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As the Romney-Gingrich fight intensifies (see Bob Tyrrell’s story over here), a video is surfacing of Nancy Reagan talking about Newt at the Goldwater Institute in 1995.
While my own column from Tuesday is referenced, the newsy part here is the video of Mrs. Reagan followed by one featuring Mitt Romney in his now infamous Reagan-denying debate with Ted Kennedy the year before Mrs. Reagan’s talk — 1994.
Said Nancy:
“The dramatic movement of 1995 is an outgrowth of a much earlier crusade that goes back half a century. Barry Goldwater handed the torch to Ronnie, and in turn Ronnie turned that torch over to Newt and the Republican members of Congress to keep that dream alive.”
What was it that the late NBC journalist Tim Russert said on election night in 2000 as he held up his little white board?
“Florida, Florida, Florida.”
As the saying goes, the more things change the more they stay the same.
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Pete| 1.26.12 @ 11:53AM
Two things did in Barry Goldwater: Moderate Democrats and Kennedy's assassination. The GOP left Goldwater out to dry, hoping to bounce back in in 1968. Then they pushed moderate Bush on Reagan as VP. Its tough for a conservative to get traction in the Republican Party.
Dai Alanye | 1.26.12 @ 12:13PM
Nancy Reagan is probably a lovely woman, but for a political adviser you'd be as well off with an astrologer. For one thing, strange as it is, Goldwater seemed to resent Reagan.
Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 1.26.12 @ 12:13PM
Here's some more Reagan news about Newt:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/joe.....-unmoored/
As The National Review reports, back in 1985, as Reagan prepared to meet with then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Gingrich characterized their upcoming meeting as “the most dangerous summit for the West since Adolf Hitler met with Chamberlain in 1938 Munich.” Additionally, the Congressional record shows that, on March 21, 1986, Gingrich said that President Reagan “personally knows there is a Soviet empire, and it is a global transnational threat to America and to freedom… He ranks with Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon in trying to focus attention on the Soviet empire and in trying to protect freedom. Yet President Reagan is clearly failing.” And, on November 3, 1983, the record shows Gingrich opining that “beyond the obvious social indicators of decay, the fact is that President Reagan has lost control of the national agenda.”
aware| 1.26.12 @ 3:42PM
For the neocon it's always Munich 1938.
DRed| 1.26.12 @ 12:18PM
Newt said that Reagan meeting with Gorby was the 'the most dangerous summit for the West since Adolf Hitler met with Neville Chamberlain in 1938 in Munich'.
Lesson? Newt has been talking nonsense for decades.
Windy City Commentary| 1.26.12 @ 1:58PM
It was dangerous, it was risky. Reagan walked away from Gorby initially. The difference was that Reagan prevailed and Chamberlain didn't. Gingrich never said Reagan couldn't succeed in the summit; he merely described the summit.
Drek| 1.26.12 @ 3:02PM
Thatcher thought so too.
She was scared to death of the meeting in Iceland.
So was I. I was convinced that Reagan was going to sell us all out, and sell Star Wars down the river.
Newton| 1.26.12 @ 12:40PM
A vote for Newt is a vote for Obama. Newt has higher unfavorable ratings then Pelosi, Obama. He is arrogant and unethical.
bill| 1.26.12 @ 2:41PM
This is a LIE.
Drek| 1.26.12 @ 3:03PM
Favourables alter once someone is cloaked with the nomination of the party.
But hasn't Obama massive vulnerabilities too?
If Newt gains the nomination, he will make sure the narrative is one that will overthrow obama.
Romney is made to order for the Democrat attack plan.
William R| 1.26.12 @ 1:25PM
How Reagan beat the NeoCons
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06.....ocons.html
Oldefarte| 1.26.12 @ 2:04PM
OMG, Clit's gonna have a heart attack over this TRUTHFUL one:
'.....Massive Poll: Half of Tea Partyers Support Gingrich Thursday, January 26, 2012 01:28 PM
By: Martin Gould...Tea partyers overwhelmingly back Newt Gingrich to be the Republican presidential nominee, a huge poll of 29,000 people shows.And despite claims that rival candidate Ron Paul is the grandfather of the grass-roots conservative movement, the Texas congressman comes out with the worst ratings in every single question asked in the survey.More than half of the respondents said they believe Gingrich will win the nomination. Even more say he has the best chance of defeating President Barack Obama in the fall, while slightly under 50 percent say the former House speaker is their choice, according to the Grassfire Nation poll.“Newt Gingrich appears to have solidified strong support from just under half the tea party movement. Now the question is no longer one of who has the most support within the movement, it’s more a matter of the movement’s ability [or inability] to outperform the traditional GOP primary voter base,” wrote Grassfire Nation media director Eric Odom.
