Facebook
Fark
Digg
Reddit
Stumble
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a rally at Xtreme Manufacturing in Las Vegas Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
By Anjeanette Damon (contact) 
, David McGrath Schwartz
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 | 12:29 p.m.
Newt Gingrich’s national advisers are feuding with his Nevada team over the candidate’s campaign here, sources said, highlighting the shortcomings of a hastily assembled local operation and toll of a long campaign.
Gingrich canceled a meeting with Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday and has scaled back his schedule here, including nixing a rural tour, leading up to Saturday’s GOP caucuses.
It was the candidate’s national advisers who argued for Gingrich to skip the tour of Nevada’s heavily Republican rural counties, putting them at odds with in-state advisers, who wanted him to make more appearances, particularly outside Las Vegas.
“Their egos are out of control,” said a Nevada campaign adviser, who spoke only on condition of anonymity. “I’m not sure if they’ve ever looked at a map of the Nevada.”
Arriving in the middle of the night following his Florida defeat, Gingrich looked somewhat haggard on the stump Wednesday in Reno.
Asked during a press gaggle after the speech why his Nevada schedule was so thin, Gingrich said he didn’t plan to keep it that way. “We’re adding to it,” he said.
Gingrich made a stop at a manufacturing facility and a Mexican restaurant in downtown Las Vegas this morning.
State advisers were in early stages of scheduling the rural tour until it was nixed by national advisers.
Gingrich is struggling to hold onto relevancy — and momentum from his South Carolina victory — in the race for the Republican nomination. After Romney’s double-digit win in Florida on Tuesday, polls showed the former Massachusetts governor with a commanding lead, 15-20 points, in Nevada.
Gingrich has faced campaign turmoil throughout the race. At one point last year, he endured a mass exodus of advisers and his campaign was left for dead.
He then saw a late resurgence, aided by $10 million in contributions from Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, to a super PAC supporting his bid.
Perhaps because of the turmoil, his campaign gathered some operatives in Nevada but never built an organization like that of Romney and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who have maintained a consistent presence and built on their base of support from 2008.
Gingrich’s national-Nevada feuding is reminiscent of the in-fighting that plagued Sharron Angle’s U.S. Senate campaign to unseat Harry Reid. The local team, who got her through a raucous primary against former state Sen. Sue Lowden, businessman Danny Tarkanian and others, clashed with national operatives brought in chasing a win for Republicans against the Senate majority leader in 2010’s highest-profile Senate race.
Comment removed by moderator. Same (or similar) comment posted on multiple stories.
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.c...
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/01/27/ell...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec_Nunb6i...
"Michael Reagan, President Ronald Reagan's adopted son, has endorsed the former Speaker of the House, because Gingrich, "exemplifies the conservative principles my father championed: strong national defense, lower taxes and smaller government." "Newt understands that we must reject and fundamentally change the course that Barack Obama has set for America. Newt is our only chance in 2012 to contrast a Reagan conservative with Obama's European styled socialism," Reagan wrote in a statement. Reagan describes Gingrich as having changed Washington in the 90's with his Contract with America, and the ability to do that again now."
Nancy Reagan; "Barry Goldwater handed the torch to Ronnie, and in turn Ronnie turned that torch over to Newt and the Republican members of Congress to keep that dream alive." http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/01/nan...
Newt Gingrich is by no means the perfect candidate, having made mistakes in both his political and personal life, but he's straightforward enough to admit it, going so far as to say he was just plain wrong in some cases, and trying to explain his position in others. Out of all the candidates, he is by far the most qualified person to be our next president. He is highly intelligent, an excellent debater, is very well versed in economics and foreign policy, and definately has the moxie and resolve to do whatever is necessary to protect our great nation. He knows how to negotiate while standing firm on his principles and has the record to prove it. He has the most feasible, well thought-out plans of all the candidates. He will take Obama to the proverbial woodshed in any debate and will defeat him in the general election.
But don't take my word for it. Go to www.Newt.org, see for yourself, do more research, then make your decision.
Contrary to what the Republican establishment would have you believe, Newt Gingrich is the only candidate who can defeat Barrack Obama. Mitt Romney attacked Newt from day 1 in Iowa. Nothing was said, but when Newt returned fire in defense, everyone piled on him for being "negative" and have been dogging him trying to run him out of the race ever since. Romney has run so many dishonest attack ads with his millions it's just, well dishonest. And he's done so with no reprimand, as a matter of fact with blessings. This just shows the Republican establishment's and both conservative and liberal media's bias against Gingrich. And just like in 08 the Republican operatives and supposedly conservative media, believing they know better than us common folk, have already selected Romney as their golden-child and are determined to shove him down our throats, the same modus operandi they scream about Obama using. And, just like in 08 with McCain, if they get their way Obama will win again and America will be subjected to 4 more years of a dishonest administration shoving legislation, or illegally circumventing it, down our throats furthering us down the path of socialism, bankruptcy, and national INsecurity! One would think they were intelligent enough to do a little research whereupon they would see Romney is truly only slightly right of Obama on most issues, unless of course they have ulterior motives. There are many videos where he himself speaks to his beliefs and stances on the issues, showing him to be a moderate at the very best, liberal on most. I can understand someone learning and therefore changing their stance on 1 or 2 issues, but to do it on almost every single one reeks of political expediency, period! We need to make these people understand we have only been to 4 states, that the American people's voices do count, and that if another "08" occurs we the people will hold them accountable.
