Much has been written about Sarah Palin, her resignation from office, her affairs, her ethics violations and her campaign style.  Newt Gingrich is also a quitter, had adulterous relationships, and committed ethics violations.  It seems they share something else in common.   The Newt is following in Sarah’s footsteps in his campaign style.  The Guardian has an insightful article on the use by Newt Gingrich of tactics of Sarah Palin.

Like Sarah Palin:

(1) Gingrich blames his own failings on the mainstream media. The example given is the attack of Gingrich on John King at the Republican debate when John asked for a response to the “open marriage” allegations of his ex-wife. Gingrich responded by at assault on “the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media.” He also referred to “personal pain.”

(2) Palin has repeatedly cast herself in the role of an “outsider.” Gingrich has also cast himself in the same role, even though he’s been the Speaker of the House, a lobbyist, and he served in the House of Representatives for twenty years, from 1979-1999.

(4) Gingrich claims a Tea Party-esque affinity with the “grass roots” and the “real people” but he has a net worth of 7 Million Dollars,  he has a “Moby Dick” problem (flying in private planes), and a Half-Million Dollar revolving line of credit at Tiffany & Company.  Gingrich must think the “real people” just never know when they might need a new piece of jewelry that costs Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars, and simply not have time to fill out the paper work for a loan.

(5) Finally Gingrich’s bigoted remarks about African-Americans is comparable to Sarah Palin’s racist attitudes.

While victory in the Republican primary for the Newt seems unlikely, stranger things have happened. They did elect Christine O’Donnell, the witch,

 

who was endorsed by Palin,

 

and Joe Miller, the guy who might have pornography on his computer,

who was also endorsed by Palin.

 

While the image of President Gingrich might find its way to the top of the list of your worst nightmares, there is hope. --Barack Obama’s likelihood of reelection has soared in the last few days to 56.8 percent, the highest it has been since last July. This movement correlates with Newt Gingrich’s increased likelihood of gaining the Republican nomination, now at 29.7 percent, up from about 5 percent. This upward trend also correlates with a simultaneous downward movement of Mitt Romney’s likelihood of winning the presidency if he wins the nomination, now at 44.0, down from about 48 percent.

 

 

Debates in the general election have not begun, but it appears today that if Gingrich wins the nomination, Obama is 2.75 percent more likely to win reelection.

 

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