When it came to stating which of the candidates is their least favorite, those surveyed picked Paul by an overwhelming majority over Mitt Romney, Gingrich, and Rick Santorum, in that order.
“For all the messaging we’ve seen about Ron Paul being the tea party granddaddy, it’s amazing that he fails to shine at any point in the survey,” Odom said.“Ron Paul is clearly the least favorite out of the 29,000 surveyed, he’s perceived as the least likely nominee, and the tea party base views him as having the worst chances at defeating Barack Obama.“This flies in the face of the argument that Ron Paul’s foreign policy isn’t damaging to his brand. On domestic policy one could easily assume Ron Paul wins hands down. It’s the foreign policy that immediately yanks him to the back of the line.”
When asked which candidate they would vote for in a primary or caucus, just over 48 percent said Gingrich, with Santorum at 25 percent; Romney, 15; and Paul, 12. When asked who ultimately would be the candidate, Gingrich had 55 percent, Romney 32, Santorum 7 and Paul 6.
But Gingrich really shone on the question of who is the best candidate to beat Obama, getting 57 percent, compared with Romney’s 23, Santorum’s 12, and Paul’s 9.
Gingrich and Santorum were the only two who more than half of the tea party supporters feel would be acceptable candidates. Gingrich scored 69 percent support; Santorum, 61; Romney, 43; and Paul, 22.“That means every other tea party voter finds Romney totally unacceptable,” Odom said. “That’s a big problem for Romney in that the tea party movement is currently the most energized part of the Republican voter base.”
On the question of the least favorite, Paul easily outstripped the others with 57 percent; Romney scored 25; Gingrich, 13; and Santorum, 5.
The tea party supporters showed their allegiance to the Republican Party with 79 percent saying they would not support a conservative third-party candidate. Sixteen percent said they would and 5 percent said they were undecided.“Hands down — no questions asked — there simply is no interest or support for such an effort,” Odom said......'
Oldefarte| 1.26.12 @ 2:40PM
OMG II: And to think that some lying bastard by the name of [that rymes with MINT] was just telling us the other day about the tea party patriots in Florida uniting for Ron. Wow, shazam!:
'....Florida Tea Party Leaders Form Coalition for Gingrich ...Thursday, January 26, 2012 02:16 PM....Newt 2012 FL announced today that 37 Florida-based tea party leaders have pledged their support to Newt Gingrich for president.Members of the coalition of Florida tea party leaders said they will help Gingrich defeat former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the Republican nomination and then beat President Barack Obama.“I’ve considered all the candidates, and Speaker Gingrich has the right combination of vision and experience to lead this country out of the economic misery created by government overreach that has been occurring for generations,” said Peter Lee, founder and director of the East Side Tea Party of Orlando. “It is clear to me and many others in the tea party movement that Newt is the Reagan conservative that America needs — not a Massachusetts moderate.”Similarly, Patriot Army founder Patricia Sullivan said, “I stand with Newt because I know he will stand up to the establishment and insist on fiscal reforms. Obama and his failed policies have met their match. With the speaker's leadership, and engaged citizens, we can restore prosperity to America.”Coalition supporters hosted Gingrich at the Lakeside Inn in Lake County for a rally.
Coalition members include:
Patricia Sullivan, Patriot Army founder
Karin Hoffman, DC Works for US founder
Karena Morrison, State Advisory Team for GOOOH in Florida
Tom Gaitens, former state director for FreedomWorks
Sharon Calvert, Tampa Tea Party
Tom Tillison Central Orlando Tea Party Council
Juan C Torres, Latino American Tea Party
Mike Hill, NW Florida Tea Party
Alan Berkelhammer, Gainesville Tea Party
Alice Beutien, Putnam County Tea Party;
Audrey Rumsey, Hernando County Tea Party coordinator
Bob Knox, American Citizens League
Carol Knighton, Leesburg Regional Tea Party co-founder
Charlie Perez, Gilchrist County Tea Party
Deanna May Keystone Heights Tea Party
Diane Leone, St. Johns Tea Party
Don Anderson, Sarasota 912
Don Eaton, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Donna Hoak, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Eli Knighton, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Jerry Bell, DC Works for Us Broward
Ruth Bell, DC Works for Us Broward
Jesse Phillips, Restore America
Kay Eaton, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Ken Rabideau, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Letha Fadeley, Tea Party Manatee
Nancy Haynes, Hernando County Tea Party
Peter Lee, East Side Tea Party Orlando
Steve Norflus, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Steve Vernon, Tea Party Manatee
Steve Williams, Lake Area Tea Party
Terry Beutien, Putnam County Tea Party
Tom Nelson, Fort Walton Beach Tea Party
Tony Ledbetter, vice president, Volusia 912 Inc.
