South Carolina Primary Brings Out "Newt The Streetfighter"

It was quite gratifying to see Newt Gingrich defeat Mitt Romney in such an emphatic manner yesterday in the South Carolina Primary. Conservatives all over the country are angry, there is no doubt.

They’re angry at Obama and the Democrats in Congress. By the way, this marks the 966^th day since Congress last passed a budget. They’re angry at the spineless Republican leadership in both houses of Congress. They’re angry at the Republican establishment, who don’t want to upset the precious independents and Moderates everywhere. Mostly they’re angry at the MSM who have up until now been picking their candidates for them and eliminating the ones they fear the most like Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain.

Although Rick Santorum is still hanging around, it was Newt that tapped into that anger this week during two debates in which he hung media elites, Juan Williams of Fox News and John King of CNN out to dry. It was obvious to me that even the Conservative Beltway media pundits who have openly displayed disdain toward tea party and grassroots conservatives throughout the campaign were disturbed last night as much as Romney was.

Karl Rove actually appeared desperate as he nervously ran the numbers for us on his little white slate in an attempt to convince us Newt hasn’t won the nomination yet.

Well, hardy ha ha Karl, I think we all know that, but can’t you just let us enjoy the moment for a bit..

I actually was surprised that Newt didn’t appear in a more celebratory mood during his victory speech, but then again that might only demonstrate his understanding  of the seriousness of the challenge facing him.

Romney spent millions, or at least the super pacs did in a scorched earth media blitz aimed at taking Newt out of the race in Iowa, and the policy continued right up until Saturday, but the majority of conservatives in the South Carolina primary would have none of it.

The negative attacks plus the media’s use of an angry ex wife only exasperated their anger. I actually think listening to Mary Ann dump on Newt for his desire to have an open marriage just illustrated the hypocrisy  of the MSM, who found nothing wrong with Bill and Hillary’s long established open marriage. Once again the anger keep’s growing among “the folks” as Bill O’Reilly might say, so keep it going Newt. Keep fighting back.

Romney has been weakened considerably by the results in SC and it feels like a revolt took place against the Republican Establishment and the MSM, doesn’t it? So we’ll just have to see, how Newt plays in Florida and throughout the South, but right now I think Conservatives every where want a street fighter to take President Obama on during the coming Presidential debates and expose him as the radical they all believe he is.

No one can envision Mitt Romney doing that. That is not the way Mitt works. My impression of Romney has always been someone who lurks around in the background letting his money and surogates  go to war against any conservative that has the audacity to run against one of his hand picked moderate Republicans. Politicians who call themselves conservatives and then do everything they can to disparage good conservative people running for office can’t be trusted any father than you can throw them. But that is all I’ll say about that for now…

When Mitt does say the things Conservatives and their leader Rush Limbaugh do want  him to say, it never seems sincere to them. If Newt can keep “half of his brain tied behind his head" as Rush often says and focus on channeling that anger found in the audiences of conservative talk radio hosts then I think he can win the nomination.  As Rush has always understood, most of the country is conservative, they just don’t know it, and conservatives are crying out for a Republican politician who can articulate what they have always felt, whether they realize it or not..

When Newt spoke to his supporters last night, he said “I’m not a good debator. I just articulate your words.” That statement alone indicates to me Newt does understand what conservatives want him to do, so we'll just have to see if he can continue what he started this week in South Carolina.