Newt Gingrich’s stunning victory in the Palmetto state on Saturday, despite polls showing a toss up scenario between he and Mitt Romney makes this Republican nomination process a wild roller coaster affair replete with twists, turns, loops and corkscrews that could push this race until April or even until the dog days of summer. For the first time in history, we have three different champions in Iowa (Rick Santorum), New Hampshire (Mitt Romney), and now Newt’s humongous victory in South Carolina. The establishment types have smugly declared from the onset that Mitt Romney would clearly be the nominee by doing their level best to ensure that this process was a coronation instead of a nomination have to be booking couch time with their favorite Dr. Phil’s right about now. That said, I would proudly select Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Mitt Romney faster than a NASA rocket launch (while we still have them because of the stupid decision to scrap NASA by this dangerous White House) in an election over Barack Hussein Obama. We the people, need to get behind our eventual nominee because the prospects of four more years of Obama is a macabre horror show that our country cannot survive. When I heard Glen Beck assert that he would go for Ron Paul as a Third Party candidate if Newt Gingrich won the nomination I was shocked because Beck is a patriot who knows that a vote for any other candidate ensures four more years for Obama. Jesus isn’t on the ballot, and we cannot resurrect Ronald Reagan to save our country either. Conversely, Santorum, Gingrich or Romney are world’s better than the status quo! Moreover, knuckle heads like Democratic strategist’s Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen keep floating a Third Party candidate idea of someone like David Petraeus knowing full well that this will certainly reelect President Obama. I respect Caddell and Schoen usually, but this seems to be a calculated move to help the donkeys as there is absolutely, positively no way that a Third Party candidate will emerge victorious in 2012, including our good friend Donald Trump.

I also laugh at the contention that a long drawn out primary is devastating to the GOP’s chances of unseating King Obama because these debates are exposing our Barack’s deep flaws such as “He is the food stamp President”, and his insane move in blocking the Keystone Pipeline when Americans are enduring horrible energy bills. Obama may have blown a kiss to the environmentalist extremist’s by nixing this project, but when citizens are paying $4.00 or $5.00 a gallon prices at the pump in the summer then he will be punished next election. How does this save the environment when Canada has threatened to build the pipeline across their country with the oil being fast tracked to Communist China? Simply put, it doesn’t change a thing, except making us beholden to our enemies for oil, coupled with the fact that literally a potential of hundreds of thousands jobs are lost building and maintaining the Keystone pipeline because this clueless President wants to keep flushing billions of dollars down the drain on worthless green initiatives like Solyndra and Sunpower. Hey, President Obama, call T. Boone Pickens who lost his shirt on his big windmill and investment, although he still has several billions dollars left because he already made his fortune in the oil industry. Europe is switching gears away from windmills, solar because they are unreliable and inefficient, plus the companies that manufacture them cannot compete in the marketplace without significant government subsidies. Too, even with Obama’s insistence in propping up the green industry it still ends up in bankruptcy!

Please stay tuned to “Jesus is not on the ballot, and how Newt captured the South Carolina primary!” Part II.

Moderate Jon Huntsman was the third place finisher in New Hampshire, which was a catastrophic result since the Granite State was his “firewall”, after he skipped Iowa. Former Utah Governor Huntsman’s arrogant line that “Iowa picks corn and New Hampshire picks President’s” came back to haunt him as he was eclipsed by Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Huntsman practically lived in New Hampshire vigorously campaigning hoping that he could emerge victorious in the Granite State, but now he is the latest casualty that is dropping out of the race. And, then there was five (Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul, and Perry! Huntsman said that “We have a ticket to ride” to South Carolina in his speech, however, his flight has been cancelled forever or at least through 2012. Jon, maybe in hindsight you should have attended Donald Trump’s debate that was ultimately shelved, rather than haughtily dismissing Mr. Trump.

Rick Perry’s last place finish in a state that he conceded is not fatal, although time is running out for the Texas Governor who must finish strongly in South Carolina and Florida to have any chance of doing his best State Farm Insurance “Discount Double Check” or Green Bay Packer Quarterback Aaron Rodgers touchdown dance impression. I think Mr. Perry’s relentless attacks of “vulture Capitalism” on Mitt Romney have not resonated because Capitalism by its very nature is the most compassionate system on the planet. It affords every citizen an opportunity at the American dream, while the Democrat’s misguided prescription of Socialism/Marxism/Communism always leads to misery and despair. One only needs to look at Europe imploding like Humpty Dumpty on steroids to see that the Socialist model inevitably fails. Conversely, the United States of America’s free enterprise system that is under savage attack by President Obama, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and their comrades accomplished a Gross Domestic Product that was three and a half times larger in 2008 (George Bush!) than any of our global competitors. Moreover, the USA miraculously comprises 25% of the world economy meaning that our system worked very well, thank you very much.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were probably disappointed at their subpar performances in New Hamshire as fourth places finishes will not suffice as we head into the Palmetto and Sunshine States. But, New Hampshire is one of those states that has an open primary system, which in my humble opinion is a big mistake. This is a Republican nomination process so Democrats and Independents entering the battleground could produce mischievous souls that want to skew the results toward the “weakest link” so that Obama can finish his demolition of America.

