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To: MrLucky who wrote (473559)2/23/2012 12:15:15 PM
From: Paul Smith  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 794297
 
would like to know what his bad organization and leadership failings were

Since I did not work with Gingrich, the only knowledge I have regarding this subject are from the comments of those Republicans that did work with him. There is a lot of that material on the internet. I'm sure you can find it if you look.
You'll notice very few endorsements for Gingrich from his Congressional peers.



To: MrLucky who wrote (473559)2/23/2012 11:05:45 PM
From: Neeka  Respond to of 794297
 
Here you go MrLucky..

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"And We Should Hate Newt Gingrich for This?

Posted by Erick Erickson (Diary)

Thursday, January 26th at 1:40PM EST
226 Comments

All the members of the Republican Party who have been complicit and collaborative in the destruction of our nation in the past few decades always talking about smaller government while never fighting against the tide of creeping socialism have now come out against Newt Gingrich.

Yesterday, at National Review, Elliot Abrams attacked Newt Gingrich for attacking Ronald Reagan from the right.

Today, it is Bob Dole's turn.

Bob Dole, you will remember from George Stephanoupolos's memoir of his time in Clinton's White House, totally cut the legs out from under Newt Gingrich and House Republicans during the government shut down. According to the Democrats, they were within twenty-four hours of caving to the House Republicans' demands, but Bob Dole surprised them all by caving first.

Dole went on to lose to Bill Clinton and still hates Newt Gingrich for it because Gingrich was the face used to attack Dole — a man who would have been the hero in the fight had Dole not caved.

And we're supposed to hate Newt Gingrich because Bob Dole caved to the Democrats twenty-four hours before they were going to cave to Gingrich?

Pffffft.

The fix is in for Romney, which just means when he is crushed by Barack Obama a lot of Republicans will have a lot of explaining to do. Newt may not be able to win. But Romney sure as hell can't beat Obama either if Newt can't win. The problem remains — Gingrich supporters intrinsically know this to be so and are happy to die fighting. Romney's supporters are still deluding themselves."

redstate.com



merely trying to understand where the sound bites come from that are negative about Gingrich and others.



To: MrLucky who wrote (473559)2/24/2012 8:48:53 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Respond to of 794297
 
I think it is personal with Paul. Gingrich tried to oust him from the House by actively campaigning for his primary opponent, in 96 I believe...