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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just as the race may “redefine itself once again,” Newt Gingrich started attacking a different opponent Monday as he campaigned in Tennessee, hitting the man many believe to be his chief rival in the South -- Rick Santorum.
“You will see things start to clarify if, as people expect, you end up with a Romney victory in Michigan tomorrow, you will see Santorum getting a very different second look,” Gingrich told a crowd gathered for a luncheon.
“He [Santorum] has had two weeks of being the alternative. The fact is, I think there are profound reasons that Rick lost his Senate race in Pennsylvania history in 2006, and I think it is very hard for him to carry that all the way to the general.”
He added, "Then he comes South and you take the case right here. He voted for the unions over FedEx. I suspect most folks in the state don't know that. But in fact he was a big labor Republican in Pennsylvania and I suspect when you get to Memphis and you say to people, 'Gee, this is a guy who wanted to guarantee that FedEx give into the unions.' Santorum won't be as popular the following morning."
Tomorrow, Tuesday, voters take to the polls in Romney’s home state of Michigan and also in Arizona. The outcome there, if Santorum is able to pull out a win over Romney, would throw a wrench in Romney’s path to the nomination. The former Massachusetts governor, whose father served as governor in Michigan, has been spending increasing time and money in Michigan after Santorum’s poll numbers began to rise there.
The former Speaker of the House is use to the up and downs of this race that he often refers to as a “roller coaster.”
“I have the longest record of any candidate in this race to somehow re-emerge over and over again,” Gingrich said.
Gingrich was viewed as politically dead in this race last summer when most of his campaign staff quit, but then shot up in the polls in December before finishing a disappointing fourth in both Iowa and New Hampshire. The former speaker, though, won South Carolina by a commanding margin before struggling in the next six states. Santorum, Gingrich noted today, did something very smart after New Hampshire.
“He took all of his resources -- he skipped South Carolina, Florida, and Nevada," Gingrich said. "He went to three states [Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri] nobody else was in, won the three states, one of which was a disaster for Romney, because he dropped from 60 to 35 in Colorado, so Santorum now has got all the national news media momentum. So, we’re back through another cycle.”
Gingrich is banking on a win in Georgia and success in many other Southern states on Super Tuesday and beyond to help propel him back to front-runner status yet again.
Veering away from his Republican competitors momentarily during his event in downtown Nashville, Gingrich spoke about foreign policy, telling the roughly 100-person crowd the United States is not going to fix Afghanistan.
“There’s some problems, where what you have to do is say, ‘You know, you’re going to have to figure out how to live your own miserable life because I’m not here -- you clearly don’t want to hear from me how to be unmiserable,’" Gingrich said. "And that’s what you’re going to see happen."
But Gingrich, who has been focusing the themes of his campaign recently on gas prices and national security, believes this race is far from over.
“I think you could easily end up in a race, which will go to the convention for the first time in your lifetime,” he contended. “For us, it will be very nerve-wrecking.”
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Oh sure Newt, and they will love waking up to your face!
Wayne,
You beat me too it! lol
I would only add, Calista doesn't appear to mind, as long as he's wearing some Tiffany's bling and serving her Big Mac's in bed! ;o)
Having someone in office with brains should be a requirement !!! That leaves Santorum and Romney out !
Of all the people to avoid "one night stand" analagies, I'd say Gingrich should be first.
Oh bloody-buggar - I wouldn't want to wake up with either of them the next morning. But I do think they deserve each other, in a bro-mancy way.
A car quicky with a bobble-head is more Newt's style.
Especially with that 'fire' burning down below.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-22-2012/moment-of-zen---rick-santorum-s-fire
Is it possible that the JoAnna lady and the Joe from Albany blogger are the same person?
Seems all of the other Tea Party bloggers have left.
I mean, is it a coincidence they are both named "Jo"?
LOL, We can do it! No, I don't think so but they do tend to spew the same junk day in day out. BUT if someone is into conspiracy theories it wouldn't hurt to throw NOJO into the mix too. : )
you know in that picture of newt and calista kissing even she looks a bit grossed out
We won't like Rick in the morning...?
Is Newty speaking from personal experience? ;)
We won't like either of you in the morning, Newt. There's really no difference between you and Rick. We're still shaking our heads at how the two of you managed to crawl out from under the collective rocks your past mistakes and outright craziness put you.
MkeMike - Nicely done!
I noticed Newt hasn't introduced his "NEW BIG WORD " yet for this week .The word that makes everyone wounder" what the hell does that mean "! So that the haunting thought of Newt stays in your mind a few seconds longer !
