Newt Gingrich's nomination as the GOP presidential candidate would lock in Obama victory

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By Paul Bedard
January 27, 2012

By Paul Bedard
January 27, 2012



Newt Gingrich's nomination as the GOP presidential candidate would not only lock in an Obama victory in November, but would also keep the Senate in Democratic hands and make Nancy Pelosi speaker again, according to elections predictor Larry Sabato's UVa Crystal Ball team.

Simply put, says Sabato, it would be a "Newt-Mare."

Looking at the Electoral College map and recent state polls, the Crystal Ball team found that Mitt Romney would keep Republican states red and would help turn some purple states red, making it possible for the former Massachusetts governor to eke out a slim victory over President Obama. [Poll: Is Newt Gingrich Right About Going to the Moon?]

"Romney's the closest thing out there to a generic Republican available. He is not going to steal the presidency away from the incumbent if Obama's having a good year and the economy is solid. Rather, if the country is ready to make a change, then Romney would be a credible alternative," says Sabato.

A Gingrich nomination, however, would be "a nightmare for Republicans" by turning many purple states blue and giving Obama a starting point of 303 Electoral Votes, 33 more than needed.





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[Lil Missy]

1. that's right.

[DCKit]

2. We still need to provide him a Congress he can work with.

Maybe even one that will push him to do all the right things.

[customerserviceguy]

3. Sounds like what they said

about Reagan in 1980. Nope, I don't want red-meat Gingrich out there, rabble-rousing the masses, I want boring Romney as their candidate. Somebody who neither the tea partiers nor the fundies can back, and certainly someone they will not get others to vote for.

[arely staircase]

4. i will be voting in the gop primary this year

mainly to vote (in a state rep race) for a country club republican who opposes charter schools and vouchers against a fire-breathing teabagger who says the best way to improve schools (and everything else) is to crack down on undocumented immigrants. There is no democrat running at all - that is how red this area is. Looks like i'll be voting for the nooot while i'm there.

and no, i will not be careful what i wish for.