After leaving an indelible mark on the 2010 midterm elections, Palin has had a minimal impact thus far in this cycle. But one presidential candidate is hoping that the Mama Grizzly is about to come out of hibernation.
Despite the deeply held maxim that endorsements are overrated, Newt Gingrich and his senior aides are increasingly hopeful of gaining Palin's support, which could mark a significant turn in the Republican nominating fight.
In a Washington Post poll released last week, 23 percent of registered Republicans and GOP-leaning independents nationwide said that an endorsement by Palin would make them more likely to back a particular candidate, while 15 percent said it would make them less likely to do so.
But Palin's impact among evangelical and Tea Party-leaning GOP voters could be significant in the current multi-conservative field.
Asked how impactful a Palin endorsement would be, one Gingrich aide replied succinctly: "Big."
Yep, it would be big alright. Just ask John McCain, Christine O'Donnell, or more recently, Tim Tebow. Their careers just "soared" after Palin was attached to them like that facehugger creature from the Alien movies.
And if that were not enough to deter the Gingrich campaign from seeking an endorsement from Palin, perhaps the fact that her providing that endorsement might send their candidate to jail might be enough to persuade them of her toxicity.
You see since Newt had all but assured Palin of a "major role" in his administration if he were elected president, and if she provides her endorsement after he publicly made that statement, it puts him legal jeopardy according to the US legal code.
According to TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 29 > § 599§ 599.
Promise of appointment by candidate Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
I know that after last night's win the Gingrich campaign is flying high right now.(Well as high as one can fly with 300 pounds of bacon grease soaked male cellulite dragging them back to earth that is.) And they may actually believe that Palin had something to do with it. (We certainly know SHE does.)
So they have to ask themselves a question. Is the possibility that Palin might have helped win South Carolina, a heavily evangelical state that was NEVER going to vote for that Mormon Romney no matter who was running against him, worth the risk of seeking her endorsement and in response being heavily fined or doing actual jail time?
In other words, "Are you feeling lucky, Punk?"
Update: I just saw this on "UP with Chris Hayes" and thought I would share it.
For those who are fearful that Newt could actually make it into the White House, I would remind you that while Chuckie spread a lot of mayhem in his films, and piled up an impressive body count, ultimately he always met a terrible fate before the credits rolled at the end of the movie. So this metaphor may be very apt indeed.
I'm sure the 'bots want two things: they want Palin in the VP slot, and THEN, after the election they are SURE they will win (just like SC is SURE that if they could just have another shot at that Civil War thingy, the South will be triumphant!) then Gingrinch can be arrested and Sarah will, finally, get her just reward. Still delusional as ever, and just as dangerous.
ReplyDeletePalin and Gingrich match perfectly! Both are horrid people and neither will ever beat President Obama.
ReplyDeleteThis Republican party is an absolute mess!
Sarah, Please please endorse that fat salamander. I do hope he picks you to be VP so you too can be fully vetted. I doubt that the media will let you slide twice.
ReplyDeleteBTW I heard your son Track is planning to do a full expose on you behind your back.
Willow's alleged engagement may be an actual shrewd calculation on Sarah's part. Sarah will soon be faking another preggoancy. This time she'll be faking it while running as "The Gingrich's" VP. She'll have doctor's orders to skip any press conferences, interviews, and debates. She will announce that it is Gawd's will that she is with child, an "Omen," despite having her tooobs tied several years ago.
ReplyDeleteLondon Bridges
Let's see 23% - 15% gives Sarah a 8% positive influence on as much as 30 - 40 percent of the electorate who are conservative Republicans.
ReplyDeleteIn reality it is much less than that since her influence is virtually non existent outside of the group that believes that Adam was made of clay, and then had a rib yanked out that morphed into an adult women. (Why wasn't Eve made of clay also too? It would have been so much easier, and less cruel.)
So her impact is more like 8% of 10%.
If Newt or any other candidate really needs Sarah's support they are admitting to being really desperate.
Also they will have hurt themselves in a national election where they will need a train load of those college educated or equivalent independent voters who long ago recognized Sarah is Wasilla's town idiot.
Newt needs to remember that when Palin was still being polled nationally she got approval in the low single digits.
The Republicans are actually hurting themselves badly with all these TV debates, since they are seen and read about by the whole country. They are showing themselves to be mean spirited, fact deprived politicians with only one or two issues that they have any thing to talk about.
