E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSLADY LAKE, Florida– As the race in Florida draws to a close, Newt Gingrich is trying to draw a much sharper contrast between himself and his “liberal” GOP rival Mitt Romney.
“I am, in fact, the legitimate heir of the Reagan movement, not some liberal from Massachusetts,” Gingrich told the several thousand-person crowd at The Villages, a retirement community outside of Orlando.
In the past, the former House speaker always referred to Romney as a “Massachusetts moderate,” but early Sunday Gingrich began labeling the former Massachusetts governor as a “liberal” instead.
“This party is not going to nominate somebody who is a pro-abortion, pro gun control, pro tax increase liberal,” Gingrich told reporters about Romney outside Idlewild Baptist Church after attending services there this morning.
Gingrich has seen his poll numbers slip in the Sunshine State, where at one point he was beating Romney by a sizable margin. In the new NBC News/Marist poll released Sunday morning, Romney pulled ahead of Gingrich by 15 points – 42 percent to 27 percent.
The former speaker, though, said he was not discouraged by the polls and reiterated to reporters that he would take his campaign to Tampa in August.
“We will go all the way to the convention,” Gingrich said , adding that the convention might be a broken one.
“We have no evidence yet that Romney anywhere is coming close to getting a majority and I think when you take all the non-Romney votes, it's very likely that at the convention there will be a non-Romney majority and maybe a very substantial one,” he said.
The conservative vote in Florida seems to be split between Gingrich and Rick Santorum, who is polling at 16 percent in the new poll. Adding together the two men’s numbers would in turn pull one candidate ahead of Romney, which Gingrich hopes will eventually happen.
“Rick's going to get a decent vote … on Tuesday. I have no doubt the two of us are going to collectively outscore Romney,” Gingrich said. “And at that point it might be a pretty good conversation” to have with Santorum about trying to consolidate all the conservatives behind one candidate, he added.
Leave a Comment:
Romney is not a liberal.
I am a liberal.
Romney is full of s#!t and is a Chameleon.
In every state he has been totally different.
You Teaturds better get on the ball if you are going to elect a conservative.
Romney is nothing!
You may be a Liberal...but you are also something else. A piece of worm fecal matter...Have a nice night though
lib·er·al
[lib-er-uhl, lib-ruhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.
favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religiousaffairs.
2.
( often initial capital letter ) noting or pertaining to a politicalparty advocating measures of progressive political reform.
3.
of, pertaining to, based on, or advocating liberalism.
4.
favorable to or in accord with concepts of maximumindividual freedom possible, especially as guaranteed by lawand secured by governmental protection of civil liberties.
5.
favoring or permitting freedom of action, especially withrespect to matters of personal belief or expression: a liberalpolicy toward dissident artists and writers.
I wish we did have a liberal candidate.
Wrong Newtie, you and Mittens don't believe in liberty for anyone except yourselves.
Look, Newt, if it makes you feel better and strokes your ego, you can be President of the moon.
Maybe he could take a few more of the Tea Baggers with him for a constituency.
Gingrich wins the
conservative states, Romney wins the liberal states
But who will win the centrist states? I think Mitt's centrist credentials are a heck of a lot better than Newt's.
Willard is not a Liberal, nor is he a Conservative. He is whatever he thinks you want him to be at that moment. I have done some research into his political stances when running against Teddy Kennedy for the Senate, again when campaigning for the Governorship in Massachussets, as well as his views running in the last nomination race, in 2008.
I was well aware that he had shifted on several really key issues such as abortion but I was staggered to learn of just how many issues this guy has done a 180 degree turn on. In no particular order they are as follows;
Anti Tax pledge in Mass. where he later increased fees & raised the State gas tax.
Enviornmental issues such as banning coal powered energy plants, green house gases and numerous other aspects of this issue.
Originally supported FEDERAL Health Insurance prior to "Romney Care"
First criticized Obama for supporting the Rebels in Libya and then later charged that Obama had not done enough.
Originally supported the auto bailout and then when Obama followed through, criticized him for doing so.
Originally supported the Stimulus Package before again, criticizing Obama.
In addition, he supports the use of torture, wants to repeal Dodd/Frank and wants to completely eliminate Capital Gains as well as the Estate Tax. Geez, I wonder who would benefit from these tax cuts???
This guy is so transparent it's embarrassing. He's like a wind up Ken Doll. Whatever he thinks you want to hear, that's what he's going to say at that moment. Trully a man of principle & a selfless statesman. LOL
Excellent post, Intrepid and right on the money! Add the cold, hard facts that Willard has absolutely no pulse for the plight of the middle class or poor.
