Humorless Politics Thread

[Kormod]

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/gingrich-wins-florida-poll/2012/01/22/id/425086

Newt Gingrich has now surged to a significant lead over Mitt Romney in Florida, leading the former front-runner now by 8 points, according to a new poll by InsiderAdvantage completed Sunday night of likely Republican primary voters.

The InsiderAdvantage poll of of 557 registered Republican voters is one of the first polls taken in Florida in the aftermath of Gingrich's double-digit win in the South Carolina primary Saturday.

The poll results follow:

Gingrich: 34%

Romney: 26%

Paul: 13%

Santorum: 11%

Other: 2%

No opinion: 14%

Read more on Newsmax.com: Newt Surges to Lead in Fla., Romney Trails by 8 Points
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Don't screw this up, Newt.

[orator]

InsiderAdvantage was the second to least accurate pollster in 2010. PPP, which is a really good poll, had Gingrich and Romney tied today.

[masterofsparks]

The Florida primary isn't the only area where Newt is surging:

http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contest/us-favorability-gingrich?ref=fpblg

It's a pretty bad sign when David Frum is writing a piece this scathing about a Republican candidate:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/23/opinion/frum-gingrich-enthusiasm/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[cavorting with nudists]

[roubaix]

Glad to see the gov't is finally holding people accountable for torture and waterboarding

[Flood]

N.J. activist James O'Keefe is knucklehead of the week

New Jersey’s homegrown gotcha artist is back in the news again — this time for committing voter fraud while trying to prove that dead people regularly vote in New Hampshire’s elections. That state’s attorney general is investigating O’Keefe — a Bergen County native and Rutgers grad — for having members of his group, Project Veritas, attempt to vote in the Granite State’s primary by assuming the ID of the recently deceased.

Read the rest of the article…

[Kormod]

Don't worry, O'Keefe's got this:

  JamesOKeefeIII  James O'Keefe
This isn't just bias anymore, @StarLedger, it's actionable. "By Star-Ledger Staff" or not. I am talking to counsel.

[buffcoat]

Oooh, "talking to counsel."  That'll show 'em.

How many successful libel suits against newspapers lately, Jimbo?

[Steve of Bloomington]

Yes and the 'I broke the rules to show how easy they are to break' defense doesn't have the best track record.

[Gilly]

I thought Gingrich was way out of this thing, but I am kind of shocked that Democrats are cheering him on so Pres. Obama can crush him. To me, he's the most electable candidate they have. He has the craziness that the party seems to like right now and he's not a female. He doesn't come off as a rich guy even though he is and will protect other rich people. Basically, the same economic plans as Romney but he's not going to lose any Republican votes for looking and acting like a rich dude. Plus, I think he'd have the best chance of sticking with Pres. Obama in the debates. I think Obama would kill Romney in the debates. If I were a Democrat, I'd be very scared about the possibility of Newt as the nominee.

[Kormod]

Gingrich's favorability ratings are in the terlet, he's more or less a crook, and he's way too much of a right-wing kook to win over moderates and swing voters. If he's the nominee, Obama will probably win in a landslide.

[Gilly]

Maybe it's because I'm from the Midwest that I feel that way. I don't think Pres. Obama is going to defeat anyone in a landslide, and I don't feel that Romney really plays well to middle class, middle America people and those are the people who win elections. He is a right wing kook, but if you give that kook a platform at the highest stage he'll stir up emotions in people and he's shown that he can do that in the Republican debates. Right wingers would say the same thing about Obama last election. I think everybody is vastly underestimating how electable Newt is.

[Flood]

Don't worry, O'Keefe's got this:

  JamesOKeefeIII  James O'Keefe
This isn't just bias anymore, @StarLedger, it's actionable. "By Star-Ledger Staff" or not. I am talking to counsel.

He's so efficient with his investigations because there are three of him out there.

[fonpr]

Help me, I plan on voting in the Republican primary.  Ron Paul or Newt? 

Mitt is too rich for my tastes.

[cavorting with nudists]

Fredericks: Hear me.  If you want to self-express, vote for the Libertarian douche with no chance of being seriously in the running in November.

If you want to make your vote actively fuck around with the opposition to Obama, vote for Gnoot.