Dear Mr. Speaker,
Drop Out.
Now.
I am sorry, but the reality of the numbers simply means that this is the only path for you at this point and the longer you stay in, the better odds are that you allow President Barack Obama to become, despite Michele Bachmann's promises, a TWO term president. Get out while you still can, and endorse Mitt Romney as "conservative enough."
First, let's take a look at your chances of becoming the nominee: National polls have you polling pretty well, but a Romney victory tonight in Nevada seals him as the clear national frontrunner. As for the next few primaries, Romney leads polls (albeit very old polls) in all except for your home state of Georgia. (Congratulations, but that's just not gonna cut it.) Romney is not only better organized, better funded and better known, but also better liked. Delegate counts have you far behind Romney. All signs point to a clear-cut Romney nomination. So thanks for making it interesting, but there's not much more for you to do.
Second, take a long hard look at exactly what you are doing to the Republican party. We get it, you are a true conservative, and you can motivate the base. But it has become very clear that the Republican establishment doesn't like you. Sad but true, they make the real decisions. While you stay in the race, they have to try to beat you, and not Obama. With you still in the race, Obama can sit back and watch you tear into Mitt Romney for being wealthy and successful (which only hurts him among critical swing voters!). While you exist as a challenger, you take money that Romney should be spending on ads against the president. Surely, as a man who plays politics better than most politicians, you can see this.
The only thing that confuses me is where you think your path to victory is.
Take a long hard look at your campaign and decide for yourself what is best. I'm a big fan. But there is little that can be done at this point.
Sincerely,
A concerned Republican.
Stay in.
http://www.examiner.com/bloomington-economic-policy-in-springfield/good-capitalism-vs-bad-capitalism
... especially considering they're going to feel the brunt of a world dominated by Chinese capitalism and an ascending IsIamic empire as they work their entire career paying off the mountain of debt that this generation has created for them.
http://www.examiner.com/bloomington-economic-policy-in-springfield/good-capitalism-vs-bad-capitalism
1) How can I win in 2016, if I let Mitt push me out in 2012?
2) Perhaps I will get all the not-Mitt vote in the bigger states.
3) The longer I run, the longer I get free publicity for my books.
You are assuming the Speaker is running a presidential campaign. I respectfully submit he is not. What seems a campaign is actually a politically themed internet business that has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
Mr. Gingrich did so well with his rhetorical sniping in the early debates that he actually jumped ahead of Mr, Romney in the polls. Come to think of it, pretty much all the candidates jumped ahead of Mr. Romney at some point in the early polls. I guess it wasn't that hard to look good. Had my cat entered the debate she might have lead briefly on the strength of her Meow,Meow, Meow plan.
What we are witnessing from Mr. Gingrich is a politically themed crusade driven by spite and sustained by the basic lack of love for Mr. Romney. Spite is hard to control and It will sell books; those already printed, and those about to be written. Mr. Gingrich will continue the crusade so long as he has enough of other peoples' money to do so. When must expend his own hard earned capital, the "campaign" will be formally "suspended" and will revert to a conventional book tour.
Yours truly, rbenjamin (nom de guerre)
Sincerely,
A giddy Democrat
Politics is not a sport, or an adventure in finding what is best for anyone, anymore. What it is in every sense is a scorn filled tribute to those who have managed by some mechanism to scramble to the top of the heap. Newt would no doubt argue that the fulminations of his campaign do in fact give warm comfort to those who want their own particular pound of flesh extracted from the process. It is far too difficult now, right now, for anyone to see where this election cycle is going. Statistical treatment would say that dislodging a sitting President is seldom done; even less likely during war time.
If you are concerned about the fate of the GOP then you might want to reach out to those potential voters who your party has systematically disowned for most of my life. Then you might have a chance in a fair election where issues and performance mean more than rhetoric and the establishment of some quasi-state religion whose true intentions run counter to the basis for our happy little democracy. Stop worrying about things you cannot change.