Well The mitt thinks 13 percent is too much for him and his buddies to pay in taxes. He told his buddies paying taxes is what the middle class is for.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Let him get past Newt before we chop him off at the political knees. He has flip flopped more that that "don't taze me man" guy a couple of years back when they hit him with the juice and he flopped around on the floor like a chicken with his head cut off. We can have some real fun watching Mitt court the Tea Baggers before the General Election. That should be a memorable bunch of laughs.
Extremist right wing TP nuts like the Newt always label moderates as liberals.
We can run Newton up the flagpole and see who salutes, or we can listen to him give us 100 dates.....but can he tell us what happened during those time spans? He appears to be the type of person who either has it his way, or he won't play with you. Out with the old and in with the new...........new ideas.......new goals........new plans.....new challenges....just plain new. Sometimes, we have to clean out the closet. This election is the time to do that. And no matter what anyone says, I'm not buying a shirtless sweater from Santorum.
Newton reminds me of an old 78rpm record when the needle used to get stuck in the groove....the same "blip' would be playing over and over.
Why does this year's GOP primary fiasco seem like it was scripted by Samuel Beckett?
more like scripted by YOSEMITE SAM!!
N. Leroy is desperate.
OMG - Liberal! That's worse than calling him gay, or an abotionist, or an adulterer or.....
Stay with it Newt. We know you're not a liberal! Fight like mad, take it to him! YMMV
Sigh.
Why can't we just debate topics of actual significance, with genuine solutions being presented, and no appeals to emotion or other logical fallacies?
Bless your heart. Surely you haven't forgotten we're talking about politicians?
Finally someone besides myself sees Romney for what he really is...I've been saying Romney is a RINO Liberal for months now...He has all the characteristics of a Liberal...
First of all he ran away from a simple verbal heckler and hid and called security,,meaning No guts in the man..He developed a Liberal Socialist Medical Plan which is having an extremely negative effect on the financial health of the State...
He's rich from screwing over people, and just can't wait to use other peoples money on his projects! The Media likes him and finally he is so out of touch with the average Tax payer he is just like Obama and has No clue!
Vote for the Newt. He is a lobbyist so the country will know what we are getting.
Please vote for Newt.
Better to be labeled a liberal by Newt then to be like him.....A "LUNA...tic"
Classic Gingrich: Name calling, fear mongering, and diversionary/divisive rhetoric. Let's at least give him credit for being consistent and predictable.
Oh I am so sick of this B.S. campaign spit-wads.
Tell me why I should vote for you, rather trying to point out a shiny object of
why I shouldn't vote for the other guy!
This party is a joke. My vote is still going for Ron Paul.
Of course Mitts a liberal .Of course Mitts a moderate.What day is this of course mitts a Conservative.Mitt is what ever you want him to be.Or don't want him to be.Mitt jack of all political types master of none.
What's the significance of the blonde mannequin Gingrich is always posing with? Hopefully she's blue-eyed as well.
Gingrich is an idiot. I am a liberal, how dare he insult me by calling Romney a liberal.
Wow. I consider myself more aligned with Republicans, even though Democrats do occasionally make good points on social issues...
I believe the the vast majority (a la a Bell Curve) are moderates in the United States. I am a moderate Republican or simply a Republican-leaning independent.
What the hell is going on when someone as hot-headed and ego-centric as Gingrich is making out moderates as being liberal (or evil)???!?!
Who the Hell cares what cheater newt says what a joke. willard mittens is a joke too and the rest don't matter.
The Circus continues ! ! ! LMAO
So I guess Newt Romney is endorsing Obama, since Obama is moderate
DOUG: How dare you refer to Obama as a "moderate". We all know that he is a Socialist, Communist, Bolshevik, Stalinist, Leninist, Troskyite, Marxist. LOL
If you go back and look at Romney's policies in Massachussetts when he ran against Ted Kennedy for the Senate and then later when he was elected governor there, his policies were incredibly similar to Obama's in many respects.
I wonder what would motivate a man to so shamelessly alters his views on any given subject, just to tell the crowd what he thinks they want to hear??? Oh yes, now I remember, lust for power.
Well, Mitt was just a tad back then... kids are always more liberal
No Obama! Please NO MORE FOUR MORE!!!!
Prayers and supplications will not send any of the Grand Ol' Party candidates to 1600 this year my rusticated friend. It will indeed be "four more years" of recovery, regulation, re-distribution of the tax burden, security from foreign and domestic threats, industrial growth, job growth, decency, bringing home the troops and a return to a better, Democratic, America.
Well okay then, I label Newt a "Fascist, Racist, Pig." I am sure Mr. Gingrich will wear that label at about the same time Mr. Romney chooses to put on his "Liberal" moniker and go strolling down electoral avenue. Once the people decide I am almost sure that it will be Newt with his snotty, wet snout in the lobbyist trough, trying to get his front trotters in as well while Mr. Romney prepares for the general election.