Newt Kicks Some CBS Arse….

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We all knew this was coming but I have to agree with his indignation….the very first question?

He makes wonderful points while kicking some ass and then completely denies the allegation of the open marriage.

He also released his tax returns in a not too subtle dig at Mitt.

We all knew Newt was going down without a fight.

Meanwhile Santorum handled this question quite well, and it was pretty damn funny

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQF7i2jct8[/youtube]

UPDATE

Great post on Newt:

…CNN’s John King opened the Charleston debate with a direct question to Gingrich about his past. “Do you want to take a moment to address that?” King asked.

“No, but I will,” Gingrich replied. And he wound up his ire and spent the next few minutes pulverizing the media for digging into his past on the eve of the South Carolina primary. When King tried to deflect Gingrich’s wrath back off onto ABC, Gingrich would have none of it: King has brought up the issue in the debate, after all. King looked visibly cowed.

In the hotel bar in Charleston, SC where I ended up watching the debate, cheers went up to match the standing ovation Gingrich earned from the live audience. The other candidates all found themselves, rather than criticizing Gingrich’s past infidelity, piling onto his attack on the media.

…Newt Gingrich was not my preferred candidate, and still isn’t. But in these debates he has proven that Republicans love a fighter. We are tired of a biased media belittling us and denigrating, even undermining, us. We are tired of an ignorant media inflating nonsense and avoiding asking the other side the tough questions Republicans deal with every day. Like a Civil War general once accused of letting his personal problems get in the way of doing his duty, we may not be able to spare Newt Gingrich. He isn’t perfect, far from it. But he fights.

UPDATE

Good breakdown of the debate:

1. Romney can’t answer questions about his tax returns at all.

2. He’s terrible at it and he needs to get better, quickly.

3. John King trying to use Romney’s father as a precedent on the tax return issue was dumb.

4. Romney referred to “RomneyCare” tonight. I think that was a first, and not a good first for him.

5. He also made some sort of reference to coming from the “streets of America.” Romney is a fine man, but if there’s anyone less “street” than Mitt Romney I don’t know who it could be. If he’s street than I’m the shock collar for a vicious Mexican drug gang.

6. Newt’s opening answer was very strong and will be replayed a lot. But I thought it was overstated and as he kept going it became clear he was trying to squelch the issue rather than express his true rage. When he was all lovey-dovey with John King after the debate, it underscored that it was as much performance as anything else.

7. Ron Paul had some of his best moments of any debate. I really liked his answer on free trade. The problem, of course, is that he’s a theoretical free trader and an operational protectionist.

8. I was less impressed than most with Santorum tonight than a lot of folks seem to have been. But I still think he did very well, all things considered.

10. Santorum’s best moment came when he threaded the needle on immigration, sounding both tough and compassionate.

11. He also had the most dramatic moment dropping the House banking scandal bomb on Newt.

12. It is simply amazing that it took all this time (is this the 17th debate?) for anyone to really deliver a serious and cogent attack on RomneyCare.

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rich wheeler:  You got a real H.O. for Romney gal. A leader of YOUR party not mine. Newt a Georgia Conserv. should beat Romney a Mass. mod/lib by 2o points in his neighboring S.C. Romney still the favorite to win. You gonna blister him all the way to the finish line? Classy

First of all, rich wheeler, Romney is not a leader of “my party” because I’m not a Republican, but an Independent.  Therefore I am no party loyalist.  That’s your first error.

Your second error is assuming that I consider Romney any kind of a leader in my ideology.  While he attempts to talk a good game, his record belies the words.  Too sleazy for my tastes.  So yes, I have already stated I had three candidates in this race that do not have my support… Romney, Huntsman and Paul.  As of this date, that hasn’t changed.

Whether you consider me sticking to my convictions, instead of toeing the Republican loyalist party line, as (sarc) classy is unimportant to me.

@ Rich Wheeler #57: I didn’t cherry pick, I read and used the PPP poll. Partly because it was the first one in the story and partly because I heard it in a news story on CBS Radio News while driving earlier in the day.

It has Gingrich at 35% and Romney at 29% and Santorum at 15%. Simple math, if you take Santorum’s 15 and give it to the other Conservative, Newt then you get Newt at or around 50%.

Sorry it was difficult for you, thought my meaning was clear.

 

 

 Anticsrocks  Your original post didn’t indicate you were ref,  only ppp. Three polls you did ref. including Rasmussen were lower on average.Agreed?

Mata First time I ever heard you call yourself an indie.There may be hope for you..lol

May be the first time you’ve paid attention, but I think that my history of both authored posts and comments here have made it plain that my disdain for Congress crosses party lines.

Rich, a true thinker, when it comes to politics, always considers themselves an “indie”. I admit, and I know Mata has as well, that there are degenerates on both sides of politics. And I hope you aren’t making the mistake of believing that being independent is equivalent to “moderate”. These two terms describe two entirely different situations.

Thanks for the obvious observation about Indy’s, john galt.. that may not be so obvious to certain members of the FA audience.

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bye

 

Newt Kicks Butt! We loved it! Whats next? the reporters demanding to know is it true that Newt suffers from Premature Ejectulation and refuses to enter longterm therapy for it? Its gone too damn far! So yeah tell em where to put it!

Oh, my…look at this:

“…Mr. Gingrich had a stunning 40 percent of the vote, or nearly 50 percent more than Mr. Romney…”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/21/gingrich-wins-south-carolinas-gop-primary/

Thanks Missy, kinda validates my comment #55.

Curt, still can’t use the reply button or the link button.

 

 

 Congrats to Newt .We got a horse race which I love..

 Anticsrocks  Final result is a blowout with massive move to Newt in final days. Guess S.C. voters felt a robber baron capitalist who fails to release his tax returns worse than a philanderer who, as Mata suggests, at least marries his mistresses.

America will choose to pick someone who can get us out of the mess 0-bama has put America in.  In the past Democrats preferred a guy who got a hummer in the whitehouse with an Intern when he should have been working.  No moral high ground for Democrats and America has a failed President in office who is a Democrat and nees to go!!