Wednesday, December 21, 2011
"Newt's Past and Future Leadership"
There are always interesting choices to be made.
In professional sports, coaches often have a highly skilled player whose personal antics leave much to desire.
Similar to a cost-benefit analysis, they have to decide their overall value to the team.
The choice about Newt Gingrich seems somewhat similar...
In professional sports, coaches often have a highly skilled player whose personal antics leave much to desire.
Similar to a cost-benefit analysis, they have to decide their overall value to the team.
The choice about Newt Gingrich seems somewhat similar...
Tony Blankley was House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s press secretary for many years. At Creators.com, he reminds us of some things that aren't being mentioned lately:
"... what kind of candidate is most likely to make sense of the terrible events and forces that weigh down our country; be capable of vividly describing our plight and what needs to be done; and convince the public that he or she has the intelligence, courage, experience and sheer willful capacity to force events favorably to America's historic interests and needs?
As I have chosen to phrase that question, the question answers itself. It is the GOP candidate currently at the top of the polls — my former boss, Newt Gingrich.
But most Washington politicians don't see it that way. They see a conventional, close election — not a bold, historic lunge by the voters to save the country. They suggest Mitt Romney may be better positioned to stitch together a safe campaign that noses out Obama by a point or two, or comes up short by a point or two. He might be that candidate.
Thus, Romney received the endorsement of the GOP political types — congressmen and former congressmen. Now they are doubling down on their early bet and are out telling reporters that Gingrich was never much of a leader and never got much done."