Mitt Romney completed an historic sweep on Tuesday by winning the New Hamshire primary last night by double digits over Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman making him the first non-incumbent Republican candidate to win in both Iowa and New Hamshire. GOP President Gerald Ford pulled off this daily double in 1976, but he was ultimately defeated by Jimmy Carter whose claim to fame is being the second worst President in American history behind Barack Hussein Obama. The momentum for Former Governor Mitt Romney is like an inspired avalanche that is crushing the competition, which should make the establishment types in the Republican and Democratic Party ready to pop the Dom Perignon with their Herculean efforts to squelch the conservatives in the race. If Mitt can manage to win the South Carolina primary a week from Saturday then it seems highly unlikely that Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich will be able to derail the Romney train.

According to www.realclearpolitics.com the results in New Hampshire were as follows;

Mitt Romney 39.3%
Ron Paul 22.9%
Jon Huntsman 16.9%
Newt Gingrich 9.4%
Rick Santorum 9.4%
Rick Perry 0.7%

Mitt Romney delivered an inspiring speech after his convincing victory that lambasted President Obama with multitudinous indictments that were simply fantastic.

“The last few years have offered change, but not much hope”.

As much as the White House machine will try to spin their pathetic record it will be nearly impossible to create a fantasy reality when Americans can clearly see world record debt, deficits, and food stamp usage with 24 millions of our fellow citizens out of work with a housing market that is “$20,000 leagues under the sea”, and an Arab winter where radical Islam is on the march due to President Obama’s utter incompetence. Too, Iran’s lunatic leaders led by Ahmadinejad are vowing to attack our US Aircraft carrier if we dare to go back into the Persian Gulf. The Obama regime would never be mistaken for Teddy Roosevelt regarding foreign affairs as Roosevelt policy was “Speak softly and carry a big stick”, while Obama’s strategy is to gut and cut the military so maybe our hapless Commander-in-Chief can adopt “Speak boldly and carry a twig”.

“I will never apologize for the greatest nation in history” Bravo Mitt, it would be refreshing to have a leader that truly loves his country again! Conversely, Barack decided that his first official interview would be with “Al Jazeera”, the terrorist sympathizing news outlet before embarking on his apology tour for the United States of America. Then he called Americans lazy in order to excuse his pitiful record of destroying the country.

Mitt’s best moment was when he declared that Obama has put “Free enterprise on trial”, which prompted his Press Secretaries at the www.politico.com to blurt out this election will be “Whether or not there is a level playing field”. Nice try, www.politico, but Americans reject your Marxist-Socialistic vision for our country. It has failed every time in human history that it has ever been tried……just saying.

I have to give some credit to Ron Paul who captured bronze in Iowa and silver in New Hampshire. New Hamshire is an open primary so I’m sure there was some mischievous Democrats and Independents that wanted to inject chaos into the Republican race by selecting Representative Paul. Unfortunately, Paul is going to get trounced in South Carolina and Florida, coupled with having less than zero chance of winning the nomination. But, if Mitt Romney is ultimately the Republican standard bearer then he should extend an olive branch to Ron Paul by offering him a position in his Administration (nothing to do with national defense, intelligence or Homeland Security). Here me out for a minute, many of the Ron Paul supporters have not been bashful in stating that if their man doesn’t win then they would go Third Party or into the arms of President Obama. If Ron Paul were to enter as a Third Party candidate then this would ensure an Obama second term, which would finish the USA’s hopes of ever being great again. Moreover, if Ron Paul is in the Administration then his passionate followers would be more likely to support a Romney-Marco Rubio ticket. I know that the Republican race is still up for grabs, but Marco Rubio as the Veep would be an awesome choice as he is articulate, blue chip Conservative, and he might be able to swing some Hispanic and Tea Party votes to the elephants too that might not be thrilled with Mitt in 2012.

In an exciting sidebar issue, Tim Tebow shocked the world and the haters by besting the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers in dramatic fashion last Sunday. Tebow threw a perfect pass to Demaryius Thomas on the second play of overtime that lit up the scoreboard and extinguished the Steelers hopes of hoisting another Lombardi Trophy.

Please stay tuned for “Mitt Romney scores historical victory in New Hamshire” Part II

It seems like the fix is in regarding former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney securing the Republican nomination as establishment types on the right like Karl Rove, Britt Hume, and even Ann Coulter, plus leftist drones like Democrat National Committee “womster” Debbie Wasserman Schultz (part women with equal parts monster) appear eager to face Romney as they have already gave us coming attractions on how they intend to dismantle Mitt. Schultz’s salvos against the “Mittster” on the Greta van Susteren show on Fox News should have been accompanied by rim shots, laugh tracks and vuvuzellas as she accused Mitt of being an evil Wall Street insider, coupled with lacking any core convictions when her man Barack Hussein Obama could highlight the Guiness Book of World Record “flip flopping Champion of all time.

Almost all of the Republican colleagues that served with Newt Gingrich when he was Speaker of the House have done their best “Brutus” impression versus Julius Caesar by sticking the proverbial dagger into Newt, except former Oklahoma Representative J.C. Watts who endorsed him recently. I’m also getting sick and tired of hearing tepid pundits asserting that only Romney can beat Obama in 2012. Unless, we have officially become an sadomasochistic nation that loves pain and suffering under Obama, Pelosi and Reid then any tangible Republican nominee (BUT NOT RON PAUL who is America’s punchline) should be able to “landslide” our clueless President. The $64,000 question for all of your intellectuals out there is “What would Obama do differently in a second term than the first term?” If I could weigh in, Barack would be a more divisive in your face President then he is now, that would embark upon a Executive Order frenzy realizing his inner Marx just like Satanic acolyte Saul Alinsky espoused. Obama is already laughing at the Constitution even in an election year including recess appointments, while the Senate is in session, which is a classic chapter in his “We can’t wait” strategy. Here’s to America’s “We can’t wait to defeat you Barack and your liberal allies!”

Obama on the campaign trail in 2008 talked about bringing us all together in perfect harmony (Coca Cola and the smile not included). How’s that working out? The country has never been more divided, since the Civil War highlighted by the White House suing several states like Louisiana over oil drilling and Alabama and Arizona because they broke the liberal 11th Commandment by protecting their states against a pernicious illegal alien invasion. (One of my first post’s featured the “Liberal 10 Commandments”.) Black voters are still in the President’s corner by a 90% plus to sub 10% in most polls, and Hispanics still break 2 to 1 for Obama so it’s no small wonder that the Democrats want a wide open Southern Border with “Mexican blanket Amnesty”. This is why a Conservative President must take this issue seriously as there will be grave consequences for inaction for the country and the Republican Party. The Democrats key constituencies will consist of minorities and felons with a healthy dose of multiple voters and dead people if we aren’t careful. Why do you think the liberals always howl like werewolves during a full moon when talk of legislation of voter id cards is discussed? The leftist defense that this would scare blacks and Hispanics away from voting is laughable, especially when Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Whitehouse refused to pursue the case of Black Panther thugs who brandished clubs and threatened white voters in a Philadelphia precinct in 2008!

Romney was my man in 2008 when the field was devoid of Conservative candidates after Fred Thompson dropped out of the race. Former Governor Mike Huckabee would have been a plausible fall back option, despite his weakness on border security, but John “McPain” was a wishy-washy moderate that played prevent defense when the political landscape against Republican candidates demanded bold strokes. Case in point, if McCain would have voted against the bailouts and TARP he very well may have won the day. And, the fact that McCain has endorsed Mitt Romney should be exploited by Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich by broadcasting that a moderate McCain backing Romney proves that he is a “Masschusetts moderate”! By the way, if Romney wins the Republican nomination I will be one of his biggest fans, however, I’m still holding out for the most Conservative nominee for 2012.

It appears that your humble blogger may be wrong about a couple of prognostications though as Mitt Romney is actually leading in South Carolina polls. I thought that he would not play well in the land of Dixie, due to his Mormon faith, but maybe the reason for his dismal performance in the 2008 GOP primaries was because Mike Huckabee was so popular in the South. Too, Huckabee and Romney were splitting the votes, which enabled McCain to ultimately win the nomination. Could 2012 mirror 2008 as Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are competing for the same voters? Also, it looks like I missed the mark pertaining to Madame Secretary of State Hillary Clinton putting up a primary challenge to Obama, but she may still have Presidential ambitions if our current Commander-in-Chief is bounced out of office in 2012. Could we be looking at Hillary 2016 bumper stickers where her daughter Chelsea lends a hand with her new found media connections as she landed at NBC news?

