John Nolte at Big Journalism makes a great point here. One of the characteristics we must demand from the GOP candidate is an ability to take on the Liberal media. The liberal media is the 10th man on the ball field. A big, hulking, unavoidable, powerhouse of left-wing narrative fueling adrenaline that cannot be avoided. No matter how hard we try, some people still watch, listen, and believe what those morons have to say about Republicans, and issues, and ignore what they will not say about Democrats. If the nominee is not prepared or capable of going toe-to-toe with the palace guards they had better get capable or regardless of how good they would be if elected they’ll get McCained and we’ll get four more years of Obama.
While I am still holding out hope that someone else might enter the race, until such time there is only one candidate willing and able to fight that war. It’s this guy.
Newt Gingrich, for all his flaws, and they are ample–he is after all a politician–has one skill set that no other current primary candidate has demonstrated. He takes it to the media and makes it about Obama, and that strategy can win given the field we have left to work with.
In this clip, Gingrich takes it the hole again, slamming the media and making it about the Media and Obama, whom they never scrutinized. This is pure politics, but then politics is how you get stuff done. This is how you beat the media. This is how you fight the scorched earth campaign any nominee will face from Obama . You neuter the media and force them into a corner.
Does Newt have the other attributes to get him the nomination? No idea. But for now, we get to enjoy this.
