2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNewt just said, on CNN, people like him because they want a 'forcefull' leader. That's it. He is
running as a strongman.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)Like Liberal Democrats.
The Republican party is more and more owned by the Christian Coalition, Teabaggers, the rabid right.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)Same with Newt. He's a blustering bully, but not a strongman.
Muskypundit
(717 posts)enough
(13,259 posts)I think it's his angry persona (and his angry soul) that appeals to a lot of Republicans.
applegrove
(118,654 posts)With an angry Newt as leader, the base and Newt can project that anger alltogether on 'others'. They can 'bond' that way.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)he'll throw a tantrum and nuke something. He shut down the govt over having to sit in the back of Air Force 1.
treestar
(82,383 posts)No way do people think like that. He loses the independents that way for sure.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)mucifer
(23,542 posts)wanted someone moral and Christian and all, they'd vote for santorum. That's not what they want,
they want a bully.
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)to work as janitors.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)in Newtopian Dystopia.
applegrove
(118,654 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)Don't forget how he acted with Clinton during the govt. shutdown fiasco of the 90's. He was extremely whiny. There is a difference between tough and just crying to anyone that will listen. He was a baby after Romney beat him in Iowa too. It is how Newt works.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Not mentally balanced.
I mean it, he's not rational.
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)I think he's got a dictatorial style which will not play well in the GE.