I love Governor Rick Perry as a potential President, however, he is probably “Texas Toast” because of his debate gaffes shortly after entering the fray so he most likely will be a footnote after the Palmetto state primary barring any South Carolina surprises. Happy trails to Michele Bachmann who was my favorite candidate meaning once again I backed the wrong “Elephant”. I was dumbfounded by the fact that Representative Bachmann couldn’t gain more traction, but I have no doubt that she will continue to serve admirably in the House of Representatives. Conservative women seem to have a different set of rules that serve as significant obstacles in the political arena, and her sharp criticisms of her opponents could have led to her ultimate demise.

One could call it a miracle, perhaps divine intervention from God or maybe Rick Santorum’s inspirational hardest working man in politics effort in Iowa made the difference, but his near victory was a legendary comeback for the ages. Fox News had reported that based on spending Rick Santorum spent a $1.65 per vote, while Mitt Romney invested $113.00 and Rick Perry $887.00 per vote. Now, all of the liberal pundits like Pat Caddell (who I happen to like personally) can declare “In a general election Rick Santorum doesn’t have a chance”, but the pundits have been extraordinarily wrong so many times this election cycle that we can throw conventional wisdom out the window faster than a Randy Johnson fastball. I refuse to believe that President Obama presiding over an economic apocalypse because of his disastrous policies, coupled with a foreign policy record that has been beyond chaotic is not eminently beatable by virtually any candidate. If not, “Obamacare” will be implemented, which will ensure that the Constitution will be finally been torched because dispassionate bureaucrats will be able to control American’s lives under the Socialist umbrella of cost containment. Obama’s second term will feature a strident Marxist President who will implement his nefarious so called “social justice” program unapologetically via colossal executive orders. Barack Hussein Obama has already unveiled a defense bill that has the ultimate poison pill where the military can detain any American citizen who is suspected of terrorism without legal representation. I remember when the leftist zombies were howling about the “Patriot Act” and enhanced interrogation techniques of bloodthirsty terrorist’s as being grounds for bringing up President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney on war crimes. Where’s the moral outrage from the liberals now? Will the American Civil Liberties Union (American Communist Leftist Union) be launching a lawsuit tomorrow?

Interestingly, Rick Santorum will officially be a target of the “insanestream liberal media’s” propaganda and smear campaign by Obama’s minions. The long knives will be out where these Press Secretaries at MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post and the networks will brazenly attempt to make Santorum a Christian caricature like they have been doing with Tim Tebow because these two heroes actually have values as opposed to secular hedonist’s like Obama, Pelosi, Reid and much of the Democratic Party. But, Santorum is not a weak figure (I witnessed this firsthand as a Pennsylvania resident), that will refuse to serve as a human pinata, meaning that he will take the fight directly to his Republican challengers, and perhaps ultimately to Barack Hussein Obama if he is fortunate enough to secure the GOP nomination.

This has been one of the most unpredictable political races in recent history where just a few weeks ago the experts surmised that this was shaping up to be a two man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Conversely, now Gingrich seems to have been wounded by all of the negative ads in Iowa by Romney and Ron Paul, however, this development has seemed to stiffen Newt’s resolve who called Romney “a liar” and “A Massachusetts Moderate”.

The Iowa results were as follows;
Rick Santorum 25%
Mitt Romney 25%
Ron Paul 21%
Newt Gingrich 13%
Rick Perry 10%
Michele Bachmann 5%
Jon Huntman 1%

What does this mean going forward? Ed Rollins, the Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Reagan believes that Rick Perry will suspend his candidacy and that this mortally wounds Michele Bachmann’s chances going forward. Rick Perry heading to the “Lone Star” state, rather than the “Granite State” is not a good sign for the charismatic Texas Governor. I made no secret of my allegiance to Representative Bachmann, but she would need at least a top three finish (win, place or show) in South Carolina to remain viable as a sixth place finish was quite disappointing for someone who was born in Iowa who had also won the straw poll there in the summer. Moreover, Ron Paul has a negative zero chance of securing the Republican nomination, however, he could be a spoiler in future primaries. Representative Paul will certainly have staying power, plus he still hasn’t ruled out a third party bid. It is important that the Republican candidates don’t alienate Paul too much as he does have a loyal following that could secure a victory for President Obama in a three man race. Donald Trump in an interview with Greta Van Susteren said that Ron Paul can’t run as a independent because it would adversely affect his son Rand Paul who is a Republican Senator from the great state of Kentucky, which makes a lot of sense too. Newt Gingrich could rebound with a “W’ in South Carolina, plus he might surprise in New Hampshire with a solid performance. And, I belive that Romney will be weak in the South just like he was in 2008. The storyline of Iowa was best captured by Rick Santorum in his speech when he declared, “GAME ON!”

