Newt Is the One

While I recently predicted Santorum would win the Iowa caucus (and came within 8 points of doing so, and that count is questionable), I’ve also said Newt Gingrich is the only one of the GOP candidates who can possibly defeat Obama. I now say Newt will likely win the New Hampshire Primary next Tuesday.

Some of you might have just now seen and heard what I saw and heard on C-SPAN2, when Newt had a highly successful and rousing town hall meeting-type gathering in New Hampshire, that cinched my decision. Without teleprompters he talked about an hour, covering every important aspect of what’s wrong with the present administration and what he could do and would do to fix it. He spoke in mainly long sentences of which every one was greeted with enthusiastic applause. His short sentences were cleverly pithy, interspersed at just the right time. This is the first occasion—it seems to me—that he has actually had the opportunity to speak at length without media interference. He’s still there, accepting kudos and photo shots.

Tonight’s debate will be an important one and there’s another one tomorrow morning. I do not know which channels these are scheduled for. I hope you will make an effort to take one of these in. ♥