Crap....Newtie is rising in the polls??? Really?

[Skidmore]

Just heard on ABC Evening News. Really?

[FarLeftFist]

1. Desperation. Fear. The realization they are doomed.

[DCBob]

2. He could win the GOP nom but he cant win a national election.

which is pretty much true for most of the GOP candidates.

[Jackpine Radical]

3. When the contestants are smallpox, Bubonic plague and typhoid,

I guess ptomaine poisoning doesn't look so bad.

[WillParkinson]

4. When you're scraping the bottom...

You'll grasp at whatever straws you can.

[yourout]

5. Flavor of the week.....who hasn't had his turn at the top yet?

[JoePhilly]

9. yup ... the others are all dead ... Newt rising is the next phase of the GOP collapse.

[Cirque du So-What]

16. I've made that observation as well

It's as though rank-and-file repugs are flailing about frantically in a vain attempt to find a candidate that isn't Romney. Each one, in turn, has had a turn at being their new darling. Once they remember what a sack of shit Noot really is and that he doesn't stand the proverbial snowball's chance, they'll lurch in a different direction, toward a new favorite. I'm putting on my Nostradumbass cap and predicting that Jon Huntsman is next in line.

[customerserviceguy]

20. Romney?

I mean, since Trump fiddled with the idea of running for the Repuke nomination, anyway.

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. It's more like the other turds in the bowl have stopped floating so high.

Pardon the colorful analogy, but when it comes to that bastard Newt...

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Wait until they roll him under the microscope.

He'll be a mere memory in no time.

[HubertHeaver]

8. The Republicans' problem is choosing the candidate who will

do the least damage to their national brand. All the announced and unannounced candidates are dragging shipping containers full of skeletons.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Santorum is next.

they're running out of options.

[pipi_k]

11. Don't worry...

He'll sink back down with the rest of the shits at the bottom soon enough

[onehandle]

12. 17 wives, major ponzi scheme finance scandals, billion dollar account at Tiffany's.

Relax.

[sufrommich]

13. He's the new flavor of the week. He'll drop below

Romney before primary voting starts.He can't rise above Romney without some powerful money behind him.

[NNN0LHI]

14. Romney will be the GOP nominee

[backscatter712]

23. Yep. That's my prediction too.

The hard-righties in the base will be throwing a hissy-fit, but Romney will be the last one standing after all the other assclowns flame out one-by-one.

And Romney will be about as popular as a root canal in the general election once people start figuring out he's Gordon Gekko with magic underwear and no charisma.

[sarcasmo]

15. How many times has he been married?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. That would be too easy.

He's unelectable, thanks to his previous scandals. They won't let him remain in the spotlight for long. This does go to show how short American's memories are though.

[0rganism]

18. if this goes on long enough, eventually it'll be Huntsman or Paul in the lead

At that point I might worry that they have a candidate who could be a threat to Obama in the general.

[customerserviceguy]

21. Neither one of those

Paul is on the fringes of the Republicon party, he's way too pacifist for the average war-loving neocon. And Huntsman is just Romney-lite, why have that when you can have the real thing?

It came down to Newtie or that asshat, Santorum, and the latter has no record of accomplishment for anything the Rethug base stands for, other than a man-on-dog speech that even they think makes him look at least a bit silly.

After they seriously considered Herman Cain for about a month, why is it so hard to believe they'd eventually turn to Newt?

[0rganism]

24. if everyone else self-destructs, those two might be the only ones left

Newt will have his week or three of ascendancy as well, until he reminds enough primary voters what a complete asshole he is.

[customerserviceguy]

27. I've been studying him a bit

And in his last week's ascendancy, some pundits agree with my conclusion that he knows he cannot seem to be the same sort of asshole he was in the mid-90's. Yes, we remember him, but few people under the age of 35 recall that particular Newt Gingrich.

There are pictures of him shaking hands will Bill Clinton, etc., I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to paint himself as part of the prosperity of the late 1990's in the general election.

[zbdent]

19. maybe it's like a rock in a stream ...

surfacing only now because the surrounding waters are lowering ...

[backscatter712]

22. Don't worry, it's only a matter of time before he flames out and implodes.

His popularity will last about as long as it takes before people remember his having an affair while trying to impeach Clinton over the Monica thing, and his serving his wife with divorce papers while she was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery.

Meanwhile, pass the popcorn, this will get good...

:popcorn:

[RainDog]

25. I just have an image in my head of the republican candidates like a wave of one

sitting, one after the other, then standing up and flailing their hands over their heads for a second until the next one gets up. entertainment.

not the real game.

[Major Nikon]

26. Gingrich is simply the wingnut du jour

He's made a career out of pretending to run for president. His book releases are timed to the election cycle. He's not in any way a serious candidate.

In the ouside chance he wins the nomination, he gets to answer questions about his many fuckups including why he was on the floor of the house bashing Clinton for screwing around, and then later at night screwing around on his 2nd wife with his now 3rd wife.