The conventional wisdom is that this GOP race will be “a marathon and not a sprint”, but I wanted to delve into Iowa’s late breaking news on the ground because voters will finally get to make their voices heard. “Newt Romney” as Michele Bachmann described Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in one of the last Elephant debates are playing hardball against one another. Newt and Mitt are eschewing Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment admonitions that Republicans shouldn’t attack one another, but the stakes are colossal as the Iowa “Hawkeye Cauci” can provide much needed momentum for the primaries in the New Hampshire (aka Granite State, according to “www.50state.com, “Granite is the traditional rock in New Hampshire. It gave New Hampshire its nickname of the “Granite State” New Hampshire once had a large industry surrounding the quarrying of granite”, and South Carolina and Florida. There is no extra charge for the useless trivia regarding New Hampshire (Live free or die” y’all). Too, some polls indicate that almost 50% of Iowa voters are still undecided, which I will cut them some slack as the Republican candidates have been like a Baskin Robbins ice cream flavor of the week or month promotion making it difficult to commit to one individual as their BFF for 2012! This could mean that some of the Hawkeye polls showing Ron Paul as a frontrunner will be meaningless as undecided Iowan’s will not break for the bizarre Libertarian on January 3rd 2012. I was disgusted by Paul’s appearance on Jay Leno awhile back where he accused Bachmann of hating Muslims and Santorum as despising Muslims and gays, which was below the belt even for Representative Paul.

It has been entertaining to see Newt respond to the 10 to $12 million dollars of negative campaigning against him. Clearly, the premise that voters despise negative television ads is comical because it is used to great advantage every election cycle. Newt better raise some money quickly if he wants to stay in the top tier of the Republican primary race as snippy rebuttals to Paul and Romney are necessary evils, coupled with making sure that he is on the ballot in all 50 states. That Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich couldn’t manage to get on their respective name’s on the ballot in Virginia is embarassing and appaling. Perry is challenging the state of Virginia’s decision, but it shouldn’t have come down to this as a good ground game is imperative for those who would be President.

I’m still hoping that Michele Bachmann or Rick Santorum will shock the world by confounding the experts in Iowa, which will keep two of the top three Conservatives with Rick Perry being the other alive in these Presidential sweepstakes. Politico had reported that Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson would drop out of the Republican race nearly a week ago to launch a Libertarian bid, which was confirmed on Fox News’ “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” on Tuesday evening. This revelation was greeted by a collective yawn from coast-to-coast. I don’t really understand why Mr. Johnson would continue the fight as his candidacy has absolutely, positively no chance to capture even 1 or 2% in a general election. He’s no Donald Trump who could be a real factor in a three man race, however, I’m praying that Mr. Trump adheres to his ever busy schedule as a stellar business mogul and NBC’s ultimate boss on the “Apprentice” television show. Also, when your political enemies like former President Bill Clinton and a who’s who list of liberals endorse Jon Huntsman as the best Republican challenger then that tells you all you need to know about why Huntsman must be defeated. Clearly, this makes as much sense as the Dallas Cowboys hiring New York Giant football Coach Tom Couglin as a special consultant for this Sunday’s NFL showdown to determine the NFC East Champion.

We haven’t been bashful in defining libertarian Ron Paul as America’s punchline who toggles back and forth with an evil Mr. Magoo persona because of his terminally naive foreign policy, coupled with his racist newsletters in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Mr. Paul has disavowed any of the egregious material in these Ron Paul letters, but that defies reality when your name is on the product, especially when the Nazi Party endorsed this despicable material because of the antisemitic material. If we fast forward to 2011 his stance on abandoning Israel, coupled with cozying up to Iran’s nefarious regime right to build nuclear bombs shows just how hopelessly out of touch he is in an ever dangerous world. Shame on Iowa if they help Paul emerge victorious in their caucus, although the wonderful news is that he has zero chance of capturing the Republican nomination because of his extreme views. I was wrong though in my prediction awhile back that Paul couldn’t eclipse 10% in any state so we will have to stay tuned.

I am acutely aware that no candidate in America can rival Paul’s pied piper like control over many of his supporters. The zeal and fervor that the Paul maniacs have is admirable in some respects as many of these folks would probably run through a ring of fire in a gasoline suit at a British Petroleum oil rig. But, I have met Paul backers that are reasonable people so I don’t want to paint with a Texas sized brush either. A wildcard is that an angry Ron Paul could run as a third party candidate that could siphon off enough votes to propel Barack Hussein Obama to another term to finish off America. Somewhere in hell Saul Alinsky must be smiling as his acolyte has inflicted an incredible amount of damage on the United States of America already!