Wow...that headline is funny and wrong on a certain level.
Newt the brute. Rick is sick. Mitt is sh-t, and Paul is older than y'all ! Go to bed and wake up in 2016. I think they've invented the election after pill.
Gingrich says you won't like Santorum the next morning
I didn't like Santorum yesterday morning, or any other morning for that fact.
I wonder how many women woke up the next morning not liking Newt? LOL
Roofies only last so long !
Just once I would like to hear something positive from these candidates. Every new day it's just the same-old same-old, or as Janis Joplin once said ... "tomorrow never happens, man, It's all the same f***ing day, man."
I would only add, Calista doesn't appear to mind, as long as he's wearing some Tiffany's bling and serving her Big Mac's in bed! ;o)
Feisty, I doubt that newt has anything close to a Big mac to serve up to Calista, if you know what Imean.
Good point GT!
No doubt the Newtsie measures up a few fries short, in the Happy Meal department! ;o)
LMAO!!!
I think Newt has been trying to compensate for something all of his life.
GT your avatar is too funny....
I wonder if Newt uses the same union bashing rhetoric concerning.... let's say the Tennessee Titans, or the Atlanta Falcons.....
Nah!
Sheesh, when I do a long stint at the bar I'm hoping to be the good looking one at the end of the night. I know everyone left is ugly. 3am trash.
If Calista has a headache, do you think Newtsie makes a Micky D run for one of those warm apple pies? ;o)
Feisty, the one great cure for a headache is a rocking bought of sex.
Something tells me bobble-head Callista is NOT a morning person.
and I always thought the cure for a headache was aspirin between the legs.
Sounds like a bad hangover with either one of them...take your morning after pill Newt!
Good news for Landslide Willard. Newter predicts a Sanctominium win. On December 1, 2011 Newter confidently predicted he would be the GOP nominee. January 31, 2012, Newter predicts he will win Florida.
Given his ability to forecast even his own political standings, Newter's prediction should cheer Willard's staff.
“I think you could easily end up in a race, which will go to the convention for the first time in your lifetime,” he contended. “For us, it will be very nerve-wrecking.”
Damn, for a guy with a Phd in History, Newter displayed a shocking lack of knowledge of US History. I am damn sure still alive as I was for the 1952 GOP convention.
When the Republican Convention opened in Chicago in July 1952, Taft and Eisenhower were neck-and-neck in delegate votes, and the nomination was still up for grabs as neither had a majority. On the convention's first day, Eisenhower's managers complained that Taft's forces had unfairly denied Eisenhower supporters delegate slots in several Southern states, including Texas, where the state chairman,Orville Bullington, was committed to Taft, and also in Georgia. The Eisenhower partisans proposed to remove pro-Taft delegates in these states and replace them with pro-Eisenhower delegates; they called their proposal "Fair Play". Although Taft angrily denied having stolen any delegate votes, the convention voted to support Fair Play 658 to 548, and the Texans voted 33-5 for Eisenhower as a result. In addition, several uncommitted state delegations, such as Michigan and Pennsylvania, agreed to support Eisenhower.
For sure it was a nasty convention which Newter should know since Georgia was prominent in the kerfuffle.
"You know, you’re going to have to figure out how to live your own miserable life because I’m not here..."
Super Tuesday looms and Newter opens up Afghanistan as a possible issue. If Newter proposes bailing on Afganistan (which would be cool), what the hell is Willard going to say? Ricky will not back down until those ungodly Muslims are annihilated.
Exiting Afghanistan may very well resonate with a lot of Americans. Willard will be forced to take a position. This could be the event that causes his brain to explode.
I don't like Santorum this morning, this afternoon, this evening, the next day or any day.
I will have not a single regret in this election. I am not voting for Mitt, Newt, Rick or Ron.
I'm not even going to vote-It's Obama by default--Romney, the only viable GOP candidate is a victim of too much Southern Evangelical distrust and they will not vote for anyone that is not a WASP, and of course they despise Obama, which means they will stay home.
with some of the things newt says I wonder if he isn't secretly working for the democrats
"Gingrich says you won't like Santorum the next morning."
Spoken like the three-time loser he is.
And yes, I'm counting Callista in the three. She'll be next as soon as ol' Newt begins to swell with too much patriotism again, and then it'll be "Schwinnnnnnnngggg," and on to No. 4.
you know if anyone of those repubs win,we are in trouble. They will start another war for 10 more years, make the US broker and blame it on the next Democrat.
Good ole Newt "Spilled Milk" Gingrich... the gift that keeps on giving, for the Democrats... ;-)