13 Reasons Why Newt Will Never Be the GOP Nominee

[Mosaic]

Last edited Mon Dec 12, 2011, 11:23 PM - Edit history (2)

Newt Gingrich is flying high. The former speaker of the House has rocketed to the top of the Republican polls, taking a 30-point lead in Florida and giving one-time GOP front-runner Mitt Romney a run for his money in New Hampshire. What's more, the competition around him seems to be collapsing. Herman Cain is history; Romney has slowly but steadily lost support nationwide; Rick Perry is still making fun of himself for a gaffe everyone else stopped talking about last month; Michele Bachmann fell in a crowded primary forest and never made a sound. Gingrich, for one, is ready to declare victory. As he told ABC's Jake Tapper on Thursday, "I'm going to be the nominee."

Well, Gingrich may be on a roll, but he's overlooking the one truly formidable candidate who stands between him and the nomination: former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. He is in many ways the perfect foil for the current GOP front-runner. Here, in 13 episodes, is much of the baggage you're likely to see aired soon in anti-Gingrich attack ads. For him, it won't be Christmas in Iowa.

Read the rest: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/12/13-reasons-why-newt-wont-win

[Uncle Joe]

1. This is an excellent historical analysis and call to arms by Bill Moyers.

Thanks for the thread, Mosaic

[Uncle Joe]

2. I don't know what's going on here but your link has nothing to do with your OP? Having said that the

column on the link is well worth reading.

When you get it corrected let me know, in the meantime I will need to take away my recommendation.

[Mosaic]

3. Someone beat me to the same piece by Moyers

I checked the time and someone else had posted the same one, so I changed it. Thanks for the rec anyway.

[Kennah]

4. Bill Moyers is thinking too much, and any thinking is too much for GOOPers

They suffer from both short and long term memory loss. All they have is near term memory. Last 5 weeks, at best.