Tag: Newt Gingrich

Two Months into Republicans’ Clown Car Primary, WSJ/NBC Poll Finds Voters Turning against the GOP – Again

Jon Ponder

In the midterm elections just two years ago, voters punished Democrats for the crime of passing universal health care by voting to give Republicans control of the House. Now, a new Wall St. Journal/NBC poll finds that these same voters appear to be changing their minds again:

55 percent of respondents — including 35 percent of Republicans — believe the Democratic Party does a better job than the GOP in appealing to those who aren’t hard-core supporters.

How damaging has the primary season — with all of its debates, attack ads and scrutiny — been for the Republican Party?

Forty percent of all adults say the GOP contest so far has made them feel less favorable about the party, while 12 percent say they now have a more favorable impression. Forty-seven percent say it’s had no impact.

Even among Republicans, 23 percent maintain the primary season has given them a less favorable opinion of the party, versus 16 percent who say it’s been positive.

In addition, 55 percent of respondents — including 35 percent of Republicans — believe the Democratic Party does a better job than the GOP in appealing to those who aren’t hard-core supporters. Just 26 percent say the Republican Party does a better job on this front.

And, as we noted here, the poll found that Mitt Romney’s favorable rating has dropped down into George W. Bush territory. He has a 28 percent favorable rating among all respondents and a 22 percent favorable rating among independents.

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Someone Please Hand Rush Limbaugh a Mirror

Trish

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Collective number of wives had by Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd noted the double standard by which Limbaugh played in labeling a woman testifying before Congress about employers providing complete women’s health care coverage a slut: “Rush and Newt Gingrich can play the studs, marrying again and again until they find the perfect adoring young wife. But women pressing for health care rights are denigrated as sluts.”

‘Signs’ of Trouble? Newt’s Campaign Refuses to Pay for Yard Signs

Trish

YardSignNot only is Newt Gingrich’s campaign failing to win continued support among deep pocket Republicans, it looks like it’s trying to save money the old fashioned way: by not paying bills.

To be fair, the campaign says it never authorized St. Augustine, Florida screen printer Rob DePiazza to make yard signs and bumper stickers ahead of the Florida primary.

DePiazza does not dispute that, but says he was commissioned by a local political operative for whom he has worked in the past without issues. Now DePiazza is caught in the middle, and out $3,200.

The closer it got to the vote, he said, the slimmer Newt’s chances looked.

“I started worrying, because the need for the signs was diminishing rapidly,” said DePiazza.

DePiazza says he was contacted by Robert Smith, a St. Augustine resident who had put him in touch with campaigns in the past.

“We had to reproduce the official artwork, and the artwork has the disclaimer on it. Newt.Org, Paid For By Newt 2012,” he said.

But when it came time for payment, DePiazza says he got a check from Smith, not the Gingrich campaign.

That check bounced, and Gingrich lost Florida badly.

The small businessman was left with more than a rubber check. He also had a bad taste in his mouth from the Gingrich folks.

“All they care about is money and if people get hurt along the way, they really don’t care,” he said.

Romney, Santorum and Paul Undercut Gingrich by Pulling Out of March 1 CNN Debate

Jon Ponder

Gingrich with teleprompters at CPAC 2012
Gingrich with teleprompters at CPAC 2012
Disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is fundamentally devoid of the temperament or seriousness required to be president. But he has managed to survive in his quixotic bid for the presidency based on on two factors. First, his campaign has been funded almost entirely by two Super PAC donations totaling $11 million from an Israel-firster, casino owner Sheldon Adelson, and, secondly, he has racked up approval ratings by using the 19 or so debates so far to toss out red meat for the base by attacking Pres. Obama, the other candidates and the corporate media.

The fact that there haven’t been any debates in a while is starting to have an effect on the Gingrich campaign. Recent polling puts him in fourth place among the four candidates. Now the campaigns of other three candidates — Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul — have made a joint decision that could spell the end for the Gingrich campaign:

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Gingrich’s Megalomania Is Deepening

Buck Banks

You mean those who said I was dead in June? Those who said I was dead in December? They are about as accurate as they were the last two times they were wrong.

— Newt Gingrich, quoted by ABC News, refuting predictions the presidential race would be effectively over if he lost in Florida. He said the race would go on for “six or eight months” and then added: “unless Romney drops out earlier.”

Toward Understanding Callista

Trish

O.K., we’ve all seen this one on Facebook, although I think it does a disservice to Dwight:

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But what can we discover about Callista Gingrich from this?

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Here’s my theory. Remember when Newt told Mrs. Gingrich II that Callista didn’t care who he sleeps with? I think if Mrs. G III were to loosen up that helmet and let some oxygen get to her head, she might encourage Newt to satisfy his lusty urges with other women even more emphatically.

Pelosi: Newt Is ‘Not Going to Be President of the United States’

Jon Ponder

Let me just say this: that will never happen. He’s not going to be president of the United States. This is… That’s not going to happen. Let me just make my prediction instead by… it isn’t going to happen. There’s something I know. The Republicans, if they choose to nominate him, that’s their prerogative.

– Former Speaker and current Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in an interview with CNN’s John King, commenting on the presidential candidacy of disgraced former Speaker Newt Gingrich.