Steve Williams, Lake Area Tea Party
Vance Jochim, North Lake County Tea Party
Steve Norflus, Conservative Liberty Alliance
Steve Vernon, Tea Party Manatee ......'
Clint| 1.26.12 @ 6:51PM
" Tea Party leaders still hope to make Florida a firewall against Romney and promote a more conservative alternative. Gingrich has strong Tea Party support and could rally voters to his side, but Rick Santorum and Ron Paul also have significant Florida followings. And divided activists are bumping up against the limitations of time and a loose organization.
“The Tea Party vote is splintered because there have always been very different motivations for why people consider themselves part of this movement, which is really an anti-establishment movement more than anything else,” MacManus said.
And Tea Party leaders have been reluctant to steer the debate, worrying that any attempt to endorse a candidate would be “too divisive,” said Pat Wayman, with the Venice 9/12 Tea Party group.
Wayman serves on the five-person board of the Florida Alliance, a coalition of more than three dozen Tea Party groups. There has been email chatter among Alliance members about trying to informally coalesce around a candidate, but no consensus.
The lack of coordination or consensus could also hurt the Tea Party’s clout in future elections if candidates decide a divided Tea Party vote has less influence.
The splintered movement seems a far cry from 2010, when Tea Party enthusiasm seemed to dominate state and national politics. Conservative activists stirred voter enthusiasm with rowdy town hall meetings and large public rallies.
Some Tea Party leaders argue that the current fractures are healthy and bode well for the future of the movement.
The more raucous Republican primaries are breaking up “the old party establishment in the smoke-filled back room picking the next candidate,” said Tea Party Manatee Vice President Steve Vernon.
“Debate and competition make us stronger,” said the Lakewood Ranch resident, who works as contracts negotiator for IBM.
Even if Romney gets the nomination, Vernon said, the Tea Party still influenced the primary because the former Massachusetts governor “is talking more about fiscal responsibility and limited government.”
“We are moving these people to Tea Party positions,” he said."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Heading For A Brokered Convention.
Mr. Neutered, The Pillsbury DoughBoy Serves As Our Temporary Useful RINO-CINO Dupe To Extend The Campaign, Deny The Ruling Elites' RINO-CINO Frontman, Mittens Romney Enough Delegates And Head To A Brokered Convention.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is In Florida.
Clint| 1.26.12 @ 6:27PM
Mr. Neutered, The Pillsbury DoughBoy Serves As Our Useful RINO-CINO Dupe To Extend The Campaign, Deny The Ruling Elites' RINO-CINO Frontman, Mittens Romney Enough Delegates And Head To A Brokered Convention.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is In Florida.
Clint| 1.26.12 @ 6:32PM
" Gingrich isn’t much more popular among that contingent than Romney. In May, when Gingrich sharply criticized Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan, FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey reminded National Review that Gingrich had been a serial offender:
Citing Gingrich’s support of Dede Scozzafava in the 2009 congressional election in New York’s 23rd district, his backing of Medicare Part D and TARP, and his commercial with Nancy Pelosi about climate change, Armey observes that “Newt entered the race with serious ground to make up with these 2 million Tea Party activists.”…
Brendan Steinhauser, director of Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks, reports that the Tea Partiers he’s talked to are “irate” at Gingrich… “I never met a single Tea Party activist that supported Newt Gingrich for president,” he adds."
The Tea Party Rebellion Heads To A Brokered Convention.
Monkshood58| 1.26.12 @ 2:14PM
This is less of a big deal than people are making it out to be. So Nancy uses a rhetorical statement about Reagan handing over the torch to Newt in 1995. Big deal. That's when Newt became Speaker of the House. Who knew he would become so unpopular among his own party in so short a time?
Drek| 1.26.12 @ 3:07PM
It's a big deal because it's part of an overall attack plan against Newt that uses deceptions, uses falsehoods, uses Democrat contrived smears.
Newt has been getting hammered, but so far he's been able to portray himself as a natural heir to the Reagan legacy, unlike the Bush family, unlike Dole, unlike McCain, unlike Romney.
Romney's attack, {Coulter and Drudge are as thick as thieves on this...} is going after Newt's main strength with his supporters.
The Iceland summit was dangerous. Many a conservative thought so, many of his advisers thought so at the time, such as Richard Perle.
Thatcher was really, really nervous about that summit.
This is all so damn brain dead. But ONLY IN THIS WAY can Romney hope to prevail.
What does this say about the Romney candidacy!