Paging Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace. Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace. Your action is required at operation expose mentall ill Sarah Palin. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin I believe you owe David Letterman a BIG APOLOGY for trying to get him fired for saying underage Willow is pregnant!
ReplyDeleteHe predicted the right underage Palin girl but David Letterman got the year wrong!
Hey Sarah Palin FOX commentator, how many licks does it take to get to the center of Glen Rice's tootsie roll?
ReplyDeletefirst off...newt is going no where.
ReplyDeleteand palins endorsement means absolutely zero. didnt ALL the top mutts come together just last week and endorse that scum rick sanitariam? where did that go??
only romney attracts the majority of republican voters and its ron paul who attracts the "independents".
in fact i doubt even newt thinks he can win the nomination.
my guess is newt wants the VP slot positioning himself for a possible run after obama wins reelection.
palins "role" is to keep her dusty ho ass relevant with the numskulls who think gingrinch will need the ho as VP to win election once nominated.
bottom line?
romney is THE GUY the power elite want and poor newt will be lucky to survive the coming onslaught.
palin will not endorse because after newt goes gone in flames she would just look like a loser too.
Its the 4th quarter sportsfan and Newt is attempting the infamous McCain "Oh Hell No Sarah Palin fumble"!
ReplyDeleteWill it fail again7
In one poll, 99% of the people that voted in the SC republican primary designated themselves as "white", in a state with a large percentage of non-whites.
ReplyDeleteThe large majority for Newt Gingrich in SC has very little to do with endorsements, political posturing, evangelicalism, etc. It's all about angry white people trying to get retribution for their perceived injustices.
Newt Gingrich quit congress right after he was re-elected. He is a quitter. But that's not a problem for the voters of SC. Newt Gingrich sings the song that SC republicans want to hear, the poor stupid saps.
The Palins can circumvent the law by Todd openly endorsing Newt.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Newt will gain any advantage with Palin support across the country. Although Palin can orchestrate divisiveness, is highly manipulative and has a forum on Fox she is largely viewed as a blathering word salad spinner and unfit for office. Her credibility took a nose dive. She demonstrated she went for the money and learned nothing she needed to learn the last three years.
Granted Palin still has supporters but they also have dwindled after she mislead them.
I don't see that Evangelicals were going with Newt rather than Mormon Romney. I think they were A) taking the chance that he's one who could actually beat Obama (with all Newt's anger and tough talk they probably were seduced into thinking this; it was the no 1 voting rationale in exit polling), and B) many were probably relating to him as someone who pays an approx 30% tax rate like most of us. Romney is clearly going to have a problem being so incredibly wealthy, particularly in our difficult economic times.
ReplyDeleteActually, it's amazing they were overlooking the fact that Newt cheated on his wife with a supposedly devout Catholic woman (even her Catholicism didn't deter them). I honestly don't think the religious denomination concern was the prevailing reason they turned away from Romney. It's possible Evangelical Palin voters went with Newt because of her obvious preference, but again I think this was because she believes Newt's the one who can go all the way, not because any of them believe he is an appropriate representative of their religious beliefs. Or inversely, that they had such a huge problem with Romney being Mormon.
But, I do think that C), Newt specifically tapped into their deep racism last week (like no other candidate), and the "anybody but a black president" mentality probably played the biggest part in his win. Newt's recent performances assured them of his racist attitudes, and also made them believe he can actually boot President Obama out. Romney is clearly not as forceful a personality, and they see the writing on the wall should he become the nominee. With Newt, it isn't as clear right now - but it will be.
Newt Gingrich will self-destruct because he is a megalomaniac just like Sarah Palin. It will be quite something to watch. And then the GOP will be back where they started - they got nuthin'! What a bunch of idiots.
I'd have been surprised if Gingrich hadn't won SC by a large margin. He's a fat, mean, racist Southerner and SC isn't the most enlightened state. He would have won even without Sarah Palin's "endorsement."
ReplyDeleteNewt and Sarah are a match made in hell. They're both mean and nasty and will do or say anything to win.
Calling President Obama ¨the food stamp President¨ gained traction.
ReplyDeleteThe Evangelical choice is Santorum, the GOP choice is Romney, and the ignorant bigot choice is Newt.
