! See them attack any writings of a Democrat candidate.

[depakid]

8. CBS pimping for Gingrich- what a surprise

and no mention of his egregious treatment of the women in his life. Another surprise!

[liberal renegade]

12. WTFE!

:rofl:

[carla]

15. Correction:

That should read "Contract ON America". The GOP is the party of stupid people...:crazy:

[Agony]

9. I think he is really best know for his "Contract on America"

sums it up nicely! don't cha think! "Contract on America" has a nice ring to it!

[jmowreader]

10. I REALLY want Newt Gingrich to run for president

Newt's got five problems that will make him easy to beat:

The least of his problems is that his political experience is all in the House of Representatives.

His politics make John Birch look like a leftist, which puts him WAY to the right of the vast majority of Americans. After eight years of Shrub, that ain't gonna play in Peoria.

He is a big-time adulterer.

He divorced a wife while she was laying in a hospital bed recovering from cancer.

And the most important problem: he's short, ugly and shaped like a water heater. He speaks like he's got an anvil shoved up his ass, and he's named after a lizard.

[MissB]

11. Your fifth point

:rofl: Perfect!

[LiberalFighter]

22. Hastert should be his running mate

[Lobster Martini]

24. To be precise

To be precise, he's named for a semi-aquatic salamander. Interestingly, newts have the ability to regenerate hearts. His speech to CPAC shows that this hasn't happened yet.

[ovidsen]

13. Ginrgich, Giuliani, two peas in a pod

Giuliani's only claim to fame is 9/11... when all he had to do was act sorta Presidential. Ability to tackle and solve complex problems? Forget it.

Gingrich? Good idea man sometimes. Never follows through (see "Contract on (not with) America.) The guy's all illusion with absolutely no substance.

Plus their.... ummm. personal problems.

I really HOPE the GOPers give one of these two the nod. It'll be the red carpet for Gore and or and Obama. Notice that I'm not menttionng Hillary. I wouldn't trust as far as I could through my 110 pound wife,

[rebel with a cause]

17. I hope you mean throw and not through

your 110 wife, because the later does raise some questions as to the meaning. ;-)

[knight_of_the_star]

14. Run Newt Run!

He's the perfect candidate ... for us! Such a great target, the only problem is that we have only so much time and ammunition and not enough to hit everything.

[jmowreader]

26. With Newt, we can safely keep our powder dry

This is because Newt can be relied on to self-immolate if he runs for any office higher than dogcatcher.

I just had a weird thought: is dogcatcher still an elected office anywhere in America?

[geiger]

18. the theory running around in my head is that they can afford to have Newt run

because of the conventional wisdom that Hillary, nominee apparent, is an equally polarizing figure, and the effect would be to "balance each other out," and, if need be at the end, they can pull their usual dirty tricks and methods of stealing, to pull off an otherwise impossible Republican victory.

If Hillary gets eliminated early for whatever reason, I dont think you would ever see Gingrich run.

[Raven]

19. I guess Newt would call the vets at Walter Reed

ignorant and lacking in citizenship....

[Roland99]

20. He's kept himself visible by his prostration before the FOX Noise gods.

[gauguin57]

21. Grrrrreat! Another bigmouth, wife-dumping schmoe from the GOP ...

CLINTON'S PENIS! CLINTON'S PENIS! CLINTON'S PENIS!

*what? three of our candidates/potential candidates dumped at least one of their previous wives?*

CLINTON'S PENIS! CLINTON'S PENIS! CLINTON'S PENIS!

[silvermachine]

23. Please run Newt....

...Please! I couldn't think of a bigger loser for the GOP. Um, other than the current squatter in the WH, that is...

[SemperEadem]

25. One needs to ask Newt if he agrees with the defense of marriage bills

and if he believes in honoring marriage vows, particularly the one which say "in sickness and in health". What he has done to the institution of marriage in his own life is far more damaging than what a gay couple could ever do to it. He should never be allowed any space from his dishonoring of his former wife and the vows he took with her.

Heir to Reagan, my ass. I don't like anything that Reagan stood for, but I will say that he never, ever appeared to dishonor Nancy and that may be the only thing about him that I admire.