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In the discussion thread: I'm pretty sure Romney is the candidate Obama would like to face, not Newt. [View all]

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 03:24 AM

RZM (8,295 posts)

29. Except Newt is vulnerable in about 12 areas

1) His personal life
2) His political life
3-12) He's Newt Gingrich

Romney might turn it into a contest. Newt would be the Republican Walter Mondale.

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I'm pretty sure Romney is the candidate Obama would like to face, not Newt. [View all]	denem	Jan 2012	OP
Mitt can be justifiably accused of lying.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#1
They're both easy opponents	DJ13	Jan 2012	#2
That's a logical argument. Palin fired up the troops. Newt can as well.	denem	Jan 2012	#4
yes.	Tuesday Afternoon	Jan 2012	#3
Newt would eventually implode	Proud Liberal Dem	Jan 2012	#5
I agree, but I think Mitt is road kill from the get go,	denem	Jan 2012	#6
Newt has that red state ramble. No more brain cells, just the ramble.	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#7
Since when have brain cells been crucial for successful Republican candidates?	denem	Jan 2012	#8
Shit. I don't think I was alive then. Kennedy was killed when I was six mo. old.	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#9
Nixon was sharp, a bit too sharp for his own good.	denem	Jan 2012	#10
Oh, you mean like the '84 debate when he was talking about driving down the coast w/Nancy?	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#11
No. His legacy is more retrospective - things remembered	denem	Jan 2012	#12
Don't forget the "evil empire".	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#17
What I remember is "the bombing will begin in five minutes"	denem	Jan 2012	#19
To be fair, he didn't know he was on a live mic. But still...	HopeHoops	Jan 2012	#20
Indeed	denem	Jan 2012	#21
Concur.	Moondog	Jan 2012	#13
Well Newt will still have to get his ground game together in a hurry.	denem	Jan 2012	#14
Maybe both	flying rabbit	Jan 2012	#15
"don't go an any long car rides with the Mittster"	denem	Jan 2012	#18
Romney is boring, bland, predictable and has a bunch of negatives.	DCBob	Jan 2012	#16
I want Romney because he'll force Obama to have a policy shift to the left.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#22
I think this time Ron Paul is going third party. = a double shift left	denem	Jan 2012	#23
Oh man, that would be a dream move.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#24
I'm pretty sure he's not	onenote	Jan 2012	#25
Hmmm	1stlady	Jan 2012	#26
I dunno why he'd prefer one over the other....	cliffordu	Jan 2012	#27
Rec	Bobby S	Jan 2012	#28
Except Newt is vulnerable in about 12 areas	RZM	Jan 2012	#29
Fritz was doing quite well until he said -	denem	Jan 2012	#31
K'd & R'd	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#30
Respectively disagree	leftynyc	Jan 2012	#32
Exactly this	alwysdrunk	Jan 2012	#33
Mitt is most dangerous to O --	Hell Hath No Fury	Jan 2012	#34
Agree, but	leftynyc	Jan 2012	#35
True, and at the end of the day --	Hell Hath No Fury	Jan 2012	#36
I think you're right	leftynyc	Jan 2012	#38
I picked it in memory of the 2000 selection --	Hell Hath No Fury	Jan 2012	#39
I don't think Obama cares. Newt plays to the fringe bigots and nut bags,	Lil Missy	Jan 2012	#37
+1	JoePhilly	Jan 2012	#42
I think the repugs have	donco	Jan 2012	#40
depends	hallowell	Jan 2012	#41
Well Newt is certainly bloodying Mitt along the way.	denem	Jan 2012	#43
They are both flawed for different reasons but I think both suck equally	Quixote1818	Jan 2012	#44
I think Newt will be easier to beat. He will self-immolate.	AtomicKitten	Jan 2012	#45
If he does not self immolate, somebody else will do it for him.	denem	Jan 2012	#46

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