This is exactly the right message, but for the country…..not just New Hampshire. He needs to run this in Iowa. Cut, Cap, and Balance needs to be his 9/9/9.
“The Newt Gingrich surge has accelerated since the former House Speaker landed the New Hampshire Union Leader Republican presidential endorsement over the weekend, as three polls taken Monday night now show Gingrich in the lead or within the margin of error in key early-voting states.”
Mitt needs to get back talking about the economy (not illegal immigration)
I agree. When Mitt charged Newt with supporting amnesty and all the news outlets dug up five year-old Romney interviews Romney once again looked like a pandering opportunist.
This is a really good, solid ad. Well done, Team Romney. I agree this needs to be run more places than just New Hampshire.
His line about “We’re not going to balance the budget by just pretending all you have to do is take out the waste” was a shot across the bow of the USS Gingrich. That was Gingrich’s soft pandering answer on how to balance the budget. Romney has a chance to make yet another clear distinction between himself and Gingrich on this issue.
Really, anyone who listens to or pays attention to ANY Insider Advantage poll should knock off 50 IQ points. They are NOT a reliable or reputable political polling group – I have no doubt Gingrich is rising. Super. But Insider Advantage is a joke.
The biggest reason for Newt Gingrich’s rise is that he’s picked up the voters of Herman Cain and Rick Perry as their campaigns have fallen apart. But these numbers make it pretty clear he’s doing more than that- some of Mitt Romney’s ’25%’ is starting to fall off and move toward Newt as well.
The magnitude of Gingrich’s leads now is an indication that he’s appealing to every segment of the Republican electorate. He’s up with the Tea Party in both states (53% to 24% for Cain and 7% for Romney in Florida, 42% to 18% for Bachmann, 13% for Cain, 10% for Paul, and 5% for Romney in Montana.) But he’s winning over party moderates as well (33% to 22% for Romney in Florida, 31% to 17% for Romney in Montana.) Gingrich’s favorability in Florida is 72/21 and in Montana it’s 65/23. You don’t attain those kinds of numbers without having a lot of appeal to every faction in the party.
Gingrich’s strength in Florida points to one of the aspects of his candidacy that hasn’t received a ton of attention yet: his appeal to senior citizens. Florida has one of the oldest Republican electorates in the country and with voters over 65 he’s at 54%. That sort of support from seniors has become the rule for Newt in our polls.
Yeah Gingrich is appealing to every segment of the Republican electorate. HWAH HWAH hwah stuff like that will get you on Huffpo, no one else is buying that.
26 – I suspect Republican seniors remember that Gingrich was “down for the struggle” when Clinton became president with a bare 43 percent plurality.
Gingrich fought against what they perceived to be the radical Slick Willie, all while Mitt was running to Teddy Kennedy’s left and handing out pink papers to the gays.
And let’s be honest here. Elderly Republicans probably see Romney as the slippery Mormon and I suspect that has something to do with it too.
No. Rubio is not leaving the Senate no matter how many times people speculate on it. And there is no way that Paul Ryan is going to run with a guy who called the plan he put on the table to get entitlements under control “right wing social engineering”.
A slippery moderate who cannot garner the trust of the Republican base would lose in a landslide.
What Willard doesn’t realize is that the landslide already happened. He’s beneath it, because a slippery moderate who cannot garner the trust of the Republican base has no chance at the nomination anyway though his highly paid “consultants” won’t tell him that because they need him to keep writing cheques to fund their lavish lifestyles.
31 – Middle aged Tea Partiers with children like Mitt Romney. That drive foreign cars, are religious, and enjoy outdoor sports and fitness. With advanced degrees and some federal and/or law enforcement experience. FYI. Female. And male, now that I think of it.
Well all along you and I have been arguing that Mitt has no demographic base, setting aside the few percent that dominate the caucuses in the Mountain West.
As Romney’s words were aired on Fox, Gingrich was addressing a town hall in Newberry, a performance in which Gingrich didn’t mention his Republican opponents. But speaking in a relaxed setting at a restaurant across the square from the Newberry Opera House, where the town hall had been held, Gingrich had a few words for Romney.
