TPM Livewire: 100 Tea Party Leaders to Endorse Gingrich

[flpoljunkie]

TPMLivewire
01-19-2012 9:34 AM

Report: 100 Tea Party Leaders To Endorse Gingrich

100 Tea Party leaders will endorse Newt Gingrich and form Tea Partiers With Newt, reports the Daily Caller.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I love to hear news like this. First the Perry endorsement

and now the Tea Party.

The way I figure it, every scrap of encouragement that comes Newt's way will empower him to continue his attacks on Willard--and attacks of the sort he's making play directly into the growing 1% meme, which will ultimately be toxic to ANY Republican candidate in November.

And Newt won't be the nominee. Not a prayer. It will either be Willard or some dark horse (Christie?) emerging from a brokered convention.

The main point is that Newt is helping to deepen the shift of the national dialog from deficits to issues of inequality and sleazy financial behavior in high places.

Willard personifies the unholy alliance between the Corporations and the Republicans, and Newt's attacks are likely to generalize beyond Romney to Republican policies in general. Newt is pissing in the Republican well, and they're all going to have to drink out of it in the fall.

[Frustratedlady]

2. I hope you are right...

Thanks for the reminder. I'm heading to the grocery store and will add popcorn to the list.

In all my years of watching politics, I've NEVER seen a show like this one!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. Should be interesting - Newt's ex being interviewed tonight. supposedly very bad. nt

[DeathToTheOil]

17. Joe Scarborough agrees with you on a brokered convention

Scary, I know.

[JackRiddler]

19. I agree, it's excellent news...

Also for helping to expose & sink the Tea Party.

[bemildred]

3. Yawn.

Circle the wagons, boys.

[Robbins]

4. Great

The Longer this goes on the better.Santurum declared winniner In Iowa.Perry dropping out and endorsing Gingrich.And this.While I
suspect Romney eventully will win the nomination the longer the clown show goes on the better for our side.Plus It weakens
Romney.If by miracle Gingrich could win that would be even better.

Now I have reason to watch Current's coverage saturday.Now that Keith Olberman will he anchoring their election coverage I will
watch them Instead of MSNBC on primary nights.

[PassingFair]

5. Anyone know, in a nutshell, why they find Romney so unacceptable?

Is it because he's one of the 1%? (So were the Bushies.)
Is it because he's flip-flopped and supported "liberal" legislation in the past?
Is it because he's a Mormon?

Is it all of the above, equally?

Anyone?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. mormon and closet liberal (i.e. Mass record). I would like

to think it's because he's so creepy too

[PassingFair]

10. I ask because they REALLY hate him.

On FR, I think just supporting him was a ban-able offense.

I don't want to go over there and research it.

[PassingFair]

14. They think he's "pro-choice".

I think this is the main problem....

[auburngrad82]

6. That's what, 20% of all Tea Partiers?

Or am I over inflating my estimate?

And aren't all Tea Partiers "leaders" in their own minds?

[SomeGuyInEagan]

7. 100 *leaders*? That leaves what, 15 or 20 left to be followers? n/t

[DCBob]

12. HA!

[yodermon]

11. why not santorum i wonder??

[DCBob]

13. Not enough of a RW asshole.

[PassingFair]

15. He's catholic.

I'm thinking religion is HUGE for these candidates.

[kemah]

16. Poster Boy of the 1% Romney The letter F bought to you by Romney Flip Flop

Cayman Islands bank account check
Millionaire check
Born rich check
Ivy League school check
15% tax rate check
anti union check
anti health care check
Self-centered check
I work so hard for my money attitude check
I have the workers interest at heart shill check
Draft dodger but loves to send your kids to war check
My kids are exempt from war check
Tax policy to benefit my wealth friends check
Climate denier check
Anti science check
Tax subsidies to my wealthy friends "job creators" check
Poster boy for the 1% check

[Mopar151]

22. The walking embodiment of Snidely Whiplash

One of the few things he has in common with Nootie -he LIKES being an asshole.

[2ndAmForComputers]

18. I read somewhere a big gathering of extremist Evangelicals voted to endorse Santorum

Despite him being a Catholic. And they specifically cited the Amphibian's divorce shenanigans as problematic. Do I remember right?

[Jackpine Radical]

20. That's pretty much what I recall, although

I dunno about the divorce business. Reagan was divorced & so was Nancy, both of whom were suspected of little flings here & there. (Nancy & Sinatra?)

[2ndAmForComputers]

21. Ronnie's shenanigans were infinitely less nasty than Newt's.

IMHO.

[Jackpine Radical]

23. Or maybe just better covered-up.

During his B-movie years, who knows what the hell he was up to?