In the latest National Poll, Republican candidate Newt Gingrich appears to have become quite the slippery, uh..."Newt", and currently has a 15% lead over second place Mitt Romney. This November's most recent poll had the GOP candidates deadlocked at 22% and 21% respectively.
I'm no Republican, but it appears that the opposing party has seemingly begun to weed out the whack jobs in it's own order. The only problem is that it appears that the party is looking for some sort of standalone figure that is able to "take on" Obama. And Newt with his over the top ego and eyebrow raising history, would not be my first choice.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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Gingrich with 15% to pull ahead with the lead! I have just been informed Ging has been married THREE times by "Nathan Emanuel" better known as "GuranteedReplies". If you want an altered view of Mr. Gingrich, simply speak with #GuranteedReplies. But really marrying three times doesn't fit too well with conservative views. I stand tall with Nate, that his his background doesn't look to meadow-like with bunnies hopping around. However Gingrich may be ahead by 15% isn't completely a shock to me, but is somewhat amusing.
ReplyDeleteBeing a liberal, I don't really care whether Romney or Gingrich take the lead as long as neither of them win the presidential election. If we're being honest, a lot of politicians are corrupt people with shady private lives. But that doesn't mean their crappy love lives have to interfere with their mediocre politics. I haven't researched Romney or Gingrich much but knowing what I know about Gingrich and what controversy has come up with him in the past, I hope his numbers drop.
ReplyDeleteI don't see why people don't like Mitt Romney. I read an interesting article on him and his family, and I thought that he had more of a personality than people give him credit for. I think that Mitt Romney would be a great shot for the republican party because the moderates would be able to agree with him, as well with some democrats. Mit Romney seems like a great candidate.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I don't like Gingrich because of the amount of times that he has switched his beliefs on ideals. I don't believe that Gingrich would be a good presidential candidate for the republicans because of how easy it would be for someone on the democratic side to persuade him to change his thoughts.
I believe that mitt Romney should be the candidate for the republican party because he is just such a great choice for America as a whole.
I really feel the same way Gio feels. I couldn't care less about the Republican candidates...as long as they don't win. And on what Liam said - "his his background doesn't look to meadow-like with bunnies hopping around" - does anyone's past really look like that? Everyone's got something in their past that certainly doesn't bring out the best in them.
ReplyDeleteI really do not think this shift in the Republican primaries matters at all in the overall presidential election because like we said in class, the voters are either voting for Obama or against him. It seems to that if Gringrich does win the Republican primary, it will be favorable for the Democrats because he is appealing to the more conservative Republicans.
ReplyDeleteit's Gingrich and Romney. I don't think it matters what the numbers say now because we all know that voters change their minds often. The race is over for everyone except those two candidates and this race is going to get very competitive. I'm expecting to see some heated debates coming up.
ReplyDeletePublic opinion is always fickle. Just a month ago, Herman Cain was leading the polls and he sang about pizza and quoted Pokemon. However, Gingrich has an advantage over Romney because he appeals to the conservative/Tea-party sector of the Republican party. I would not be surprised to see the advantage go either way, only one mistake in a debate or interview could tip the scales in favor of Romney.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe, public opinion is very subjective and unreliable. Current poling will not have a huge role in the long run. A candidate can easily drop 15% points with one small slip up. Overall, this poll result does not have a huge effect because another scandal/slipup will be inevitable, that will drastically change the public opinion of the Republican candidates.
ReplyDeleteThe nominee will not be Gingrich, and the public opinion poll will be proved inaccurate. It will be Romney or Santorum. Why Santorum? Because as we learned in the last unit, Iowa is the first caucus, and even though it might not be the best place to start, it gets a lot of media coverage. Iowa has a large amount of Santorum supporters, and if he starts off strong, the media will come by his side. Gingrich will fall out, simply because his leadership skills are taking hit from numerous people including Senator Cobourn (R.)
ReplyDeleteIt's going to come down between Gingrich and Romney. It shall be very interesting who comes on top in the primaries because as stated in the article Gingrich has the vast majority of the Tea Part members on his side. If Gingrich wins the primary Obama will definitely have the upper hand because Gingrich on really appeals to the Tea Party and there are more Liberal and less conservative voters that would vote for obama.
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