Neuter Newt!

David Gregory - NBC

Newt Gingrich is incredibly and indisputably smart. He’s been in the Washington beltway for decades now, probably too long. To believe that he fell prey to the “combative” questioning of David Gregory, truly an obvious liberal lightweight interviewer, and that the former Speaker was even caught in a bit of a word trap with the NBC anchor is  very unbelievable. 

I personally think he is politically smart to talk his way out of anything without dropping verbal RINO stink-bombs like “radical,“ ”right-wing“ and ”social engineering” in such close proximity to Ryan's plan embraced by so many conservatives.

Gingrich - Ryan

I’m also convinced that such a smart politico would deliver such a simple message like "we need to get Americans’ support before we do something" with such clumsy messaging is because Newt fears a potential Paul Ryan run for president and was seeking to distance himself.  We‘re in a much different world politically than we were in 1994 and Newt needs a drastic plan to turn today’s tide back in his favor.  More plausible is that Gingrich knows he’s not going to win over the GOP primary voters as “the establishment candidate.”

With many older dedicated GOP voters likely uncomfortable with the idea of changes to Medicare, the Gingrich camp used very deliberate language (“social engineering”) to try and drive a political wedge in the GOP base. 

With today‘s momentum flowing in the tea party’s support, it’s unlikely other candidates would step out to try to grab this bloc of voters, leaving them largely up for grabs. While tea party favorites divvied up the fiscal hawk voters, Gingrich may try and get a large group without risking more moderate stakes in a potential general election contest.

Hopefully, voters will see Newt Gingrich for what he was and now is, an older career politician who needs to take a back seat to younger, more conservative and aggressive candidates.

Neuter Newt - It's Time for Conservative Values!