There have been some startling polls showing that Donald Trump would capture up to 19% of the votes if he runs as an independent, which would certainly ensure a victory for Obama. Let’s hope that “The Donald” stays busy building his empire and garnering blockbuster ratings on “The Apprentice” on NBC because he probably is still smarting from most of the Republican’s candidates spurning his debate with Newsmax on the Ion network. I thought that it was a public relations blunder by Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman “(D)”-Utah, Ron Paul, Rick Perry as there wasn’t a need to diss Donald Trump. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich showed savvy political instincts by agreeing to the debate as they could ultimately receive Trump’s endorsement. There have been rumors swirling that Jeb Bush or Sarah Palin could enter the race as no candidate has emerged as a clear cut front runner as the Republican’s have been featuring a flavor of the week format. Mitt Romney has the ground game and the campaign money to make the finals, however, 65% to 70% of the Conservative base has been suspicious of him from the onset. Moreover, I fear that Romney’s Mormon faith will preclude him from carrying the South. I’m certainly not labeling Evangelical Christians as bigots as I count myself as a proud member in this group, but 2008 was very instructive as Mike Huckabee owned this constituency. Too, I believe that Gingrich will catch fire in the land of Dixie, which will prove my theory.

I loved former Democrat strategist Pat Caddell’s advice for Newt Gingrich who has been relentlessly savaged by massive negative ads by Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in Iowa. Caddell said that Newt should say that any attacks on him are on attack on American’s. Plus, the “Newster” should position himself as an outsider as he has been targeted for destruction by elites on both sides of the aisle because he was effective as a Speaker of the House. I have said it before that Newt or the more Conservative candidates should have hired Dick Morris to enhance their chances of winning the GOP ring. Newt is going to need “mo money” sooner than ASAP to battle the onslaught against him. I forgot the pundit that declared that some self depreciating humor by Newt would also help to rehabilitate his image of being an arrogant know it all, but I agree with that expert. That said, I’m still holding out hope that Michele Bachmann will over deliver expectations in Iowa to ignite her campaign in New Hampshire and beyond.

In last Saturday’s Republican debate in Des Moines, there was certainly some highlights from most of the candidates. Before we get started, I think that the Ron Paul momentum due to establishment types from both sides of the aisle starring as political assassins against Newt Gingrich must be stopped sooner than ASAP. Ron Paul is a fringe candidate (dare I say zany, right Mitt?!?) that should have been disqualified months ago when he intimated that he saw the barbaric terrorist’s point of view that caused 3,000 of Americans citizens to be slaughtered on 9-11. Representative Paul could possibly be worse than Barack Hussein Obama on national defense because he is clueless about evil regimes such as Iran who he thinks should have a right to secure nuclear weapons. Moreover, his newsletters in the late 80’s and early 90’s were troubling to say the least including the assertion that the riots in Los Angeles were stopped only because the black people needed to get their welfare checks. Ron Paul is a classic Mr. Magoo clone on steroids that is a stumbling, bumbling candidate that needs to retire. I do agree with Karl Rove that he has virtually no shot to seize the Republican nomination because his support, although passionate is rather limited. But, it is time that Ron Paul is vetted just like the other Republican contenders who have all have been subjected to unfair scrutiny, unlike Barack Hussein Obama whose Press Secretaries in the “insanestream liberal media” ran extensive interference into Obama’s radical past. If I was a consultant on Newt’s, Bachmann’s, Perry’s, or Santorum team I would have television commercials produced that showed Paul sympathizing with our enemies, especially the 9-11 statement that was eerily similar to Obama’s former Reverend Wright who blamed America for the attacks.

I thought that Rick Perry performed better than expectations in the debate, in fact, if Governor Perry would have nixed the first few debates including his infamous stance on tuition assistance for illegal aliens that are clearly magnets then he might still be in the top tier. I also appreciated Mr. Perry coming to Newt’s defense on the question of calling the Palestinian citizens “invented people” who are really Arabs when Perry excoriated Obama’s horrific foreign policy decisions.

