Over the past four years it’s been widely speculated that Matt Drudge has a soft spot for Mitt Romney. No one knows the real story, but there’s little doubt that Mr. Drudge is in an all out offensive against Newt Gingrich this week at the Drudge Report. For Mitt Romney Florida might be the most important election of his life. If he wins he stops the Gingrich surge (at least for now), but a loss would be a terrible blow.
Perhaps that’s why Drudge is on the offensive.
Last night in Tampa, Florida was another horrible debate. Brian Williams asked a series of pointless questions about sugar subsides, manned missions to Mars, and the candidate’s “path to the nomination.” I’m not going to go into it any further detail because we’ve written about these dumb leftist moderators ad nauseum. Who can be shocked that Brian Williams turned in another Gossip Girl performance?
The most obvious change in last night’s debate was the audience. There was no cheering or jeering. I prefer the hushed tones instead of the near gladiator style debates that were held in South Carolina. These are supposed to be debates and not an angry mob scene. Newt Gingrich is threatening to pull out of the remaining debates if the crowd continues to be silenced. It’s understandable that Gingrich prefers the red meat style debate audiences since he’s basically carved a path to the nomination by seizing the heart of the mob.
In 2008, I thought that the Democrats brainless adulation of Barack Obama could never be topped, but the rise of Newt Gingrich is at least a close 2nd. Americans are increasingly skipping the details and settling for the narrative. You see this in almost every avenue of American culture. We are prisoners of the moment.
During the height of the Lewinsky scandal Speaker Newt Gingrich wrote that “the American presidency is viewed worldwide as a rough equivalent of the Jerry Springer show.” That was over thirteen years ago. A lot has changed since then. Apparently so has the attitudes of conservative voters. South Carolina looks set to give Gingrich a victory today in their state primary. The outcome isn’t likely to stop Romney from winning the nomination, but it says a lot about how much the GOP has changed since the Lewinsky days. Being a debate showman is a lot more important than moral character.
This week was the perfect storm for the Gingrich campaign. Such is the disdain for the mainstream press by the average GOP voter that they rallied around Gingrich when his ex-wife launched a scathing attack against the former Speaker of the House. The South Carolina crowd cheered when Gingrich summoned his best angry response at the most obvious question in the world.
Was it really that shocking that CNN’s John King asked a question about the biggest campaign story at the time? Such is the disdain for President Obama that Republican voters a hungry for a candidate to stick it to the President. That’s never going to happen in the current presidential debate format and it’s causing people to overlook how bad it would be if Gingrich won the nomination.
Gingrich’s response to King’s question correctly pointed out that no one is perfect. President Clinton said as much thirteen years ago. Everyone has dirty laundry of some kind, but Gingrich has over thirty years of dirty laundry, ethics violations, and high profile meltdowns. Shouldn’t GOP voters be concerned about character?
Wouldn’t a Gingrich administration be the very definition of the Jerry Springer show? The GOP rallied around Herman Cain when his sexual harassment allegations surfaced, but it eventually killed his campaign. The big loser this week is Rick Santorum. Gingrich’s surge will eventually end and Romney will win the nomination. Republicans need to realize that every time dirt surfaces on a GOP politician it’s not part of some elaborate left wing conspiracy.
Last June I wrote that time was running out for candidates to get in the race. In the case of Texas Governor Rick Perry he waited far too long to get in race. Perry bowed out of the race today after getting trounced in Iowa and New Hampshire. While political junkies wring their hands over the next two weeks the race is already over. Newt Gingrich may surge, but Mitt Romney has been running for president for six years. The Romney campaign is a well oiled machines with boots on the ground in every major state.
This system of selecting the president is not what the founding fathers intended. To be a serious candidate for president you have to have millions of dollars in infrastructure. The other issue is exposure. For candidates entering the race late the media scrutiny is intense (unless you’re a Democrat). In 2008, then Senator Obama seemingly came out of nowhere, but he had been receiving glowing press since 2004. There was no question he was going to run for president in 2008. Part of the reason why people like Romney and Gingrich seem to have escaped all their political baggage is because it’s old news. Romney has RomneyCare, but what else is there to write about it? Voters have short memories.
