Hugh Hewitt Channeling Liberals For Romney

Regardless of what one thinks of Newt, or Mitt, as candidates, should we really be relying upon statements from Democrats like Donna Brazille and James Carville to determine who would be our best nominee? Why bother with primaries, let's just watch MSNBCLSD and guide on that? No. Sorry, they think and act like liberals and that matters. I disagree with Hugh. We aren't going to win the hearts and minds of many voters for conservatism by listening to what liberals have to say about us, or our candidates. I also take strong exception to something Hugh suggests down below. Please scroll down for that. It's important.

“We’re ready to take out some of the balloons we’ve been storing,” is how Democratic strategist Donna Brazile greeted the idea that Newt would win by a significant margin in South Carolina, an hour before the polls closed and Newt was indeed declared the winner. She was echoing James Carville, who said much the same thing. So what is it that makes these two lefties happy about Newt’s win?

They think they know that tonight’s result means one of two things — Newt as the GOP nominee, which they pray for, or a battered and bloodied Mitt Romney as the president’s opponent, which they will settle for.

They are wrong on both counts.

The South Carolina electorate didn’t vote for a person or a platform; they voted for a personality — the fiery, combative, MSM-hating Newt. They want the GOP nominee to charge at the president, throw around the term Alinksyite, push back at John King and Juan Williams, and shout out the absurdity of Barack Obama as president and the destructiveness of his combination of epic incompetence and awful ideology. 

I suspect that the GOP as a whole has a lot of this pent-up anger at the Manhattan-Beltway media elites, and they too have been cool to cool hand Mitt as a result.

Here's my other problem. How is it that winning suddenly becomes the opposite of fighting? Emphasis mine.

But if, having been indulged, that passion for a political fistfight ebbs and the desire to win grows, Romney will be a much, much better nominee for having blown a round on points and too timid by far a strategy.

I get it. Personally, Hugh may not care for the rough and tumble, or whatever. But if we know anything about the Left now led by Obama, we know they are ruthless and will fight hard for every vote, real, imagined, or fraudulent. And, by the way, what was that Obama said? Oh yeah, now I remember. Yet, Hugh suggests that if we want to beat this guy, we have to get over wanting a fistfight? That doesn't sound like a strategy for winning to me; it sounds like a sure way to get knocked out.

White House to Democrats: 'Punch back twice as hard'

“If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard,” Messina said, according to an official who attended the meeting.

Comments

[Ragspierre]

Like Hewitt as a thinker as much as I do, I'll take the Limbaugh counsel here.

One caveat: Newt has to articulate a POSITIVE Conservative message and vision. He is fully capable of that, and has done it to a degree.

THAT is how you win this, coupled with the ability to be a knife-fighter when required.

[EBL]

http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-did-newt-gingrich-win-south.html I saw that Hewitt comment too. Ouch.

[EBL]

Voters did pick Newt over Mitt for the perception Newt would fight back against Obama. What is wrong with that? Do we think some bland defenses for Bain are going to win the general election? Yeah Newt is flawed. So by the way is Mitt. If Mitt is not perceived as the guy who will go after Obama, then they will take Newt who seems up to the job.

And what is the matter with Rick Santorum? http://evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-matter-with-rick-santorum.html

[Ragspierre]

OK, how does the Hewitt thinking take us beyond the McAnus campaign that gave us Obama?

Seriously, I'd like somebody to explain the difference.

[DJ]

Actually, Obama has gone further than that: “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/14/obama-if-they-bring-a-knife-to-the-fight-we-bring-a-gun/

[Totally Domestic]

We don't need a pretty wet noodle.

We need a street fighter who can go toe to toe with these diabolical devils.
AND at the same time OVERWHELM the American people with a NEW VISION & PLAN for
America.

[john]

Newt,

http://www.amnation.com/vfr/archives/021106.html

[JEFF GWYNN]

As a Californian, I can tell you Hugh has no problem with RINOS. He was obnoxiously for Ahhnold and was extremely rude to Tom McClintock supporters back in 2003 when Gray Davis was recalled. The ridiculous arguments he made in favor of Ahhnold have been thoroughly proven wrong but here he is. Mark Kirk, McCain, Guiliani, now he's supporting Mitt Romney. He's a classic establishment republican who will get us exactly nowhere. His type will only show the non-republicans how worthless the republican brand is.

[sickofrinos]

So many of the rights authors have sold their last books.