As Mike Huckabee reminded us he was fourth in the polls before his shocking upset victory in Iowa so anything is possible, especially with a fickle electorate that can’t pick a candidate for more than a few weeks. I’m afraid that the Conservative base is listening too much to pundits, politicians and media hacks who are trying to foist Mitt Romney on us whether we like it or not. Their attitude of shut up and coronate Mitt is offensive. I personally like Mitt Romney, but I don’t want to be devastated like I was when George W. Bush was pushing for amnesty for illegal aliens, coupled with giving us more entitlement spending via the prescription drug plan for platinum citizens. I don’t trust Romney will be a rock ribbed Ronald Reagan type President after hearing him say that he believes in man made global warming and describing himself as a progressive. It has been progressives, liberal Democrats, and Marxist’s, but then I repeat myself that have America poised for “Final Jeopardy”, sans Alex Trebek. That said, Mitt Romney would be infinitely superior to President Obama, however, now is the time for all patriots to insist on a genuinely conservative candidate as a remedy against possible economic Armageddon.

Michele Bachmann was very humorous with her Newt-Romney refrain in the debate portraying the two frontrunners as quasi liberals. Bachmann’s “frugal Socialist” description of Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on the Glen Beck radio show a couple of weeks ago was certainly provocative. We will see if Representative Bachmann can ignite her candidacy in Iowa just like Huckabee who shocked the world in 2008.

Rick Santorum was stellar in his performance, and is seemingly as “wonkish” as New Gingrich on the full slate of issues in my opinion. We will know more after January 3rd if the former Senator can be a factor in 2012!

The debate in Iowa last night was a real barnburner too, which we will cover at a later date. But, this weekend is the time for some National Football League action. What time is it? Well, it could be Tebow time again where he can work some magic against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. I love me some Tebow, although I’ll be a long suffering Dallas Cowboy fan for life, unless they revamp their entire secondary to contain Eli Manning and the New York Giants.

The 12th Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday night was an intriguing affair as the six combatants traded an array of criticisms, barbs and fireworks at one another in the countdown to the January 3rd Hawkeye caucus. I applaud ABC’s Television format that allowed the candidates had enough time to articulate their vision for America, versus some of the previous debates where the bell or buzzer seemingly went off in 30 seconds like a game show atmosphere. This debate had some some of the marginal candidates such as Jon Huntsman on the sidelines, which was a welcome development because he really is too liberal for many Conservative’s taste, and there are reports that Mr. Huntsman would consider a 3rd Party Presidential run. Clearly, if this was the case than Huntsman would only embarrass himself as he wouldn’t garner more than 1% or 2% of the vote. Conversely, if Ron Paul or Donald Trump entered as independents in the Presidential race they could ensure victory for Barack Hussein Obama so I pray that this does not happen.

Republican candidates that had dramatically spurned the “Donald” for his Newsmax debate on Ion television slated for December 27th, should have strongly considered the public relation’s implications of upsetting Mr. Trump, plus I question their motives if they are kowtowing to establishment elites on both sides of the aisle. The “insanestream liberal media’s” snobbish declarations that Mr. Trump is not a serious enough moderator represents comedy at it’s worst as Press Secretary’s for Barack Hussein Obama from CNN, MSNBC, CNBC supposedly are just dandy in their not so concealed efforts to draw blood from the Republican candidates during previous debates. Case in point, George Stephanopoulos who was on the ABC panel worked in the Clinton Administration, and a large array of media journalist’s and commentators mirror this formula by working for Democratic candidates or causes before invading newspapers or airwaves from coast-to-coast or sea to shining sea. Georgie did his level best to score points against Newt Gingrich on Saturday night via Newt’s past transgressions,and his recent Palestinian flap with an Israeli reporter where he said that the Palestinian people were “An invented people”, while Diane Sawyer was the consummate professional on Saturday night. Newt’s contention was that Palestinian’s were really just Arabs, but Mr. Stephanopoulos thought this was a monumental issue. Interestingly, almost ever liberal I have ever met supports Palestinians over Israel, but they can’t get their arms around the fact that a large majority of Palestine considers America to be the great “Great Satan”. Moreover, Palestinians would kill an American liberal just as quickly as a Conservative or independent citizen if given the opportunity, plus these are the same people who jubilantly danced in the streets when we were struck on 9-11.

Herman Cain notable absence at the debate was a shame too, as he was bounced from the race by allegations of sexual harassment and affairs by women who got their “Oscar”, “Emmy” and “Academy Award” on as it wouldn’t have surprised me if they were paid large sums of money by the Democratic National Committee or the Obama White House to destroy Mr. Cain’s reputation. Frankly, I’m not sure if Herman was innocent of all of these charges because if was targeted in an orchestrated smear campaign then he should have taken lie detector test’s and hired a dream team lawyer brigade to to bring forth lawsuits for defamation of character against these women. I mean we should put these women in “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” museum because they had more checkered past’s than an unregistered “Big Apple” cab, plus they emerged after decades of silence only after Herman Cain was the frontrunner in the Republican sweepstakes.

