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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGallup: Romney and Gingrich statistically tied NATIONALLY; two polls say Gingrich by 8 in Florida.
One week ago, Gallup had Romney by 23 points. 48 hours ago, it was by 10 points. Then by 5. The new Gallup tracking data for today says Romney 29, Gingrich 28. And that's a rolling average, meaning that Gingrich is probably in the lead by now on the national stage. Meanwhile, both Rasmussen (R) and Insider Advantage (D) have Gingrich up in Florida now by 9 and 8, respectively.
Now let me tell you why this is a wonderful thing, and why we should be celebrating.
Obama can beat either one of these guys. That's pretty much a given. Romney is an arrogant, elitist preening jackass, and Gingrich is... well, Newt Gingrich. But the difference is, Gingrich is not just arrogant and weak, he's also unstable and potentially explosive. He has the ability to get up on the national stage and not just destroy himself, but also poison every other Republican candidate for the House and Senate at the same time, by allowing out his racism, his self-aggrandizement, and his contempt not just for Democrats and minorities but for the "underclasses" of his own party. He is the self centered arrogance of George Bush mixed with the social darwinist insanity of Ron Paul.
Gingrich has the potential to completely undo the last gasp of gains the right made in 2010 by exploiting people's irrational anger and desire to lash out; he can give us back the House, secure the Senate, and put Republican Party back into the doghouse for another four years at least, as well as possibly putting a fatal stake through the heart of the militant right as a viable political bloc for a decade or more.
rurallib
(62,441 posts)and they can't go lower than the zero they have both reached.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)the entire state. We only read the headlines, we are all rich and retired. We are super religious and very afraid of the devil.
We are all hoping that KNewt will win Floriduh in a landslide so we can get rid of the black muslim that now occupies the white house. Then, with all the new jobs, our home values will triple and we will pay no taxes on our vast portfolios.
(and a white person will be in the White House, not that we care about skin color). We just care if the person is "uppity".
You can go to dinner in any restaurant and hear that conversation, or parts of it, at the tables around you.
Please come to Floriduh and buy my house, so that I can move to a more liberal state like South Carolina.
boxman15
(1,033 posts)Romney would be tougher work, but I think he'd pull it out. However, Romney wouldn't scare people away from the Republican Party. Gingrich could potentially lead to a bloodbath in 2012, which is exactly what we need to see quicker progress. It would be to Democrats what 1984 was to Republicans.
So, for now, Newt 2012!
B Calm
(28,762 posts)the nomination.
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)TheWraith
(24,331 posts)It basically requires that the other candidate be collapsing. I doubt it's happened this fast outside of a situation where the other candidate got caught in a very major scandal.