[Hoot Gibson]

I find it odd that you didn't mention Newt in you assessment of last night's debate. IMO Newt stood strong on the conservative values you and I cherish. He laid it on the line and the audience loved it. Many are saying they cannot remember when there was a standing O in a debate. Just goes to show that in spite of what the mainstream media tries to make us believe, conservative values are indeed popular. He got race baited by Juan and swam right by it. From a conservative's standpoint, even though Newt may not get the nomination, I certainly find his performance worth mentioning. Why didn't you?

I believe that I said that all of the candidates performed very well, with the exception of Romney, who did not have a bad performance. I mentioned Santorum by name because I thought that he had his best performance by far and I thought that he won the debate. However, Newt did a great job and most experts say that he won the debate. I thought it was a close call between Newt and Santorum, but apparently I was in the minority.

Newt talks a great conservative game but I don't really trust him. But he understands what has made this country great and he would shred Obama in series of debates. His promise to follow Obama around the country challenging him to a series of 3-hour long Lincoln-Douglas debates is the kind of political genius that allowed Republicans to break the Democrats' 40-year stranglehold on the House of Representatives back in 1994. Can you imagine Obama talking off prompter for a real three-hour debate?

I will have absolutely no problem enthusiastically supporting Newt if he gets the nomination - but he is just not my first choice and I really don't believe that anybody has a realistic shot at stopping Romney from getting the nomination. As for his performance last night, if Dick Morris says Newt won the debate, then that is good enough for me.

How was that? :biggrin: