2/12/11 - Here is video of Ann Coulter at CPAC today, where she was asked what she thought about the "2012 GOP playing field." She hesitated, and then said she would just come out with what she thinks - If Chris Christie does not run, then she believes Mitt Romney will win the GOP Nomination, but lose to Obama.
For a guy who has never done anything at the national level; who has a personal cameraman following him around to capture those special “YouTube moments” where he confronts public sector union members; and who has taken troubling positions on gun control, illegal immigration, judges, global warming, and Obamacare (to name but a few), it takes real hubris to pillory Newt Gingrich.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday dubbed Mitt Romney’s showing in South Carolina “clearly disappointing,” but quickly turned his focus to Newt Gingrich, saying he has been “an embarrassment to the party.”
Christie, a key Romney surrogate in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, blasted Gingrich on NBC’s “Meet the Press” for his ethics violation fine and losing the speakership in the House, saying that “sometimes past is prologue… Newt Gingrich has embarrassed the party over time. Whether he’ll do it again in the future I don’t know, but Gov. Romney never has,” Christie said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“I mean he was run out of the speakership by his own party, he was fined $300,000 for ethics violations. This is a guy that has had a very difficult political career at times, and has been an embarrassment to the party,” Christie added.
…While Christie has pointed to Romney’s difficulties in connecting with people before, he said Sunday it’s due to Romney being a “reserved guy.” He then turned to what he deemed Gingrich’s liabilities… “Strategic adviser? That is the oldest Washington dodge in the book. That’s because he didn’t want to register as a lobbyist,” Christie said.
…Christie also addressed the vice presidency question once again, saying, “If I’m approached I will listen, but my inclination, I want to make it very clear, is that I want to stay governor of New Jersey.”
News flash, Krispy: you ain’t gonna be the VP. And, by the way, Newt Gingrich has accomplished 20 times more for the conservative movement and the Republican Party than you have.
Donald Trump says a third-party candidate could beat President Barack Obama in 2012 and he again does not rule out being that contender. The real estate mogul also told Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren Wednesday he does not think a Republican candidate can beat Obama if a third-party candidate enters the presidential race.
“People want me to run — they want me to run as a Republican — they want me to run as an independent. This has been going on for a long time,” Trump said. “I would consider it if the country keeps going the way it’s going and if the Republicans pick the wrong person, which is a possibility.”
Van Susteren asked Trump whether a third-party candidate would not just siphon votes away from the GOP nominee and bolster Obama’s re-election chances.
“No, I don’t think so at all. I think if it’s the right person — very high-profile, somebody respected that built, perhaps a great, great business, which I have, in my case,” Trump said. “I really think a third-party candidate can win — I think the Republicans would not win . . . I think a third-party candidate would win. I think, in my case, I could take a lot of votes from Obama.
“But it’s a very interesting process that is going on with [a] third party. Look, the Republicans are disliked by everybody — the Democrats are disliked by everybody,” he said. “The right third-party candidate could come in — in my opinion — and win. I do think if it’s somebody like me, or the people they mentioned, I think it would mean the Republicans can’t win . . . but a third-party candidate can.”