This is a huge miscalculation on Sarah´s part, and it has filled you Democrats with glee.
Her conservative enemies are growing by the hour.
Two morally corrupt morons who are so full of themselves that they think they are just who America wants in the White House. Good luck with that! They are two idiots with delusions of grandeur and obviously off their psych meds.
ReplyDelete@6:30 You got it right, 50%. Newt won in SC because of two things: He is a fat, mean racist who played that Food Stamp card to white voters. (I don't think that there are many African American Republicans in SC).
ReplyDeleteThe other 50% was Romney's terrible performance in the debates. The way that he stammered in response to the "show me your taxes" was sad (or good news, depending). Mitt had to know that would come up, and he looked unprepared. That lost him votes, too.
Sarah's endorsements and the possibility of her serving in a Gingrich administration don't mean anything. Sarah lost in 2008. She has a small, loyal following of right wing, conservative, religious fans. She pushes the conversation and the voters to the far right, insuring an Obama win because she drives away independents and moderate voters.
Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, argued on MSNBC that the establishment is terrified of a Gingrich nomination. “If Newt Gingrich is able to win the Florida primary, you will see a panic and a meltdown of the Republican establishment that is beyond my ability to articulate in the English language,” he said. “People will go crazy.”
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The results in South Carolina are not accurate to what will happen in the general election. In his victory speech, Newt talked about the "New York and D.C. elite." That will not play well in the Northeast or with a more evolved electorate. Newt's race baiting will sink him with the minority vote.
ReplyDeleteFlorida again is an aberration, a mix of senior citizens, Cuban immigrants, poor and so-called red necks. And as we know, Florida was the site of the stolen election of 2000.
Write these two states off and look at the bigger picture. How does anyone think that Newt's race baiting and "Food Stamp President" line will go over in the heartland?
Remember, from now on, the primaries are closed to only registered Republicans. Ron Paul will be out; Santorum is already lobbying for VP and Newt will probably self-destruct before then.
So, I see Romney-Santorum as the final GOP ticket.
And I hope to help deliver the Obama landslide that he so richly deserves.
G., your writing is top notch and point on!
ReplyDeleteThis Gingrich aide who thinks a Palin endorsement would be "Big", probably has no idea about her or her record. On the other hand, Gingrich may know all too well what her record is.
Narcissists recognize other narcissists and know how manipulative they can be; they also know how enormously useful they could be in their camp. They recognize those individuals in themselves and believe together they can accomplish their agenda through deceit and flattery.
I'm telling ya, the Palins are paid Democratic operatives!!!
ReplyDeleteGinGrinch and Pay-lin are perfectly matched in the love of money, grifting, and being serial ethics violaters.
ReplyDeleteBeyond that, they are both epically notorious Fame WHORES, sybaritic sluts, and are willing to trumpet their Christian Taliban credentials to all as though they alone are the saviors of the ultra right Teabag contingent.
Privately, neither one gives a dog damn about anyone outside their immediate circle , their sycophant spouses of convenience, or the supposed "christian" values voters pining away with pathetic bleatings about god saving the USA for "rill 'Muricans".
This may shock some, but my earnest wish is that an asteroid fall on both of them!
OMG that Newt as Chuckie picture is awesomely perfect.
ReplyDeleteGood times. (If you"re a democrat, he, he)
Thanks Sarah and Todd.
"B) many were probably relating to him as someone who pays an approx 30% tax rate like most of us."
ReplyDeleteIf anyone is paying 30% they definitely need a new accountant or some better tax software. Newt is a dope and this inability to save himself money proves it.
Amazing that SC voters could see out the eye holes of their white hoods enough to vote.
ReplyDeleteNewtie Tootie and Sarah Cootie. Match made in HELL.
Newt is the only one Sarah can endorse.
ReplyDeleteRomney is not radical enough and Santorum's belief is that for the country to succeed the youth have to FIRST FINISH HIGH SCHOOL and then GET MARRIED BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN. Kind of leaves her family out of the whole success picture doesn't it?
Newt is an ass, but I don't think he is that stupid to REALLY want or even care about her or her endorsement. He is just being political. She is finished and everyone (with half a brain) pretty much hates her or thinks she is a joke. He should worry about how he is going to overcome his "stepford" wife's influence on his image first before he drags another dimwitted female along for the ride. Hello, scara, honey, that would be you, the dimwitted female.
