The righteous indignation works for Newt.

[kentuck]

He's indignant that someone would question him on his philandering ways. It's the media's fault that he is a lying, cheating asshole.

He's indignant that we don't fire the school janitors and put poor children to work in their place. They need to be taught the work ethic like Newt had when he was a child.

He's indignant that someone would question his work with Fannie and Freddie. He gets angry if you ask him about his $500,000 line of credit with a jewelry company.

Newt is an angry man. He is a victim. His supporters cheer him on when he attacks those that question his motives and he is energized by their applause.

How long before it stops working for him?

[mucifer]

1. He's a good actor. romney's not. Lots of Americans like the good actors.

It scares me.

[madamesilverspurs]

2. Victim indeed.

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

3. Righteous indignation hangs from every politicians' tool belt.

However, some are better at wielding it than others.

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. South Carolina is, with the exception of perhaps Oklahoma

The most rabidly conservative state in the union. It is practically composed of Angry White People who eat this kind of indignation for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and for beer munchies late night at the convenience store.

In this sense, Newt played it perfectly - since he knew exactly what kind of mental derangement occupied the majority of the GOP voters. If he could switch gears, one might even expect him to be dangerous. Fortunately, this is Newt's only speed. He's a one-trick pony, playing the Angry White Guy card, and only that card. He doesn't know any other songs.

Anyone taking an objective look at South Carolina should have predicted a Gingrich win weeks ago, regardless of the then current numbers. The state was practically made for his proto-fascist nationalist/Populist schtick, and everyone in politics knows it. Can he play that game in Illinois? In New York? In California? In friggin' Missouri fer chrissakes?

I don't think so. We'll see how he does in Florida, but I think it would be very easy to over-estimate Gingrich's appeal based on the SC example. South Carolina is almost perfectly suited to the kind of retrograde racist nonsense Gingrich was spinning, so it doesn't really function as a bellwether for me yet.

[DU2012]

5. What about the anti-Jobs prez. Obama?

Like killing the TransCanada?

[kentuck]

6. What about him?

Tell us more.

[DCBob]

7. Yes, he plays the victim/blame card very well.

and the ignorant masses eat it up. This why he is a dangerous opponent. He can turn negatives into positives, flaws into assets, wrongs into rights. I prefer Romney who is boring, weak and predictable.