People are buzzing about this online but I’m not sure why. “I regret deeply that she was chosen,” he says of Scozzafava in an apparent reversal of his prior support. Except it’s not a reversal: He admitted to Andrew Wilkow way back on October 21 that she’s not the person he would have nominated. His endorsement was always strategic, to support Republican leaders at the local level and dissuade third-party challenges next year.
Why Republicans in a district where there’s no primary should defer to party leaders instead of rallying behind their preferred candidate is a question left unanswered, but that may be because it’s unasked. Ah well.
Posted 2009-11-04 7:43 PM (#27279 - in reply to #27278) By: EternalVigilance
I think Newt is finally making sense (according to the video clip). The only way that the Republican Party can endorse winnable candidates is to nominate Reagan, personhood-pro-life conservatives. If not, we true conservatives will not stand by and be silenced to inaction . The stakes are much too high and we are resolved to rescue our great nation from the poison of secular humanistic socialism.
Edited by SonofAsaph 2009-11-05 4:59 AM
Posted 2009-11-05 4:57 AM (#27304 - in reply to #27279) By: SonofAsaph
Once again, Sean “fig tree” Hannity generously offers up leaves to cover another RINO’s rear end. He’s done the same with Romney, Giuliani, McCain, and the list goes on. The guy’s not so much a conservative as he is a political sports-fan. (Go team!)
Yet, this interview did yield one especially telling admission from Mr. Gingrich:
“It‘s clear that in New York state the Republicans have to get in the habit of coordinating with Mike Long and the conservatives, and that they‘re not going to win any seats where they don‘t have a coordinated effort with the Conservative Party. That‘s just an objective fact.”
So, the conservative party’s hand in the election process has just gone from a crazy extremist pipe-dream to “just an objective fact.” How did that happen again? Oh yeah, we “spoiled” a two-party race and got a Democrat elected. Too many conservatives can’t see past the next election cycle. Although it would have been nice to win this battle, the conservative’s “loss” has yielded them the high ground in New York 23.
But why stop at New York? Like the song says, if you can make it there you can make it…well…
“It‘s clear that in _(your state)_ the Republicans have to get in the habit of coordinating with _(your name)_ and the conservatives, and that they‘re not going to win any seats where they don‘t have a coordinated effort with _(your meta-party)_. That‘s just an objective fact.”
Gingrich goes on to say, “I deeply regret that we got into that kind of a mess.”
The big question is, how “messy” will 2010 have to be, Newt?
Posted 2009-11-05 12:12 PM (#27346 - in reply to #27279) By: nateconnell
