At a Tea Party rally in Florida this morning, Gingrich let loose on Romney:"Let's be clear, you're watching ads paid for with the money taken from the people of Florida by companies like Goldman Sachs, recycled back into ads to try to stop you from having a choice in this election," he said, via POLITICO's Ginger Gibson. "That's what this is all about."
"Let's be clear, you're watching ads paid for with the money taken from the people of Florida by companies like Goldman Sachs, recycled back into ads to try to stop you from having a choice in this election," he said, via POLITICO's Ginger Gibson. "That's what this is all about."
... The only sort of scenario that I could see seriously challenging Romney's inevitability would be if the Iowa Republican Party's final certification of their caucus results (due by Friday) shows Rick Santorum actually won and if Newt Gingrich manages to pull off a miracle victory in South Carolina. That would turn the Romney trifecta narrative (wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina) on its head (suddenly he'd be one for three, winning only in his backyard of New Hampshire). But even if that happens he still would have Florida as a backstop, right? Other than Romney, no other Republican campaign can afford to compete there, right?
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The only sort of scenario that I could see seriously challenging Romney's inevitability would be if the Iowa Republican Party's final certification of their caucus results (due by Friday) shows Rick Santorum actually won and if Newt Gingrich manages to pull off a miracle victory in South Carolina. That would turn the Romney trifecta narrative (wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina) on its head (suddenly he'd be one for three, winning only in his backyard of New Hampshire). But even if that happens he still would have Florida as a backstop, right? Other than Romney, no other Republican campaign can afford to compete there, right?
Newt Gingrich unloads on Mitt Romney heading into final Florida primary debate
Senator Rubio gets it, the ads Romney and Newt are throwing at each other are going to hurt the eventual nominee. And Gingrich actually pulled the ad. The Republicans have noticed they're making Obama's job easier. Maybe they've been watching the rise in popcorn sales. Whatever it is, they're actually worried about November. Damn, my popcorn tastes a little extra special this morning.
Bob Dole: In my run for the presidency... the Dems greeted me with a number of negative TV ads, and in every one of them Newt was in the ad.
Here's Schumpeter on democracy. I'm sure Romney and Hollande would agree with that, too:
Schumpeter expounded a theory of democracy which sought to challenge what he called the "classical doctrine". He disputed the idea that democracy was a process by which the electorate identified the common good, and politicians carried this out for them. He argued this was unrealistic, and that people's ignorance and superficiality meant that in fact they were largely manipulated by politicians, who set the agenda. This made a 'rule by the people' concept both unlikely and undesirable. Instead he advocated a minimalist model, much influenced by Max Weber, whereby democracy is the mechanism for competition between leaders, much like a market structure. Although periodic votes by the general public legitimize governments and keep them accountable, the policy program is very much seen as their own and not that of the people, and the participatory role for individuals is usually severely limited.
