Newt: Romney Is Weakest Front Runner Since 1920

On Sunday, Gingrich told Fox News host Chris Wallace that the former Massachusetts governor had one of the most anemic campaigns in the last 100 years.

“The fact is that Romney is probably the weakest Republican frontrunner since Leonard Wood in 1920, and Wood ultimately lost on the 10th ballot,” the former House Speaker asserted.

Gingrich was referring Gen. Leonard Wood, who was considered the Republican frontrunner in 1920 but eventually lost the nomination to Warren G. Harding at the convention.

Romney: ‘If I’m a weak frontrunner then what does that make Newt Gingrich?’

Well played!

I'd put Dole and McCain in that weak category too.....

I, myself, am hoping that no one receives enough delegates to secure the nomination before the convention. I'm hoping for a good old fashioned convention where the delegates choose the Republican they want, perhaps even a Republican who has not publicly sought the nomination prior to the convention.

I'm hoping that Romney gets hit by a bus before the convention and has to rely on his socialized health care for help.

It's a damn shame that Republicans can't even nominate a conservative anymore. Actually Romney would not get the nomination if the vote were not split between 1 RINO and 3 conservatives.

PrintSmith wrote: I, myself, am hoping that no one receives enough delegates to secure the nomination before the convention. I'm hoping for a good old fashioned convention where the delegates choose the Republican they want, perhaps even a Republican who has not publicly sought the nomination prior to the convention.

Oh, that would be good... picking a candidate out of the blue who has no campaign structure, no campaign funds and has to play catch up over a few months with the Democratic candidate and the Democratic machine. Then, what happens if they don't accept the nomination?

I'm not sure I agree with your police work there Lou. :Whistle

Have to agree with JSG, a brokered convention would be a disaster. Anybody But Obama.

Romney will be stronger than McCain/Palin I believe.

With high gas prices and a sluggish summer economy, Obama shouldn't be that hard to beat.

Romney does need a decent VP candidate though.

Another wild card nobody considers is what happens if the Supremes do the right thing and throw out Obamacare. That could be a disaster for the Dems this summer if their HC bill unravels. All that time/money wasted, and start over from scratch.

Obama ran as an unknown, now that he has a record, he will be easier to defeat. Clinton was the only two term Dem President since Truman.

JSG wrote:

PrintSmith wrote: I, myself, am hoping that no one receives enough delegates to secure the nomination before the convention. I'm hoping for a good old fashioned convention where the delegates choose the Republican they want, perhaps even a Republican who has not publicly sought the nomination prior to the convention.

Oh, that would be good... picking a candidate out of the blue who has no campaign structure, no campaign funds and has to play catch up over a few months with the Democratic candidate and the Democratic machine. Then, what happens if they don't accept the nomination?

I'm not sure I agree with your police work there Lou. :Whistle

I know - the Dems might actually have a problem trying to convince the voters that a candidate picked by the people instead of the party was beholden to special interests the way their candidate is and they are praying it doesn't happen - even the atheists among them.

If you don't think that the Republicans who are currently advocating for "their" candidate prior to the convention would get behind whomever is nominated to defeat Obama I have a bridge in Brooklyn that is up for sale that you could buy. I think Christie, Ryan and a couple others could handily beat Obama in the general election if the convention chose them over any of the current candidates. And as for the nominee of the convention not accepting it? Wouldn't happen. No one is going to ignore a call from citizens all across the union to serve them in that office. Local dogcatcher possibly, but not the union's top executive position.

There's are reasons why possible republican presidential candidates aren't running. Perhaps they have skeletons in the closet they don't want to disturb. Perhaps they know they are really not qualified.

I reject your assertion that "no one is going to ignore a call from citizens." Of course, we'll never know who is right unless this actually happens.