ReplyDeleteLast night on MSNBC, Steve Schmidt seemed to favor Romney, and had reservations about Newt. If Steve and Karl Rove and others have Romney in their sights, I'd say that if Sarah keeps pushing the Newt and inserts herself by demanding that Romney release his tax records, it will get nasty for her.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP will release the hounds from the "Department of Leaks" - leaking info from Sarah's past that they have on their little disc files ready to press "enter" if she gets in the way.
chuckie Gingrich with the bride of Chuckie, Calista. How appropriate. Or could be Toad and Sarah divorced and she could be the bride of Chuckie Gingrich! roflmao
ReplyDeleteBret Baier got a bit snarky with Palin last night when he said "Now who would you vote for in Florida" to Palin? He caught the smart ass off guard.
ReplyDeleteGingrich was on "Meet the Press" trying to smile and laugh a couple of times, but he's a terrible actor and he looked maniacal.
ReplyDeleteThen he kept repeating one of his mantras: comparing President Obama and President Carter. Many voters won't remember an administration that was more than thirty years ago, or the circumstances that led to Carter's defeat.
I fell in a figurative hole this year, and had to resort to both foodstamps and Romneycare for a short period of time. I'm not ashamed -- and I was able to eat and see the doctor.
Now, I'm lucky enough to have a paycheck again, as Newt keeps trumpeting. But I was among the destitute, hungry and sick for a while, and nothing will ever bring me to vote for that grotesque rabble rouser.
And, btw, Romneycare is working, has not caused any major damages to the system, and is a godsend for the poor and unemployed in Massachusetts. And, I bet, it would work in every one of our 50 states.
Newt is basically saying that if you don't have money, you're not entitled to have food (which he so clearly enjoys) or be sick. And, if you are, tough luck. So very Christian of him!
Hi Newt, Welcome to IM!
ReplyDeleteQuick question to ask your new celebrity endorser...Where's Trigs Birth Certificate?
I'll bet that U.S. legal code was just written by some elite lawyers, backed up by marxist judges, just to keep Queen Esther from serving her nation with her servant's heart.
ReplyDeleteas much as I hate sarah & newt
ReplyDeletethey did nothing illegal
sarah said she would vote for newt before newt offered her a job
Scarah is too much of a coward to endorse anyone. Even Tawd manned up to endorse Newty. Careful, Scarah, it's going to look like Tawd has more balls than you.
ReplyDeleteSay, Gryphen, when you get a chance, would you please try to confirm or refudiate the crazy rumor going around that Salamander is going to take The Screechy Wretch(tm) as his VP and as an older, less attractive, sister-wife, also too?
ReplyDeleteApparently, the thinking is that a man in his late 90s would benefit from Screechy's legendary Alaska-style fertility and thus produce an heir to the throne when King Newt passes. Obviously there are lots of details to work out here - like converting America to a monarchy - which makes me think it's an unfounded rumor but you know how full of ideas that Newt is!! (He's full of something, all right....) Thanks!
Palin's endorsement would be big. A big mistake. Seeking Palin's endorsement says more to me about Gingrich.
ReplyDeleteingrich has won 1 of 3 states. Very few people voted, compared to the US population. When the rest of his ethics violations file is exposed, he will be toast. Are repubs. desperate enough to put this repulsive man and his equally repulsive wife in the WH? Even the repubs. who know him well and served with him in DC are against him winning. He is a large festering boil on the ARSE of their party.
ReplyDeleteI think Sarah is feeling much personal satisfaction today after Newt's win.
ReplyDeleteShowing the gop establishment that she is not only still relevant, but can still use her nightstick against those Tea Party conservatives that get out of line......I'm speaking of you Haley and Chrisite.....AND showing the media/gop establishment that the Tea Party is not dead, I'm sure is tasting mighty sweet this am.
Taking down the gop establishment one primary at a time and building up the Tea Party to take over, was my plan all along.
The Palin - Gingrich Family Values practices run in parallel gutters.
ReplyDeleteFor Gingrich it's using the children from your first wife to tell everyone that your second wife is lying about your third wife.
For Palin, ...well if you are here reading this, you already know.