“Let me just say, if attacked, I’m happy to clarify and defend myself,” Gingrich said. “I have no need to attack Gov. Romney, because candidly, I’m happy to have the votes he doesn’t have.”
“If I can simply mobilize the — ” Gingrich said, pausing for a moment. “Assume that Ron Paul’s votes are not gettable. That’s ten [percent]. Assume that Romney has — what do you want to give him, 25? I only want the 65. I’m not greedy.”
31 – Middle aged Tea Partiers with children like Mitt Romney. That drive foreign cars, are religious, and enjoy outdoor sports and fitness. With advanced degrees and some federal and/or law enforcement experience. FYI. Female. And male, now that I think of it.
Middle aged tea-partiers with advanced degrees and law enforcement experience? You mean all 3 of them?
“Let me just say, if attacked, I’m happy to clarify and defend myself,” Gingrich said. “I have no need to attack Gov. Romney, because candidly, I’m happy to have the votes he doesn’t have.”
So why did Newt use the term “right wing social engineering” on Meet the Press when discussing these proposed changes to Medicare?
Gingrich is opposed to any political party imposing dramatic change against the consent of the governed. Afterwards, Newt quickly admitted that his choice of words was too extreme, and he apologized to Congressman Ryan shortly thereafter.
In response to the host’s hypothetical question of whether Republicans should change Medicare even if there is public opposition, Gingrich’s response was no you should not. One of Newt’s basic governing philosophies is that government should offer a better alternative to existing entitlement programs that seniors can freely choose. Gingrich is opposed to any political party imposing dramatic change against the consent of the governed. Afterwards, Newt quickly admitted that his choice of words was too extreme, and he apologized to Congressman Ryan shortly thereafter. Newt regards Paul Ryan as one of the biggest innovators in Washington, D.C. and he deeply admires the seriousness and boldness of his historic Path to Prosperity budget
Interesting that the elderly would be the ones to remember Newts past, yet they are willing to look past it. Curious to what Newt has said or done to get the seniors to believe in him.
#43 – It would be the irony of ironies if Gingrich is benefiting from memories of the 90′s as a relatively peaceful and prosperous period. Ironic because that is supposed to be Hillary’s ticket to the White House.
46 – I actually wouldn’t doubt that. The 90′s was a very prosperous time for a lot of people. I would guess that a lot of people contribute Newt’s efforts that helped them to enjoy the last half of the 90′s as much as they did.
Smack news!—oh, wait—I mean, Casuist Update about that disastrous Fox News interview with Willard that proved for us all why Willard avoids interviews:
Whatever the case, the interview was absolutely terrible. Romney was on the defensive when he did not need to be and was also unnecessarily condescending with Baier. Baier’s questions were entirely reasonable. For instance when Baier asked about support health care mandates, Romney replied, “Bret, I don’t know many hundred times I’ve said this too. This is an unusual interview,” before breaking out into awkward laughter.
How exactly was it an unusual interview for Romney if he has talked about mandates “hundreds of times”? If Romney can’t handle questions from Baier I can only imagine how things will fare for Romney if he agrees to face the likes of Brian Williams, Scott Pelley, Steve Kroft or Diane Sawyer.
Later in the interview, Baier asked questions on behalf of Fox All-Star panelists Steve Hayes, A.B. Stoddard and Charles Krauthammer. When he did that I couldn’t help but wonder why Romney refused to do the center seat interviews with Baier and the Fox All-Star panelists. All the other GOP candidates sat through it. If Gary Johnson can do it then why can’t Romney? Is he afraid of A.B. Stoddard?
The bottom line here is if Romney can’t handle questions from Bret Baier then how he can possibly handle himself in a debate with President Obama?
In contravention of better judgment and defiance of the Geneva Conventions, I finally saw fit to subject myself to last night’s Romney interrogation on FNC. What anguish. Confrontation with his own struggle against himself gave Mitt a jittery case of the Willards. Even the spray-on tan and pancake makeup couldn’t mask the moment when his blood left his face. His nervous laughter, staccato stutter, and overly dramatic smile betrayed the fact that the poor man is tormented by the Ghost of Romneys past.
