I believe Newt has proven again and again that he is a great professor and historical writer, but an extremely damaged politician ... I like to hear his opinions, but he is not worthy of any public office in my opinion!!!
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > I liked Newt.....I'm convinced that Newt will play an instrumental part in > the Trump Administration..... > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> The incredible amount of flux in the elections here in the past few days >> is unprecedented. >> >> Who were you pulling for as VP? Personally I thought each of them had a >> downside - including Pence. >> >> On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 4:28:41 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: >>> >>> I thnk it's a done deal.....Everything is pointing to Pence, and it will >>> be a big surprise now if it's not Pence....Gingrich has already pretty much >>> conceded that Pence is the choice. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:56 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The deadline for Pence to withdraw from the governor's race is tomorrow >>>> (the Star is saying he already has). Then, a committee of 22 republicans >>>> have 30 days to name his replacement on the ballot for November. That means >>>> whoever does get the nod then has 2.5 months to campaign before the vote in >>>> November. >>>> >>>> Second, the three people being mentioned for Pence's replacement are US >>>> Representative Susan Brooks, US Representative Todd Rokita (both of whom >>>> have made preparations to remove themselves from ballots and run for >>>> governor instead) and the current Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb - who was named >>>> as a replacement in March of this year when the previous Lt. Governor >>>> resigned. >>>> >>>> So that throws 2 of the House races here into disarray and in need of >>>> replacement candidates too. >>>> >>>> To top it off, former democrat representative Baron HIll, who was set >>>> to run for our US Senate seat vacated by republican Dan Coats, has >>>> withdrawn his bid and former governor and US Senator Evan Bayh will be >>>> running against republican Todd Young, who is currently serving his second >>>> term as a US representative - thus leaving yet another congressional >>>> district with no incumbent. >>>> >>>> I've never seen such upheaval at one time in my life! This state is >>>> going to be as fun to watch as the national elections for once. >>>> >>>> For the record, I'd like to see Susan Brooks win the governorship and >>>> Todd Young in the Senate. I voted for democrat Evan Bayh twice as governor >>>> and twice as senator - as he used to be a very moderate/conservative >>>> democrat, but then in his second term veered far left right alongside >>>> Hillary during the 2008 presidential campaign (he was widely touted as a >>>> potential running mate for her when everyone thought she would win the >>>> nomination). Bayh and Clinton were among the 2 dozen leftwing democrats to >>>> oppose the nominations of two highly qualified SC justices (Roberts and >>>> Alito) and then turn around and vote to appoint the least qualified and >>>> most radical one ever nominated - Sonia Sotomayor. >>>> >>>> Should be interesting. Bayh has the huge advantage (having been >>>> governor), but it will depend on how many recall that he sadly became such >>>> a partisan hack before leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>> >>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>> * It's active and moderated. 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