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John of Des Moines
05-16-2011, 05:21 PM
Headed to the Newt event after the Herman event. Scheduled to start at 5:30. Got there at 5:50. No Newt, running late. Had crowd of about 125 or so. Crowd seemed more main stream republican types compared to Herman's crowd who were more tea party-ish.
angelatc
05-16-2011, 05:24 PM
I heard that some old guy told Newt to drop out now before he embarasses himself any more. ANd Newt flinched. :)
freedom-maniac
05-16-2011, 05:43 PM
I heard that some old guy told Newt to drop out now before he embarasses himself any more. ANd Newt flinched. :)

That is amazing.
HarryBrowneLives
05-16-2011, 05:46 PM
...125 people for Newt and 80 for Herman reportedly. That seems pretty lame with less than 90 days to go before the Ames Straw Poll. Thoughts?
freedom-maniac
05-16-2011, 05:52 PM
With Ron Paul, there would have been thousands. Gingrich has name recognition, so on his part this is really weak. However, for Cain, who doesn't have name recognition, it's understandable. Cain is still building, and it is possible that he could "pull a Huckabee" as the saying goes, to rapidly gain support and go from an underdog to a serious contender in the early primaries. Like Huckabee, his debate charisma is getting attention. I wouldn't underestimate him. He's a serious threat.

But Newt's campaign is basically neutered, no pun intended.
John of Des Moines
05-16-2011, 06:17 PM
...125 people for Newt and 80 for Herman reportedly. That seems pretty lame with less than 90 days to go before the Ames Straw Poll. Thoughts?

Dumb, cocky attitude of yours. This time last time around Huck was lucky to draw 50.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE NEWT GINGRICH!
Bruno
05-16-2011, 06:19 PM
Why do we always insult our own? We fight among ourselves too much.
HarryBrowneLives
05-16-2011, 07:02 PM
Dumb, cocky attitude of yours. This time last time around Huck was lucky to draw 50.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE NEWT GINGRICH!

Just askin' don't flame me doood!
John of Des Moines
05-16-2011, 07:08 PM
...125 people for Newt and 80 for Herman reportedly. That seems pretty lame with less than 90 days to go before the Ames Straw Poll. Thoughts?


Just askin' don't flame me doood!

I'll promise not to do that again, reportedly.
HarryBrowneLives
05-16-2011, 07:22 PM
TY Brotha!