Newt’s Flame Out
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Conspiracy theorists unite! Some will say all of the negative press from The Druge Report the other day painting Newt in a negative light is responsible for his decline in the polls.
Drudge picks his favorites, that’s true, but few were disputing stories with titles like:
INSIDER: GINGRICH REPEATEDLY INSULTED REAGAN
R. EMMETT TYRRELL: William Jefferson Gingrich
NEWT FLASHBACK: REAGAN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL ‘DECAY’
That’s not good press. But is it “responsible” for Newt beginning to tank?
Newt is a one trick pony. He zings the debate moderator, quotes Andrew Jackson, and throws accusations at his opponents then sits back and smiles.
But that’s all Newt can do. He’s all about the negative not the positive and it’s a turn off.
Gingrich revealed himself to be a mile wide but an inch deep in last week’s debate. Witness this exchange which badly backfired on him trying to hang the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac 1% label on Romney:
Newt: So maybe Governor Romney in the spirit of openness should tell us how much money he’s made off of how many households that have been foreclosed by his investments? And let’s be clear about that.
Mitt: And Mr. Speaker, I know that sounds like an enormous revelation, but have you checked your own investments? You also have investments through mutual funds that also invest in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
If you’re debating someone you should never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. Newt is losing in the Florida polls against Romney and knows he’s only a few poor showings away from being done so go big or go home.
Newt threw a Hail Mary pass and it got intercepted.
Newt is about Newt and he is really not much more complex than that. In politics this isn’t abnormal but you have to have a wide range of skills to bring to the table and Gingrich doesn’t appear to have that.
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2:52 AM
Newt returned to the well one too many times in that last debate when he went after Wolf; Wolf didn’t back down and Newt did and I think it knocked him off his game for the rest of the debate.
You are right, Newt is losing steam because he is a one trick pony and people need to see more than that. Plus he keeps talking about big ideas and big ideas usually mean big government, and people are catching on to that as well.
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