DRed| 1.26.12 @ 4:01PM
Richard Perle was wrong about Russia and he was wrong about Iraq. Not coincidentally, so was Newt Gingrich. And give his hyperbolic saber rattling towards Iran it's safe to say that Newt hasn't learned his lesson.
http://www.theatlantic.com/pol.....nt/249904/
Read that. Being wrong all the time is the only consistent part of Newt's foreign policy.
Reg| 1.26.12 @ 2:34PM
Another hacked up video of Newt being circulated is being completely misrepresented by Romney hacks.
http://www.riehlworldview.com/.....bogus.html
He should be punished for his scorched earth campaign. Gary Johnson over Romney in the general.
bill| 1.26.12 @ 2:41PM
NEWT IS THE "MILLION DOLLAR BABY."
Conservative Bob| 1.26.12 @ 4:27PM
Watching this unfold I find myself being actively driven further into the Newt camp. The back stabbing bastards that are the leadership and the miffed camp followers of the past plus the destruction campaign of Romney with the gleeful help of the media are trying to complete destroy anyone who is not their chosen meaning anyone not Romney are playing a dangerous game. You assume we have no choice and will therefore do your bidding.
Note to the GOP elite. Your scorched earth approach of totally destroying any conservative or any candidate not of your liking as in what you have done to everyone that has pulled ahead of Romney assumes that in the end we the base have no choice. Once Romney is in we all have to coalesce around your chosen. It is obvious that you are much more concerned about retaining control of the party than winning this election. A third party is what you are about to create. In your unbridled arrogance, your smug knowledge that you know so much better, than we the great unwashed, how to do things in DC, you have lost sight of an important fact. Without our votes and money you are mostly a group of washed out has beens. Are you willing to lose it all to maintain your control? Your arrogance is going to create a new truly conservative party, and then you can sell your Dog Shit big government light to a few blue hairs in the north east. Then the people will have to chose between liberal progressives in the Dem party or the slightly less virulent socialist GOP and a true conservative alternative…. But at least the press will still like you and you can commiserate with your buds at the club about the barbarian hoards you no longer have to tolerate.
Jake| 1.26.12 @ 4:34PM
I thought it was Newt who declared the era of Reagan was over ?
Is it back on now for him ?
I bet in 1995 Nancy didn't know about Newt's philandering with Callista and others.
I didn't , his wife didn't , the general public didn't .
We didn't yet know about his tantrums and wild mood swings.
Or that he would resign in disgrace.
Nancy , like the rest of us , obviously had high hopes for Newt before he crashed and burned.
Charles Purvisw| 1.28.12 @ 10:15AM
Read this so you will know what you're talking about.
http://campaign2012.washington.....ase/336051
Arthur from Norfolk| 1.27.12 @ 3:43PM
Jake your information is incorrect. Newt said to was time in 1988 to expand Reaganism into other areas beyond national security and the economy.
That is exactly what republican togs did duringthe 90s.
Republican gogs in the
lillith70| 1.28.12 @ 2:29AM
Vast GOP establishment conspiracy. The author is hardly unbiased by anti-Romney and pro-Newt. Ought to be a disclaimer on his articles editors.
lillith70| 1.28.12 @ 2:35AM
Nancy and her astrologers love Moonbat Newt as does the author.
She made a statement when Newt was still in power and before disgrace. That was then and this is now as were Mitt's comments during the debate with Kennedy.
Venture capitalist Romney probably all right with Reaganomics to a point. I am not because it caused the CEO bloat that is hurting the country as much as the housing bubble that burst.
lillith70| 1.28.12 @ 2:36AM
Vast GOP establishment conspiracy. The author is hardly unbiased but anti-Romney and pro-Newt. Ought to be a disclaimer on his articles, editors.
Charles Purvisw| 1.28.12 @ 10:12AM
The Republican establishment and both conservative and liberal media continue to show their bias against Gingrich. Even Fox News shows how disengenuous they are on "fair and balanced" when it comes to elections. And just like in 08 the Republican operatives and supposedly conservative media, believing they know better than us common folk, have already selected their
golden-child and are determined to shove him down our throats, the same modus operandi they scream about Obama using. And, just like in 08 with McCain, if they get their way Obama will win again and America will be subjected to 4 more years of a dishonest administration shoving legislation, or illegally circumventing it, down our throats furthering us down the path of socialism, bankruptcy, and national INsecurity! One would think they were intelligent enough to do a little research whereupon they would see Romney is truly only slightly right of Obama on most issues, unless of course they have ulterior motives. There are many videos where he himself speaks to his beliefs and stances on the issues, showing him to be a moderate at the very best, liberal on most.I can understand someone learning and therefore changing their stance on 1 or 2 issues, but to do it on almost every single one reeks of political expediency, period!We need to make these people understand we have only been to 3 states, that the American people's voices do count, and that if another "08" occurs we the people will hold them accountable.