Badger
badger
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« on: November 10, 2011, 09:07:38 AM » |
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« edited: November 10, 2011, 09:18:30 AM by Badger »
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As I've said before: The anti-Romney candidate du jour has thus far been an outsider candidate (even Perry, in an anti-Beltway image kind of way) and bona fide connections to the far-right tea party wing. Newt is firmly established as a Washington insider in voter's minds. At least as much as Romney (the "East Coast Establshment"). On the second point, Newt may've been the embodiment of hard-line conservatism in the 80s and 90's, but by today's Tea Party standards he hardly stands out.
In short, I doubt Gingrich has the anti-establishment and hard right cred to become the consensus choice of the tea party wing, which is exactly what any successful challenger to Mitt needs to do. Mitt may win the nomination simply by default.
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