For those who were getting to know Rick Perry in the fall of 2011 there was a lot to digest. Perry’s ideas about immigration hurt his chances, but that was nothing compared to what happened next. For those unfamiliar with Perry the first impression of the governor of Texas was his weak debate performances. Then November 9th happened. There’s absolutely no way to recover from that kind of brain freeze especially if you’re trying to introduce yourself to the American public.
So here we are two days from the South Carolina primary and there’s no true conservative in the race. It’s basically Romney versus Gingrich. Santorum is still in the race, but he’s almost irrelevant. If Gingrich pulls out a win in South Carolina it’s unlikely he’ll win in Florida, Nevada and Maine. The race is over and Mitt Romney is the nominee.
It was encouraging yesterday to see so many citizens up in arms about new internet regulation proposed by Congress. It was an odd coalition of liberals and conservatives. Liberals who have no problem regulating all other aspects of our lives draw the line at abortion and the internet. Those against the legislation have offered all manner of nightmare scenarios if it’s passed. The same thing could be said about any goverment regulation. Just wait until ObamaCare starts wrecking the health care system.
Defeating SOPA is important, but on the list of problems facing the country it ranks pretty low. The fact that more Americans aren’t up in arms about our lurch to bankruptcy is really depressing. What good is defeating SOPA if we’ll all be too poor to worry about the internet in 15 years? The people of my generation have no idea how close we are to complete financial collapse. If they did understand they’d be demanding a complete goverment overhaul.
Meanwhile, President Obama used the distraction of SOPA to block the Keystone XL pipeline. For a president who is supposedly serious about helping the economy it’s a comical move. The far left is is against oil and apparently against progress. There’s really no logical reason to oppose the pipeline. The environmental dangers are no larger than the thousands of miles of pipelines already in existence. The extreme left in this country is fundamentally opposed to oil because they’re ignorant when it comes to energy.
I blame stupid commercials like the one above. Where hell do people think electricity comes from? If we all drive electric cars there will be more demand for electricity. Electricity comes from coal, oil, and some nuclear plants. The idea the electricity is “green” is some fantasy. More electric cars means more electricity from oil and coal. That means more expensive energy because the left is fighting all investment in oil. That’s why the president blocked a move that would create thousands of jobs and it’s the reason the left is barrier to economic progress.
I had a long boring post about where it went wrong for Huntsman, but like his candidacy it’s long gone. WordPress ate it and my motivation to write it again. Next time Huntsman should run an honest campaign and quit insulting potential voters. It’s too bad. Huntsman was a pretty good conservative in Utah. He just didn’t seem to want to admit it.
Mitt Romney soundly stomped his rivals last night in New Hampshire. The closest competitor was Ron Paul and most of his voters aren’t even Republicans. In third was Jon Huntsman and then Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum rounded things out. It was a terrible night for Santorum, who didn’t get much bounce out of Iowa.
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It was fun watching people spin the results last night. This race is over. It would take something huge to change this race. The field is scattered and no one is in Romney’s league when it comes to money and organization. The other candidates are struggling to get on the ballot in several states. Romney’s victory speech last night sounded like an acceptance speech.
To amuse myself I watched about 30 minutes of MSNBC. They had one Republican and five deranged liberals attacking the candidates. That’s what they consider “coverage.” Rachel Maddow was the voice of reason. It’s comical that Al Sharpton is on that network. The MSNBC panel was really disturbed that Romney compared Obama’s vision for America as European. Why you ask? They love Europe and don’t get it. Europe’s big goverment entitlements and unused mass transportation systems have bankrupted the state. Liberals haven’t been able to put two and two together.
The race moves to South Carolina and then on to Florida after that. Romney is the only candidate running ads in Florida right now because he really the only candidate left on the GOP side.
