Schumer: You’re damn right we’ll use Gingrich’s criticism of Ryan against the GOP

[kpete]

Schumer: You’re damn right we’ll use Gingrich’s criticism of Ryan against the GOP
By Greg Sargent
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Schumer added that the fact that Republicans turned so aggressively on Gingrich proves that they have become far more extreme than they were in Gingrich’s heyday — and vowed that Dems would continue pounding away at this theme.

“He is the Republican canary in the coal mine,” Schumer said. “When that canary speaks truth, he is snuffed out. What Newt seems to realize is that it would be impossible to win the White House if they embrace the Ryan plan. If Republicans make endorsing the Ryan plan the standard in the Republican primary, it will make the nominee unelectable.”

“I feel for Speaker Gingrich,” Schumer continued. “ He’s entered the race only to find out that the Republican Party has been pushed considerably futher to the right than the party he led in the 1990s. His party has turned him into a political outcast.”

“We will not miss a single opportunity of reminding the public what it means for seniors,” Schumer concluded.

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[Atman]

1. Be still my heart...

If only...if only. Come on, Chuck, don't let us down. It's hardball time.

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[LiberalAndProud]

2. I hope Schumer is right. If the Tea Party is committing hari kari on the GOP, I'm content.

However, my faith in the American electorate and the American election process isn't unshakable.

[gratuitous]

3. Oh, how unspeakably partisan!

I'm sure the Washington Post is glad that David Broder didn't live to see the day when Democrats would make political hay out of Republican stupidity. Weep for our country! Weep!

[xchrom]

4. Recommend

[Wounded Bear]

5. Promises, promises....

sorry to be cynical, but I'll believe it when I start seeing all of the "They want to kill gramma" ads.

[GodlessBiker]

6. That's the way.

[hifiguy]

7. When your opponent in a brawl inadvertently hands you a pipe

you bash him over the head with it as hard and as often as you can. Newtie just wrote the ads for every Dem congressional race in the country and they should be run in every district where they might make a difference.

I just hope Schumer is serious about this.

[myrna minx]

8. Fetch the smelling salts ~

:D

[cloudbase]

9. He'll get around to that

after having the TSA scren train passengers.

[truebrit71]

10. You beat me to it...

...i'll hold my applause 'til I actually see some action...

[The Backlash Cometh]

11. This is getting so amusing.

You have the freshman Republicans begging that their early votes not be used against them, and now Newt is backpedaling.

Five years ago, I never would have believed that we would have seen a Repub on the defensive.