Newt Gingrich to Get Big New Hampshire Endorsement

[Tesha]

Source: Fox News

Fox News has learned that former speaker of the U.S. House and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will receive the coveted endorsement of the highly-influential New Hampshire newspaper "The Manchester Union Leader," an endorsement Republican rival Mitt Romney has adamantly sought.

The endorsement of the conservative newspapers' editorial board places an exclamation point on Gingrich's impressive surge from has-been GOP contender to front-runner, and sets him apart as the new anti-Romney candidate amongst his competitors.

Gingrich has now fully reached a pinnacle as a front-runner. He shares this title with Romney, who has established himself as the consistent man to beat by the amorphous GOP field.

The endorsement suggests Gingrich has the potential to beat Romney in the New Hampshire primary. This "first in the nation" primary  is considered to be a must-win for Romney.

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/27/gingrich-gets-big-new-hampshire-endorsement/

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The story goes on to describe the current NH polls that still
show Romney far, far in the lead with 41% while Gingrich and
Paul are tied for second at 14% each.

[SpiralHawk]

1. You really can't get much stankier than the Onion Leader (R)

The original right wing clap trap fish wrap.

[Tesha]

2. Oddly enough, The Liar itself doesn't announce online who they chose -- you have to buy their...

...toxic fish wrap to find out.

Hence my use of Faux News.

Tesha

[No Elephants]

3. "Adamantly" sought? Never saw that usage. Did they mean "ardently?"

[hedgehog]

6. Fox is like Newt: both use big words to sound smart.

[Tesha]

13. "and the stupid think he's smart..."

On This Week with Christiane Amanpour, New York Times columnist
Paul Krugman gave his two cents about why Republican support is
beginning to coalesce around Newt Gingrich, with a snarky barb
thrown in for good measure.

“It was his time, the Republican base doesn’t want Romney and they keep looking for an
alternative, and Newt — although somebody said ‘he’s a stupid man’s idea of what a smart
person sounds like,’ but he is more plausible than the other guys they’ve been pushing up.”

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/paul-krugman-newt-gingrich-i...

[The Wielding Truth]

14. I agree. He wasn't refusing to run? Weird usage.

[marmar]

4. foxnews.com's writers are atrocious......This crap is almost unreadable.

And not just because of the odious content.

[ingac70]

5. I would giggle my ass off if Romney lost NH. n/t

[Tesha]

17. I doubt that will happen.

He has a lot of "favorite son" glow among NH Republicans from his
time as the Governor of neighboring Massachusetts.

Tesha

[Tesha]

7. It's a done deal -- Here's the AP's story

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFA6NuBejdn9Z-RgVyqOhwSF6FhQ?docId=89c6b01177be4b6bb7cb61298a4549b9

New Hampshire Union Leader backs Gingrich

By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press – 12 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Sunday editions, signaling that rival Mitt Romney isn't the universal favorite and that the state's largest newspaper could reset the contest there with six weeks to go before voters cast their ballots.

"We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing," the newspaper wrote in an editorial that was as much a promotion of Gingrich as a discreet rebuke of Romney.

"We don't back candidates based on popularity polls or big-shot backers. We look for conservatives of courage and conviction who are independent-minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people, and best equipped for the job," the newspaper continued.

Romney enjoys a solid leads in New Hampshire polls and remains at the front of the pack nationally. A poll released last week showed him with 42 percent support among likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire. Gingrich followed with 15 percent in the WMUR-University of New Hampshire Granite State poll.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. The Union Leader is highly effluent. So is Fox.

That's true.

[Tesha]

10. So?

They both still have a huge influence here in New Hampshire.

Tesha

[icnorth]

9. Most of us knew

the "Family Values Guy" would bubble to the top at some point.

[Tesha]

11. The Liar has never liked Romney and they make clear every election cycle.

I'm not sure what their beef is, but the publishers and editors at
The Liar are deeply Christo-Fascist so it might be the Mormon thing.
Better a slime ball Christian serial adulterer than a Mormon cultist.

Tesha

[Tesha]

12. just read this tweet...

Wow, a paper that has endorsed the eventual NH primary winner 3 times since 1976 just picked Newt!
Tell me more! #politicogroundhogday

[MaineDem]

15. They endorsed Buchanan twice and Forbes

Not a great track record of picking winners.

[bluestateguy]

16. That old bag Nackey Loeb's rag endorsed Pat Buchanan in 1996

He won NH and didn't do much else.