{"id":23711,"date":"2011-11-14T11:21:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt.html"},"modified":"2011-11-14T13:41:08","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T20:41:08","slug":"the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt.html","title":{"rendered":"The Candidate Is Turning into a Newt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There have been several polls showing a surge for Newt Gingrch&#39;s  GOP candidacy for President, though this is the most favorable one.  Apparently the faltering of both Cain and Perry is benefiting Newt a lot more than Romney (who is pretty soundly disliked by the Right).<\/p>\n<p>How this will translate into actual Caucus\/Primary results is a bit more complicated.  Personally, while he&#39;s less of a lunatic than Cain \/ Perry \/ Bachmann, he&#39;s still a hard-Right ideologue.  The only positive thing I can say about a Gingrich candidacy is that it would hopefully put to bed the whole &quot;Obama is an arrogant, aloof, pseudo-intellectual type&quot; meme, as Gingrich has him trumped in all those categories. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fup1.typepad.com%2F6a0133f2dd8001970b015434f8cb04970c-220si' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/main\/2011\/11\/gingrich-takes-the-lead.html'>Gingrich takes the lead &#8211; Public Policy Polling<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewt Gingrich has taken the lead in PPP&#39;s national polling&#8230;.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been several polls showing a surge for Newt Gingrch&#39;s GOP candidacy for President, though this is the most favorable one. Apparently the faltering of both Cain and Perry is benefiting Newt a lot more than Romney (who is pretty soundly disliked by the Right). How this will translate into actual Caucus\/Primary results is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/14\/the-candidate-is-turning-into-a-newt.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Candidate Is Turning into a Newt&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-23711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25786,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/the-best-reason-to-vote-against-newt-gingrich-to-date.html","url_meta":{"origin":23711,"position":0},"title":"The best reason to vote against Newt Gingrich to date","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 28-Jan-12 8:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The company that wants to keep him ... #ddtbReshared post from +Breaking NewsHerman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for presidentWest Palm Beach, Fla., USASat Jan 28, 9:11 p.m. EST: +POLITICO reports that +Herman Cain has endorsed +Newt Gingrich for president, calling him the right person to address the \"crisis of leadership\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/newt-claims-hes-in-it-for-the-long-haul.html","url_meta":{"origin":23711,"position":1},"title":"Newt claims he&#39;s in it for the long haul","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Mar-12 6:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which probably make Romney pretty happy, since Gingrich has been splitting the anyone-but-Romney vote with Santorum, but has to have Santorum chewing nails. #ddtb Embedded Link Alabama, Mississippi primary results: 'I'm not leaving,' Newt Gingrich says - Mackenzie Weinger Newt Gingrich said Tuesday night he feels \u201cno pressure\u201d to drop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25769,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/27\/newt-and-the-gop-establishment.html","url_meta":{"origin":23711,"position":2},"title":"Newt and the GOP Establishment","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 27-Jan-12 4:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Bottom line: the GOP don't like Newt. Newt screwed them over during his House leadership in the 90s, and he's \"obnoxious and disliked\" by those who've worked with him. It's not surprising (though it's entertaining) that his resurgence in the primaries has pulled his former critics out to derail him\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24930,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/30\/is-ideology-taking-a-back-seat-to-electability.html","url_meta":{"origin":23711,"position":3},"title":"Is ideology taking a back seat to electability?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 30-Dec-11 9:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"The article suggests that GOP primary voters \/ poll-takers are worrying more about electability of their presidential primary candidates (vs. Obama) than about what they believe in. I'm not sure I agree, given the battle for the Conservative Base part of the primaries -- where we've seen Perry, then Cain,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24692,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/whaddayknow-i-agree-on-some-advice-from-newt.html","url_meta":{"origin":23711,"position":4},"title":"Whaddayknow? 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I expect all of the evangelical Christian groups who have been milling your way as Perry and Cain imploded to demand an instant apology\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}