Whatever the case, the interview was absolutely terrible.
It was another revelation of what the NonRoms and other humans have recognized all along. Mitt does best with our species when he is neither seen nor heard.
His battalions of overpaid layabout consultants probably lounging lazily in one of his luxury abodes have apparently managed to convince him of this fact in the right way — a way that keeps the caviar and Champus flowing, a way that maintains “staff budgets” and “walking-around money.” They have managed to tell him in a subtle — if not subliminal — way that he should avoid contact with the media, digital recording devices, and crowds that haven’t been preselected. They have found a way to flatter him into understanding that the only chance he has to win the nomination is if no one sees, hears, or even thinks about Mitt Romney.
Romney answerd questions with firm resolve, blew the flip flop charges out of the water, was polite but assertive. The struggle with Romney is we are so use to him hitting homers that when he hits a double or triple we, his supporters are shocked, while his opposition relish in their relief.
A great president must be a moral person of faith which Newt does not have. He is a corrupt politician unfit to be president, he pretends to be conservative.
November 30th, 2011 at 1:37 pm
Doesn’t get much better than that! Go Romney!
November 30th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Good ad.
November 30th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
I liked the general message, but the music seemed off to me …
November 30th, 2011 at 1:53 pm
Mitt needs to get back talking about the economy (not illegal immigration) and pound home his positive message. Time for his to shine big time.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
This is exactly the right message, but for the country…..not just New Hampshire. He needs to run this in Iowa. Cut, Cap, and Balance needs to be his 9/9/9.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
UH OH…
***WEEE OOOO WEEE OOOO***
Mitt’s lead in New Hampshire is down to 4 points in the brand spanking new Insider Advantage Poll
Romney 31
Gingrich 27
Paul 15
Cain 4
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/195871-polls-gingrich-surge-accelerates-in-early-voting-states-
November 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Here’s why Mitt needs to start spending some of that cash
New Hampshire
Romney 31
Gingrich 27
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/195871-polls-gingrich-surge-accelerates-in-early-voting-states-
“The Newt Gingrich surge has accelerated since the former House Speaker landed the New Hampshire Union Leader Republican presidential endorsement over the weekend, as three polls taken Monday night now show Gingrich in the lead or within the margin of error in key early-voting states.”
November 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Can’t see the ad but it sounds like an inside joke by the campaign. Mitt does his right answer/wrong answer so much why not make it into an ad.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
SJ! I was copying you!!
ha!
November 30th, 2011 at 2:01 pm
I agree. When Mitt charged Newt with supporting amnesty and all the news outlets dug up five year-old Romney interviews Romney once again looked like a pandering opportunist.
Better to not do that again.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
9 – Hehehe.
Christmas is coming early, I guess
November 30th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
This is a really good, solid ad. Well done, Team Romney. I agree this needs to be run more places than just New Hampshire.
His line about “We’re not going to balance the budget by just pretending all you have to do is take out the waste” was a shot across the bow of the USS Gingrich. That was Gingrich’s soft pandering answer on how to balance the budget. Romney has a chance to make yet another clear distinction between himself and Gingrich on this issue.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
****WEE OOO WEE OOO **** AGAIN
**** PPP POLL SHOWS NEWT LEADING MITT BY THIRTY POINTS IN FORIDA ****
Gingrich 47
Rmney 17
Cain 15
Paul 5
Bachmann 4
Huntsman 3
Perry 2
Santorum 1
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/11/gingrich-up-big-in-florida-and-montana.html
November 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Really, anyone who listens to or pays attention to ANY Insider Advantage poll should knock off 50 IQ points. They are NOT a reliable or reputable political polling group – I have no doubt Gingrich is rising. Super. But Insider Advantage is a joke.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm
I need a new keyboard. I really do.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:12 pm
This ad?
Good message
the messenger seems a little weird
November 30th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
14 – How about the PPP poll that shows Newt at ALMOST 50 in Florida.
Romney is in big big big big trouble.
Two brand new polls show Newt well into the 40′s in Florida and ahead of Mitt by 24-30 points.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
15.
If you believe Newt is leading Romney by 30 points in Florida you need more than a new keyboard.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:14 pm
November 30th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
18 – Two polls show it.
Even if it’s only ten points, Romney’s no longer favored in the state he desperately needs.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Nodaker,
I’m with ya..ANY POLL showing Willard behind anywhere at any time is lying.
Darn Romnots, for Pete’s sake.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Smacks is right. The evidence is building that the elderly don’t like Romney.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
Does anybody agree with me that this race is leading here:
Gingrich-Ryan or Rubio 2012.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Ratchet it up baby.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Yeah Gingrich is appealing to every segment of the Republican electorate. HWAH HWAH hwah stuff like that will get you on Huffpo, no one else is buying that.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Is it that Gingrich appeals to seniors or that Romney turns them off with his entitlement reform plan?
November 30th, 2011 at 2:23 pm
Baghdad Liz isn’t buying it.
O well….
November 30th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
It turns out Newt is the one candidate that can bring all the factions of the republican party together.
Social conservatives, economic conservatives and national security conservatives.
Tea Party and establishment elites.
This is how we unite the party to defeat Obama’s evil empire.
A slippery moderate who cannot garner the trust of the Republican base would lose in a landslide.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
26 – I suspect Republican seniors remember that Gingrich was “down for the struggle” when Clinton became president with a bare 43 percent plurality.
Gingrich fought against what they perceived to be the radical Slick Willie, all while Mitt was running to Teddy Kennedy’s left and handing out pink papers to the gays.
And let’s be honest here. Elderly Republicans probably see Romney as the slippery Mormon and I suspect that has something to do with it too.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
23.
No. Rubio is not leaving the Senate no matter how many times people speculate on it. And there is no way that Paul Ryan is going to run with a guy who called the plan he put on the table to get entitlements under control “right wing social engineering”.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Yes, granted, and the sky is blue and water is wet.
The interesting question is who freakin’ does like Willard? What possible demographic can this pod person call his own?
November 30th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
For the record, Holder should have resigned already. Needs to get ready to do some jail time.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
What Willard doesn’t realize is that the landslide already happened. He’s beneath it, because a slippery moderate who cannot garner the trust of the Republican base has no chance at the nomination anyway though his highly paid “consultants” won’t tell him that because they need him to keep writing cheques to fund their lavish lifestyles.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:36 pm
31 – Middle aged Tea Partiers with children like Mitt Romney. That drive foreign cars, are religious, and enjoy outdoor sports and fitness. With advanced degrees and some federal and/or law enforcement experience. FYI. Female. And male, now that I think of it.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
31 – Yeah.
Well all along you and I have been arguing that Mitt has no demographic base, setting aside the few percent that dominate the caucuses in the Mountain West.
Not to say “I told you so” but….
November 30th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Any more questions? Maybe Gingrich can get the taxpayers to fund his campaign since HE HAS NO MONEY.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:37 pm
Gingrich is sucking Willard dry of his already thin margin of marginal support? Gingrich does’t even need Willard’s misfits:
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/gingrich-fires-back-romney/227631
November 30th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
34. lol!
Good one. Love satire.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Middle aged tea-partiers with advanced degrees and law enforcement experience? You mean all 3 of them?
November 30th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
36.
Yeah, he does. NOW!
November 30th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
“Let me just say, if attacked, I’m happy to clarify and defend myself,” Gingrich said. “I have no need to attack Gov. Romney, because candidly, I’m happy to have the votes he doesn’t have.”
Uh-oh.
Rombots attack Newt’s CONFIDENCE in 5-4-3-2-1..
November 30th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
30.
So why did Newt use the term “right wing social engineering” on Meet the Press when discussing these proposed changes to Medicare?
Gingrich is opposed to any political party imposing dramatic change against the consent of the governed. Afterwards, Newt quickly admitted that his choice of words was too extreme, and he apologized to Congressman Ryan shortly thereafter.