Go Newt!!! Us Dems would love to see him win the nomination for the GOP
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ReplyDeleteSarah Palin I believe you owe David Letterman a BIG APOLOGY for trying to get him fired for saying underage Willow is pregnant!
He predicted the right underage Palin girl but David Letterman got the year wrong!
5:39 AM
Hey Sarah would you get mad if we guessed what year underage uneducated unmarried Piper will get pregnant?
Its amazing how Sarah name her kids:
ReplyDeleteOne evening Sarah was on all fours and looked up and seen moose tracks and turned around and told Curt Menard I think I will name my son Track.
When Sarah was doing Brad Hanson at Bristol Bay she turned around and told him I think I will name our daughter Bristol.
After Sarah's reunion romp with Glen Rice, again Sarah turned around to Glen and said I think I will name my daughter after those willow branches you spanked my skinny white ass with.
One day Sarah was doing Todd and looked up because was finished in 30 seconds, she seen an airplane and said I will name our first child Piper.
To make a long story short, when Levi was finished with Bristol, they seen a tanned woman coming out of Sarah's bedroom and Bristol decided to name her son after Todd's new friend.
Well I don't think we need to ask Willow why she named her child "Oops"!
Anon 7:24. I agree totally. If Newt wins in Florida, the GOP establishment will go nuts. Romney's their man and they have the ammo to bring down Newt.
ReplyDeleteAND they have the ammo to shut Sarah up forever. She's been vetted by the GOP establishment NOW and if anybody has the dirt on her, they do.
Sarah Palin is beating a dead horse. She wants the "process" to continue so all candidates are "vetted."
ReplyDeleteYeah, sure... The Unvetted One wants to see this circus go on ad infinitim because it gives her what she wants most: money and attention.
She is going to make as much noise as she can until somebody pulls the plug. I hope it is soon.
What if Newt is in this thing to simply make money and screw the GOP? I've thought about this a bit. He was on his book tour, sales were piss poor so he decided to throw his hat in the ring knowing he was unelectable. Then he started performing better after having his ass handed to him in Iowa and NH. Then he goes to SC, plays the race cards and off he goes. He chums up with Sara and gets her purse carrier's endorsement knowing full well he'd never offer her squat if he was elected. In the mean time his coffers are filling with cash and he's probably siphoning off every nickel he can. His past was largely ignore by SC voters who loved his racism and anger. His infidelities don't matter down there since many people are married to their cousins, they are fundie evangelists and hate Catholics as much as they hate Jews, Muslims and atheists. So they could care less he pissed on the pope's church. He's smiling so much because he's laughing all the way to the bank and his continued success is just a big eff you to the traditional GOP hierarchy. He won't win the nomination but he will terrorize the GOP, get the payback and last laugh and make his millions. I'm sure he's realized that if Sara can make 12 million even as stupid as she is that he can make 40 million and be set for life.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that incidentally, Gingrich would be thrilled to become President, but first and foremost, this campaign is making him millions of dollars. Every time he insults the MSM, the Tea Party roars in approval, then whips out their checkbooks to buy one of his books. (Which he prominently advertises on his campaign site.)
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, the more that Palin aligns with Gingrich, the more she can parasite off some of these dollars being flung his way. Because these fools will likewise write out a check to her in some way every time she gives Gingrich an "attaboy."
The Republican Party has long been a commercial enterprise, with the Tea Party politics of resentment being one of their most lucrative brands. And Gingrich and Palin are two of the most successful merchants at shamelessly hawking this brand.
Chuckie, as in Heath? Interchangeable, all of them, if you ask me!
ReplyDeleteIs it possible that the "Not Newt Gingrich" Super PAC has been slipping her a few $$$?
ReplyDeleteI hope she hasn't deluded herself into thinking that whomever she endorses will offer her the VP or another position. They'll trot out her endorsement because right now this is the last time it will ever have any weight. They'll NEVER give her a job. The woman can't keep her damned mouth shut! If nothing else, Newt's all about the secrets.
7:22 AM said
ReplyDelete"If anyone is paying 30% they definitely need a new accountant or some better tax software. Newt is a dope and this inability to save himself money proves it."
Ha, ha, ha! You're so funny! I see what you did there with your ignorance as to the ineligibility of most taxpayers to take file a Schedule A and take deductions thereby owing the full flat rate to the Government!
