tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post4984152986782436464..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: The Gingrich ManiaSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-19519258862345952922011-12-14T16:48:07.912-05:002011-12-14T16:48:07.912-05:00I can't dispute your analysis, but many Republ...I can't dispute your analysis, but many Republicans clearly fear that Gingrich would go off the rez, so to speak, depending on what idea popped into his head next. As for your second point, Romney has been attacking Gingrich as a "career politician," even though Romney held elective office more recently than Gingrich has. Gingrich has answered that Romney would have been as much a career politician had he not lost a Senate election to Ted Kennedy, but Romney now says losing that race was the best thing that could have happened to him. Meanwhile, if the latest polls out of Iowa are credible, at least some of the TPs are finally coming over to Ron Paul -- which may only reconfirm your point about their fickleness.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-29966443334490032302011-12-14T15:43:34.096-05:002011-12-14T15:43:34.096-05:00I find it ironic that Newt is now the darling of t...I find it ironic that Newt is now the darling of the teabaggers. I seem to remember early on, when he first announced his candidacy, they considered him as useless, a member of the "career politicians" they were outspokenly against. Now that all of their other "darlings" have shown themselves to be little better than retarded jackasses, he's their current "great white hope". It says little for their either their sense of loyalty or their intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-28489384136176651562011-12-14T14:42:23.029-05:002011-12-14T14:42:23.029-05:00I'm pretty sure any Republican candidate is eq...I'm pretty sure any Republican candidate is equally bad. Given that the President doesn't have the power to make the sort of sweeping changes that all of the candidates are promising to make and given their usual hatred of the poor and worship of the wealthy, I imagine that Gingrich, Romney, Perry or any of the others would follow the "trickle down" theory, give more tax breaks to the rich and fewer opportunities to the impoverished. The "economy" would continue to get better for those on top and worse for the working class who will be forced more and more to compete with one another for fewer decent jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com