Matt Yglesias

12 Responses to “Limbaugh v. Gingrich”

1. thetenant Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am

   Preaching to the choir here? Calling Newt stupid will go down well with the base… it is the Limbaughesque thing to do. I’d rather do the Obamaesque thing and defeat Newt using more sophisticated weapons.

2. SH Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 9:37 am

   Don’t you think this is why Palin has kept her piehole shut about this? I think she wants to come across as more moderate & try to appeal to the more moderate Rs & Is.

3. El Cid Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 9:42 am

   possessing an entirely undeserved veneer of reasonableness

   Pretty much describe’s Newt’s entire career.

4. msw Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 10:02 am

   Newt’s a Hannity man all the way.

5. Rob Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am

   Newt just has nothing to lose and everything to gain. He has no office, he has no real hope of getting office, all he has to gain is a non-elected GOP position and if he becomes the Republican counterpoint to Rush, that will surely help book sales.

6. ET Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 11:23 am

   Ditto what Rob says.

   The others apologized because the jobs and money for re-election would have been hurt and they knew it. Not to mention Gingrich’s ego is huge enough to get him though any “difficulty” Rush is going to try and hurl in his direction.

7. Bragan Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 2:46 pm

   All the internecine feuding and jockeying for position among the GOP and “conservatives,” doesn’t it make you long for a Crossfire Deathmatch? Last man/cretin standing. Or maybe in keeping with March Madness, we could set up an 16 slot bracket?

   Gingrich v. Limbaugh (bloviating fatso division)
   Jindal v. Palin (overrated non-white guy division)
   Huckabee v. Romney (rematch division
   McCain v. himself (cranky division)
   Michael Steele v. Joe the Plumber (populist fool division)
   George Will v. David Brooks (mamby-pamby pundits division)
   Bill Kristol v. Charles Krauthammer (neocon division)
   Karl Rove v. Michael Gerson (Dubya propagandists division)

8. Jinchi Says:
   March 10th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

   I think you missed part of the debate. Rush essentially has effectively pushed Newt not to apologize:

   “I mean, next week Newt could come out and profess his total admiration and love for me if it would serve his purposes”

   So now, Newt will be branded an opportunist if he calls Rush’s show. So he won’t. But now, Newt can’t claim that he won’t be bullied by Rush Limbaugh, since Limbaugh has given him no opportunity to kiss the ring.

9. سحاق Says:
   March 16th, 2009 at 6:31 pm

   sry i just know how to write my name in arabic ) anyway however my english not that good but i think i get the point. thanks

10. sam Says:
    March 22nd, 2009 at 9:21 pm

    hello just thanks