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During a question-and-answer session Tuesday afternoon with students at Missouri’s College of the Ozarks, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich dropped a bombshell: He predicted the rise of a third party by 2012 if Republicans don’t get their act together.
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Click here to read the report by David Catanese, political reporter for Springfield, Mo., television station KYTV.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Debbie // Apr 4, 2009 at 1:54 pm
This goes along with Newt’s 12 solutions… I got a call from him, well his group, yesterday. They let you listen to audio from Newt then they ask if you agree, then will you give them money. I said I’m not ready to give anybody any money just yet. We’ve always given to the RNC, not last election. We did give to Fred Thompson, but that was a waste of money. McCain makes me ill to listen to with his ‘walk across the isle’.
I’m not sure I want Newt Gingrich running again for President. I’m not sure a third party would have much of a chance starting from scratch, but we might be willing to support it if the right man or woman is running. I like several Republican/Conservatives now, but it’s a long time before the cream really rises to the top.
http://www.americansolutions.com/General/?Page=01607eab-e608-4f34-8ca7-367da48a1430
2 hotoffthepress2 // Apr 4, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Debbie — Newt would not be my choice as a candidate, because of his sordid past. I might, however, go for a good candidate who allows Newt to manage his campaign.
3 James Cone // Apr 4, 2009 at 2:22 pm
This would be a disaster for conservatives and the GOP. Remember what happened when Perot ran in ‘92?
Newt can’t be serious. He would guarantee the relection of the Teleprompter Messiah.
4 hotoffthepress2 // Apr 4, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Depends upon how the proposition was sold. A lot of once-solide Republicans — self included — now consider themselves “conservatives first.”
5 Clay // Apr 4, 2009 at 5:54 pm
The Republicans have a long way of proving themselves to me again. I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it would be healthy for this country to have a successful third party to break the power hold in Washington.
6 axeman // Apr 5, 2009 at 6:39 am
There are technical fixes that would prevent a repetition of the Perot scenario. For example: google “instant runoff voting”.
Electoral votes could also be apportioned according to the number of votes cast for each candidate on a statewide basis.
You just have to get organized and bug your state legislators into getting such reforms passed.
Counting on a recovery by the GOP is a big risk. W, the neocons and the congressional leadership spent the last eight years thoroughly discrediting itself with the voting public.And`the present leadership is an ineffectual, pathetic crew of fools. I’m thinking especially of the RNC Chairman, but the rest of them are little or no better.
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