In the general election, Obama would clean Romney's clock just as he did to McCain in 08.Obama will prove him to be the politically expediate candidate he is through the above mentioned videos, showing him espousing his moderate liberal stances on most issues previous to 07, then his sudden conversion to "conservatism" on the very same issues as he ramped up his campaign for the Republican Presidential primary in 08. Obama will definately portray Romney as a representative of the 1% with his untold wealth and secretive accounts in the Cayman Islands and Swiss banks. This class-warfare will play well with the Democrats and a large percentage of Independants, as well as the mainstream media.Romney will not fair well in the debates against Obama either. He has had few really good debate performances, only actually winning the last 2, held in Florida. That's 2 out of approximately 19, enough said!
Conversely, Newt has had a very strong showing in most of the debates, winning the majority of them. As a matter of fact, in 2 of the debates he received a standing ovation, which is a rare occurrence.Newt will take Obama to the proverbial woodshed in any debate, on any issue, at any time. As far as Newt's "baggage", it has been out in the open for many years, thoroughly scrutinized and discussed with most of the allegations proven to be false. There are no surprises to be found here. His conservatism has been proven time and again by his record,receiving an American Conservative Union lifetime rating of 90%, 100% in 1998. He was part of the Reagan team, Nancy Reagan having said at the 1995 Goldwater Institute Dinner honoring President Ronald Reagan, "Barry Goldwater handed the torch to Ronnie, and in turn Ronnie turned that torch over to Newt and the Republican members of Congress to keep that dream alive.". He has endorsements from proven conservatives ranging from Michael Reagan to J.C. Watts. At the same time, as Speaker of the House under Bill Clinton, he has proven he can work in a bipartisan manner to acheive much needed results while standing firm on his principles. In some cases he had to take on members of his own party to do what he knew was right for the American people. He is a great thinker with bold ideas, and has proven he can convert these ideas into real working solutions, contrary to the inaccurate charges stating otherwise from his past disgruntled colleagues whom he had to take on in some issues.
This is but a sampling of the proven reasons why Newt Gingrich is the only candidate who can defeat Barrack Obama and begin turning our great country around to recovery, prosperity, security, and back to our roots as intended by our founding fathers. But don't take my word for it. Go to www.Newt.org, see for yourself, do more research, then make your decision.
Comment removed by moderator. Same (or similar) comment posted on multiple stories.
Vegas2012 and charles410: I want you to keep believing all of that, that Gingrich is the best candidate, would be good for our country, that he can beat Obama.
Here is one simple fact: The Obama Team DREAMS of Gingrich getting the Republican nomination. They know that it would virtually guarantee Obama's re-election.
Here's the next fact: the only candidate who has a chance to beat Obama is Romney, like it or not. Sadly, if he gets the nomination, there might be enough bigots and knuckleheads out there who can't handle Romney's religion and don't vote or throw their vote away on Ron Paul (a good man, albeit a bit nuts) or Rick Santorum (a man who has zero chance of winning the nomination or the White House). A similar prejudice happened during JFK's run for the White House simply because he was Catholic.
I'm not a Republican. I'm a registered Dem. I would prefer that Obama gets a second term. But if Romney won, I'd roll with that. On the other hand, if by some stunning change of the winds Gingrich won, it would be an absolute disaster for the GOP and America.
Gingrich will say anything to gather votes. ANYTHING. He is a proven and skillful liar; better yet, he says whatever sounds great in the heat of the moment and then keeps repeating it in various forms so that he comes to believe not only that it's true but also that it emanated from the smartest man who ever lived (him).
He yabbers on about how he is the moral lighthouse yet he is a philandering cheat. He and his 3rd wife admittedly spent 6 years cheating on his 2nd wife. That says a lot about character. That says a lot about values. That says a lot about deeply-engrained behaviors and beliefs. His ego knows no earthly bounds, his view of self allows for no questioning.
But I want you to keep believing Gingrich is the man. Unfortunately for you, the vast majority of people who know him and have served with him want nothing to do with him and are actively working to ensure he doesn't get the GOP nomination.
Sharron Angle was the Tea Party Darling in Nevada in 2010, and now there are those in hot pursuit of yet one more Wrong Angle. I would like to be able to say I am dismayed at the fractures among the Republican/Tea Party minions; but I am neither dismayed nor surprised.
After Newt made all that noise basically reporting from within his group that the announcement from 'The Donald' had to do with him throwing his money in with Adelson's for Mr. Gingrich, and then The Donald backing Mitt, I would assume that we shall not see hide nor hair of him, THANK GOD!!!!
It would seem that Charles 410 is either the fastest typist in the world, or a spokesperson for Newt Gingrich.
i hope you will not flagout my comments because you do not have my photo. Please reinstate the stuff you flagged out so that we couldhave an intersting view points from all angles before January 4, 2012. Thanks for your consideration. As we are still living in a free country, I hope you encourage various view points to be considered by the electorates. If you do not unflag my previous comments (I respect your rights), regretably, I will go and comment on other websites that do not stop me from expressing myself.
Comment removed by moderator. Off Topic
vegas2012,
Your comments have been removed because you have repeatedly posted the same or similar comment on many different stories and they have generally been off topic for the story they were on.
The Reader Agreement prohibits that.