Mitt vs. Newt

[Casino67]

WashingtonPost:

It’s Iowa minus 32 days, and barring yet another resurrection (or event of similar improbability), it’s Mitt Romney vs. Newt Gingrich. In a match race, here’s the scorecard:

Romney has managed to weather the debates unscathed. However, the brittleness he showed when confronted with the kind of informed follow-up questions that Bret Baier tossed his way Tuesday on Fox’s “Special Report” — the kind of scrutiny one doesn’t get in multiplayer debates — suggests that Romney may become increasingly vulnerable as the field narrows.

Moreover, Romney has profited from the temporary rise and spontaneous combustion of Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and Herman Cain. No exertion required on Romney’s part.

Enter Gingrich, the current vessel for anti-Romney forces — and likely the final one. Gingrich’s obvious weakness is a history of flip-flops, zigzags and mind changes even more extensive than Romney’s — on climate change, the health-care mandate, cap-and-trade, Libya, the Ryan Medicare plan, etc.

[nickydog]

I hate to admit it, but I think this makes sense.

[RandyM]

I hate to admit it, but I think this makes sense.

 

 

I also hate to admit it, but I agree with you.

[pollyannaish]

I hate to admit it, but I think this makes sense.

 

 

I also hate to admit it, but I agree with you.

 

Make that three of us. There are no saviors but the Savior...so my support is now with Mitt in hopes that he will appeal enough to the middle we don't end up with more Obama.

[Saltbag]

Another case of the MSM telling us what our options are. Not one vote has been cast.

 

Sorry, this just irritates me. It doesn't mean it's not reality.

[righteousmomma]

Another case of the MSM telling us what our options are. Not one vote has been cast.

 

Sorry, this just irritates me. It doesn't mean it's not reality.

YES!! Agree!!

[Argyle58]

I have to say that I like most of the current Republican candidates. I do disagree with the premise that we must nominate a candidate that we must elect a nominee that has "more appeal to the middle". Historically, the candidate that demonstrates the most contrast to an unpopular administration has a greater chance of success than one who offers a different shade of the same color.

 

We are looking at the chance to save our country, or the chance to witness it's demise. The voters, whether conservative, liberal or the middle, deserve to see the undiluted difference of what they are being offered in the way of governance.