In response to the host’s hypothetical question of whether Republicans should change Medicare even if there is public opposition, Gingrich’s response was no you should not. One of Newt’s basic governing philosophies is that government should offer a better alternative to existing entitlement programs that seniors can freely choose. Gingrich is opposed to any political party imposing dramatic change against the consent of the governed. Afterwards, Newt quickly admitted that his choice of words was too extreme, and he apologized to Congressman Ryan shortly thereafter. Newt regards Paul Ryan as one of the biggest innovators in Washington, D.C. and he deeply admires the seriousness and boldness of his historic Path to Prosperity budget
November 30th, 2011 at 2:42 pm
Interesting that the elderly would be the ones to remember Newts past, yet they are willing to look past it. Curious to what Newt has said or done to get the seniors to believe in him.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
I’m Keith Price and I approve of this ad.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
“The interesting question is who freakin’ does like Willard? What possible demographic can this pod person call his own?”
That’s easy.
1. Utahns (95% of them)
2. Massachussetians (*but dropping like a rock)
3. New Hampshirians (*)
November 30th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
#43 – It would be the irony of ironies if Gingrich is benefiting from memories of the 90′s as a relatively peaceful and prosperous period. Ironic because that is supposed to be Hillary’s ticket to the White House.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Awesome ad!!! My family and I like Mitt Romney Oregon, Texas, and NV.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
46 – I actually wouldn’t doubt that. The 90′s was a very prosperous time for a lot of people. I would guess that a lot of people contribute Newt’s efforts that helped them to enjoy the last half of the 90′s as much as they did.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
You can leverage electoral performance into money. What is odd is how for the Willard money can’t buy him love—any love, even the professional kind.
November 30th, 2011 at 2:57 pm
42- It’s nice to see someone who actually supports Newt on this site rather than hates his opposition. Thanks for your input!
November 30th, 2011 at 2:58 pm
48
Giving Newt credit for the success in the 90s is like giving Boehner the blame for the failure of the last 4 years.
November 30th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Smack news!—oh, wait—I mean, Casuist Update about that disastrous Fox News interview with Willard that proved for us all why Willard avoids interviews:
http://spectator.org/blog/2011/11/30/romney-feels-squeezed-by-baier
November 30th, 2011 at 3:02 pm
In contravention of better judgment and defiance of the Geneva Conventions, I finally saw fit to subject myself to last night’s Romney interrogation on FNC. What anguish. Confrontation with his own struggle against himself gave Mitt a jittery case of the Willards. Even the spray-on tan and pancake makeup couldn’t mask the moment when his blood left his face. His nervous laughter, staccato stutter, and overly dramatic smile betrayed the fact that the poor man is tormented by the Ghost of Romneys past.
November 30th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
ROTFL. FTW.
November 30th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Hahahahahahaha.
November 30th, 2011 at 3:14 pm
It was another revelation of what the NonRoms and other humans have recognized all along. Mitt does best with our species when he is neither seen nor heard.
His battalions of overpaid layabout consultants probably lounging lazily in one of his luxury abodes have apparently managed to convince him of this fact in the right way — a way that keeps the caviar and Champus flowing, a way that maintains “staff budgets” and “walking-around money.” They have managed to tell him in a subtle — if not subliminal — way that he should avoid contact with the media, digital recording devices, and crowds that haven’t been preselected. They have found a way to flatter him into understanding that the only chance he has to win the nomination is if no one sees, hears, or even thinks about Mitt Romney.
November 30th, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Romney answerd questions with firm resolve, blew the flip flop charges out of the water, was polite but assertive. The struggle with Romney is we are so use to him hitting homers that when he hits a double or triple we, his supporters are shocked, while his opposition relish in their relief.
November 30th, 2011 at 7:37 pm
Romney 2012. Ann Romney is so classy it is hard to imagine Calista Gingrich as the 1st lady.
December 1st, 2011 at 12:00 am
A great president must be a moral person of faith which Newt does not have. He is a corrupt politician unfit to be president, he pretends to be conservative.