"Bigfoot dressed as a circus clown would have a better chance of beating Obama than Newt Gingrich"

[Better Believe It]

Newt Gingrich's moment
By process of elimination
December 5, 2011

WHAT ever happened to Michelle Bachmann? If I recall correctly, I was just about to get around to reading that widely lauded New Yorker profile of her this summer when Rick Perry announced his candidacy and sucked all her voters away, and I figured my time would be better used reading up on him. Then Rick Perry couldn't remember which departments of the government he wanted to eliminate, and Herman Cain sucked his voters away. Then it turned out Herman Cain had a seemingly unlimited supply of sexual-harassment accusations, extramarital affairs, and so forth stuffed into his closet, and he started hemorrhaging voters and finally pulled out of the race. Now Newt Gingrich is the flavour of the moment, but according to a poll by the National Journal, the overwhelming majority of the magazine's panel of 102 Republican insiders prefer Mitt Romney. Their assessment is drawn from years of experience with Mr Gingrich in the 1990s. "With Newt, we go to bed every night thinking that tomorrow might be the day he implodes," says one. Another says Mr Gingrich "is not stable enough emotionally to be the nominee—let alone, the president." A third coins an epithet that seems destined to dog Mr Gingrich for the rest of the campaign: "Bigfoot dressed as a circus clown would have a better chance of beating President Obama than Newt Gingrich."

Which brings us back to Michelle Bachmann. Was there anything specific she did that disqualified her? Might she bounce back into favour? Or are GOP voters who used to back her left with the sense that she's not the one, even though the reasons why she's not the one are no longer clear? If she's not the one, who's left? Anybody got a number for Bigfoot? I understand he's available for birthday parties too. Seriously, this routine is more and more reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes's line that when all other possibilities have been eliminated, whatever is left must be the solution, no matter how unlikely. I think this time I'm going to skip reading up on Mr Gingrich, and spend the time learning some more about Mitt Romney.

Read the full article at:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/12/newt-gingrichs-moment

[Sherman A1]

1. Let's not belittle Big Foot

I see no need to throw him under the bus. It is simply not necessary.

Newt will not be the nominee.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Well, he would get the environmentalists and AFTRA. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Newt is Bighead dressed as a circus clown.

[provis99]

4. The Economist has Always been wrong on Everything.

Gingrich has a better chance against Obama than Romney does.

[BlueStater]

6. How so?

Newt is an unlikeable, obnoxious blowhard with loads of baggage. Just because he can win over the hypocritical morons in his party doesn't mean he'd appeal to the rest of the country. He'd be a terrible nominee.

Romney isn't that great either but, compared to the Grinch, he's a safe, inoffensive choice for the Republican candidate.

[provis99]

9. he got America to vote for his Contract with America.

how do you explain that?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. A "contract" that failed miserably! Most Americans were against almost all of the planks!

[Politicalboi]

17. "unlikeable, obnoxious blowhard "

This sounds like any Repuke these days. And yes Newts got baggage, but it hasn't stopped him so far. These people ARE hypocrites, and some of Newts baggage is already out there, and they still like him. And Newt will probably work better with Rove than Mittens. I think Rove would turn on Mittens. Rove would rather see Obama fail for 4 more years, and make the people see the light so to speak.

[Better Believe It]

19. You're right. They predicted the recession! Boy were they fricken off! What do they know?

[thelordofhell]

5. Bigfoot's pro-isolationist policy is liked by the GOP

Just don't eat any Jack Links Beef Jerky before you meet him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJF0cuYbYyI

[steve2470]

7. bwhahaha Bigfoot love it !!!! nt

[NYC_SKP]

8. ~~Wrong ~ Wrong ~ WRONG!!!

Gingrich, as connected as he is, is probably the biggest danger there is this coming election.

Do NOT underestimate the man.

Frankly, I find any article that dismisses him DANGEROUS Propaganda.

Not even funny, this is a dangerous man and a dangerous threat.

Fucking shit.

x(

[DevonRex]

12. ITA. He is dangerous.

He is a very smart politician. His affairs and marriages won't hurt him. They only care if a Dem does those things. He actually knows issues. He's wrong on them but that's why republicans like him. They're wrong too. He's rude to any media person. So what? Repubs love him for that, too. He tried to impeach Clinton. You know they love that.

He can sneer and scoff about any liberal issue and they lap it up.

[Lord Magus]

14. He has extremely superficial knowledge of the issues.

Even aside from being wrong on them, his thin knowledge is only enough to fool stupid people like Republican primary voters.

[NYC_SKP]

18. That attribute makes him all the more electable. (nt)

[Better Believe It]

20. You're right. This is dangerous, scary propaganda with a hint of conspiracy!

[Ikonoklast]

22. All the Old Line Republican Stalwarts came out guns blazing against Newt.

The Big Money is behind Romney; the Party will sink Newt for Romney.

[totodeinhere]

11. Why do we keep seeing posts at DU about why this Republican or that Republican cannot win?

Yet they keep on winning. Am I missing something here? I read at DU after the 2008 election that the GOP was finished. Then they turned around and won the House and a majority of state houses two years later. We underestimate them at our peril.

[great white snark]

13. Obama's a shoe in! No need to GOTV or even vote at all.

They want your complacency.

[Lord Magus]

15. They ask what disqualified Bachmann?

I would say it's that she's batshit insane but in the Repug primaries that's not a problem. Her supporters jumped to Perry because he's the same Tea Party nuttiness, but without being a woman. The reason they didn't go back to Bachmann after the Perry flameout? Dunno, probably just didn't want to go for a candidate they'd already ditched once.

[barbtries]

16. recommended

good comments there too.

[workinclasszero]

21. Yeah bring back Bachmann

She sooo CRAZEE!:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[BlueIris]

23. Gingrich is vile, but he would win. So would most other Republicans.

Obama's only prayer is Bachman (crazy, and a woman so they won't use her) or Romney (Mormon.) Other than those two, he's toast.

[oberliner]

24. Why do you think Gingrich would beat Obama?

How do you figure that?