Former House Speaker and potential 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich predicted a conservative comeback in November’s midterm elections, thanks to voter discontent with Democratic leaders, and framed the contest as a “struggle over whether or not we are going to save America.”
Addressing a standing room-only crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, Gingrich called the “secular, socialist machine” that he said now controls the country “antithetical to the survival to America as a prosperous healthy country based on sound principles.”
Addressing a standing room-only crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, Gingrich called the “secular, socialist machine” that he said now controls the country “antithetical to the survival to America as a prosperous healthy country based on sound principles.”
“I believe we’re going to control the House and the Senate as of the end of this year. I believe we will elect a new president in 2012,” Gingrich predicted midway through his speech, as some in the crowd began to chant, “Newt! Newt!”
“The coming massive conservative majority that will recenter this country decisively for the first time in 70 years would not have been possible without the Pelosi-Reid-Obama machine, which has convinced the country that if the choice is radicalism or conservatism, let’s go ahead and defeat the radicals and put the country back on the right track,” said Gingrich.
With the economy playing a key issue in the upcoming elections, Gingrich joked that “President Obama has created at least three jobs I know of — Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie and Scott Brown.”
Rather than defer to a Democratic White House on key issues for the next three years, Gingrich said Republicans should call for “principled, responsible bipartisanship.”
He said that time should be split between both parties at the president’s health care summit next week, and that governors should be included in the debate, too. He again called for negotiations to be broadcast on C-SPAN. But Gingrich also said the current bill should be scrapped and that the process should start again by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as litigation reform — which many Democrats in fact oppose.
Gingrich drew loud applause from the audience when he called for passing a balanced budget amendment, and addressing alleged corruption in government employee unions.
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“The coming massive conservative majority that will recenter this country decisively for the first time in 70 years would not have been possible without the Pelosi-Reid-Obama machine, which has convinced the country that if the choice is radicalism or conservatism, let’s go ahead and defeat the radicals and put the country back on the right track,” said Gingrich.
With the economy playing a key issue in the upcoming elections, Gingrich joked that “President Obama has created at least three jobs I know of — Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie and Scott Brown.”
Rather than defer to a Democratic White House on key issues for the next three years, Gingrich said Republicans should call for “principled, responsible bipartisanship.”
He said that time should be split between both parties at the president’s health care summit next week, and that governors should be included in the debate, too. He again called for negotiations to be broadcast on C-SPAN. But Gingrich also said the current bill should be scrapped and that the process should start again by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as litigation reform — which many Democrats in fact oppose.
Gingrich drew loud applause from the audience when he called for passing a balanced budget amendment, and addressing alleged corruption in government employee unions.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/33224.html