Last night’s New Hampshire debate was a strange affair. Mitt Romney has a commanding lead in New Hampshire, so one would assume he would be attacked by the other candidates. Instead, the only person who went after Romney was George Stephanopoulos. The mainstream media is just flat out irritating. Just when I think a debate can’t get any worse ABC lets a former Clinton campaign staffer moderate.
In the movie War Room, which chronicled the 1992 Clinton campaign, Stephanopoulos celebrates the victory and surmises that the United States will finally have universal health care. I think of that moment because the 2012 election is going to be about the economy and about ObamaCare. Yet, there wasn’t a single question about ObamaCare. The only question about the economy was about infrastructure.
Instead, Stephanopoulos asked questions about states banning contraceptives, gay marriage, and gay adoption. The candidates spent 30 minutes on issues that aren’t important and about which a President has little, if any, power to change. Stephanopoulos’ stupid question about contraceptives led to what I believe is Romney’s best moment in the campaign.
I thought Romney handled Stephanopoulos’ question about contraceptives very well. The whole premise of the question is comical. Stephanopoulos is supposed to be fair? He has no business moderating a debate, nor does what’s-her-face. The questions were ludicrous. One can gain insight from how delusional liberals are about the current state of affairs simply by watching these media yahoos rodeo clown their way through a debate.
The nation is on the brink of financial ruin and they’re worried about gays getting married and having kids? None of the GOP candidates pointed out that they share the same position on gay marriage as President Obama. I’m so excited that Stephanopoulos is back to host This Week. I didn’t even notice he had left.
If Mitt Romney is sworn in on January 20, 2013, he should shake Ron Paul’s hand first. Ron Paul has been the center of each of these debates. He attacks everyone and the liberal moderators love asking him questions. I can’t see how last night’s debate changed the race. Mitt Romney is simply running out the clock. Exit question: Could a Donald Trump moderated debate be any worse that what I watched last night?
The Rick Perry campaign died weeks ago, but he’s been one the most entertaining characters in the race. Tonight there is a debate in New Hampshire. It’s difficult to see anything happening in these debates to stop the Romney Express. Maybe Perry has a secret plan. Here’s a picture he posted on twitter today.
Say what you want about Perry, but he seems to be the most genuine guy in the race. When most politicians take photo-ops with guns it looks a bit ridiculous, but I wouldn’t want Perry aiming at me.
In the end Perry waited too long to get in the race. His debate problems were more or less the product of being unprepared. The lack of preparation is what happens to candidates who jump in the race late. One of the main reasons Romney is clear frontrunner today is because his dirty laundry has been out there for everyone to see for years.
We’ve seen the rise and fall over a lot of candidates over the last six months. Voters keep flocking to imaginary candidates. Then they’re dismayed that the person isn’t perfect. I could save everyone a lot of time. No one is perfect.
After three long years President Obama has finally found some part of goverment he wants to cut. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. Democrats will only ever cut one part of government, and that’s defense. The President has outlined a plan to reduce the number of military personnel by 490,000.
I’m sure Republicans will be up in arms because they never ever want to cut defense. The entire budget needs to be cut and defense is one of those areas. But let’s be real: this President is a pandering coward with no real intention of reforming our nation’s budget. The fact is that we could eliminate our entire defense department and still be on the road to bankruptcy. Cutting defense is the only move a Democrat will make because it won’t hurt them with their voting bloc.
What is Obama’s plan to fix our fiscal nightmare? Raise taxes, subsidize companies going bankrupt and eliminate defense. That’s the reality. President Obama’s poll numbers aren’t great right now, but they’re not as bad as they should be. He could still get reelected. Obama has done nothing to address our fiscal crisis. He’s just stepping on the accelerator.
For over a decade I’ve marveled at liberals’ paranoia about people without health care and about climate change. It’s shocking because the biggest problem facing mankind isn’t health care or the weather. If the United States goes bankrupt the world with fall into a type of chaos that hasn’t been seen since the 1930s. Enjoy it while it lasts, America. The freeloading is almost over and you’re living on borrowed time, both figuratively and literally.
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