You are either an elitist who's never been subjected to having to file the 1040-S and being unable to write off ANY expenses whatsoever, or an idiot. I don't really care which, because clearly you are out of touch.
8:44 -- "For Gingrich it's using the children from your first wife to tell everyone that your second wife is lying about your third wife."
ReplyDeleteNail on the f@#king head. If it wasn't so true I'd be laughing my ass off.
@4:44 BTW I heard your son Track is planning to do a full expose on you behind your back.
ReplyDeleteIs this true or wishful thinking?
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteHey Sarah Palin FOX commentator, how many licks does it take to get to the center of Glen Rice's tootsie roll?
5:43 AM
Hey Todd Palin how many licks does it take to get to the center of Newt's lolly pop?
Or are you still working it?
8:38 AM:
ReplyDeleteTENCOLE posted exact same comment on today's open thread 12:06 at the Home of the Insane.
Will file under things that make you go mmhh..
ONE OF US, ONE OF US!! Go TENCOLE go, rah rah rah!!
TENTACULO also wrote, at 12:53 PM in reply to blueliner:
ReplyDelete"Yea..Ann just hasn't been the same since she lost her "most hated female conservative" crown to Sarah.
he he he"
Which one are you? Master of the subliminal jab or poster child for the irony challenged crowd?
Meh.
If that ain't the scariest damn doll! Let's hope Newt doesn't become President because he would require every child to have this doll in there beds...and with him being a "historian" an all...he would be comparing himself to Teddy Roosevelt...which is where "teddie bears" came from!
ReplyDeleteThe Newt doll coming to ToysRUs December 2012...reserve yours now!!
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteas much as I hate sarah & newt
they did nothing illegal
sarah said she would vote for newt before newt offered her a job
8:18 AM
WRONG...again TROLL! You must have missed this from Gryphen's post from today...
"According to TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 29 > § 599§ 599.
Promise of appointment by candidate Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."
So yes...it is ILLEGAL troll for Newt to had offer Gov Baldy a "role in his administration".
Next time "dumbarse" READ before you comment...you just make yourself look even more stupid with your "concern".
8:38AM.....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteYour satiric comment is ALMOST as good as (Ahem)....MORE MORE!
The Republicans are actually hurting themselves badly with all these TV debates, since they are seen and read about by the whole country. They are showing themselves to be mean spirited, fact deprived politicians with only one or two issues that they have any thing to talk about.
ReplyDelete5:09 AM
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Yes Totally agree!
Turkey Dissed them but good!
http://www.politicususa.com/en/rick-perrys-new-enemy-americas-ally-turkey
It’s impossible not to agree with the more pointed response of Turkey’s Foreign Ministry, which said of his remarks:
“Those individuals who are candidates for positions requiring responsibility such as the U.S. presidency are expected to be more knowledgeable on global affairs and more careful in their statements.”
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I think that applies to the whole clown car including Mittens & pillsbury doughboy....
Newtie's going to have a real problem if and when he reaches Florida. The first thing he did in his "Victory lap" was kiss Florida's ass. Florida, being full of old people who wear plaid shorts, drive golf carts everywhere, and can't remember where they live DROOLED and FAWNED over Sarah Palin on her "Trig sideshow book sellin bus tours" The octogenarian dementia set adores her, and Gingrich sees her as his "in" with those voters. It wouldn't surprise me if he used Sarah to get them and the teavangelical votes. The cuban/hispanic votes will be the focus of his bullshit campaign, but he's highly dillusional to believe he can pull that off. So I can see him needing Sarah's populaarity to get his foot in the door, but will his money last long enough? Will he even make it to Florida? Does he think Sarah can influence Rubio for the hispanic vote?
ReplyDeleteI doubt it. His food stamp talk, and having minorities cleaning bathrooms isn't going to sit well, neither will his views on immigration. Even though a majority of hispanics are Catholic, they're smart enough to realize his reason for conversion, and that won't sit well either.
OT
Chris Hayes show rocks! Wish it was on later, but glad to have tivo. Can't wait for Mellissa Harris Perry to have her own show.
Gryphen, you're going to love this graphic - the front page of Sunday's Washington Post. It basically captures what I'm sure is happening in the White House right now with the news of Newt's win in South Carolina.
ReplyDeletehttp://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/a-down-ballot-disaster-for-republicans.html