I’m getting sick and tired of hearing establishment types on both sides of the political spectrum smugly declaring that only candidate Mitt Romney has a ghost of a chance against Barack Obama. I personally like Mitt Romney, but conventional wisdom from an cadre of political pundits has been so unreliable these past few election cycles that we need to laugh at these wizards of smart that said that Hillary was in a shoo-in to win the Presidency in 2008. These geniuses also told us that Americans embrace fuzzy headed moderates like John McCain who would appeal to the virtuous independents, which backfired big time as he was more timid than the Lion in Wizard of Oz pre-Emerald City. McCain insisted on treating Obama with kid gloves when Barack had more scandalous baggage in his past then a “Samsonite” factory. And, now Rush Limbaugh has reported that the Republican National Committee is admonishing any candidates to refrain from attacks or pointed criticism of Barack Hussein Obama. Meanwhile, Obama’s minions with help from radical sources such as Marxist Union leaders, coupled with American hating icons such as George Soros and Michael Moore reportedly will give our hapless President $1 billion cash on hand to wage one of the most negative campaigns in American history. What happened to “Hope and change that we can believe in” back during the 2008 campaign that has been transformed into 2011-2012’s “Slash and burn” any one who dares to disagree with Comrade Obama. The President can’t paper over his deplorable record though with over 70% of American’s believing that our country is on the wrong track.

I was saddened to see that Herman Cain was suspending his campaign, especially when these women held their powder for decades about alleged sexual harassment and affairs until Cain was a Republican front runner. There are no coincidences when dealing with President Obama whose Chicago thug tactics unsealed divorce records of two of his opponents in Illinois when it appeared defeat was inevitable. If Cain is innocent of these charges then it is a shame that he didn’t respond to this seemingly Democratic orchestrated circus that was all about destroying a successful black man that dared to be Conservative. Nobody does the politics of personal destruction like liberals who kiss the ring of terrorist’s regimes including Cuba, Syria, and Iran, but should have their own reality show called “When Democrats attack!” when it is Republican opposition.

Cain should have taken a lie detector test if the parade of women accusers were politically and financially motivated opportunist’s. Moreover, Cain should have sued them for defamation of character or invited/demanded that they take the polygraph test’s too! Conservative pundits should know that playing not to lose (i.e. prevent defense) in a fool’s strategy destined for failure who are all whining about the shortcoming’s of all of our candidates, except Mitt Romney where they are appearing as defacto Press Secretary’s. Case in point, Brit Hume, Karl Rove and company continually dump on Newt Gingrich as being unelectable. Personally, I’m concerned that Romney’s Mormon religion can and will be used against him, especially in the South where he has never fared well. I’m a Christian who would pull the lever for Mitt Romney in a New York milisecond versus Obama, but I’m not so sure about many of my brother’s and sister’s in the Evangelical sect. Clearly, Obama’s anti-Christian speeches where he called believers “bitter clingers who cling to their guns and their Bibles” and his pro-Islamic rants didn’t seem to hurt him last election, but we will all need to stay tuned. And, the most humorous sideshow is listening to incessant chatter from liberal journalist’s and commentators arrogantly declaring that Obama would landslide Newt in a head to head match-up. What planet our these dweebs from as Obama’s numbers are lower than Lyndon Baines Johnson and Jimmy Carter at this point in their respective Presidencies? Plus, call me naive or shortsighted, but I don’t usually follow my enemies advice as this seems to be a comically transparent poison pill employed by these jokers. I’m still endorsing Michele Bachmann who called Newt a “frugal Socialist” on the Glen Beck radio show yesterday, which should generate some fireworks in the coming days. I like Representative Bachmann have some serious reservations about Mr. Gingrich. But, this 2012 campaign’s theme will always be ABO (Anybody but Obama) for me, and hopefully for a suffering American populace.

P.S Obama’s pathetic mantra of his White House bringing “us back from the brink” needs to be mocked and ridiculed. Put together all of the economic metrics from Bush in 2007 and 2008 where unemployment ranged from 4.6% to 7.6% when Obama put his hand on the Koran, ahem Bible to a real unemployment rate of 18% now that has been fraudulently adjusted to 8.6%. Obama has been the ultimate evil game show host via “Wheel of Misfortune”, “Steal or no Steal”, “Serious Jeopardy”, and “Extreme Marxist Makeover” as the work force has been dramatically downsized, despite population growth. Housing is much worse with American homeowners needing life jackets as million’s of folks are now drowing with Obama at the helm versus the George W. Bush’s years too. Ditto for food stamp usage, debts and deficits that are at world record levels under Obama too.