Iowa caucus results: Angry Newt Gingrich bolts after bad finish

[Fearless]

Newt Gingrich couldn’t get out of Iowa any faster unless he’d left before the caucuses started.

After an embarrassing fourth-place finish — a dramatic fall for a candidate who enjoyed front-runner status just two weeks ago — Gingrich gave an angry speech and his demoralized campaign jetted out of Des Moines on a charter flight before the clock even struck midnight in Iowa.

His plane headed to New Hampshire, but his campaign is headed for uncertainty. After collapsing in Iowa under the weight of a barrage of negative Mitt Romney ads — not to mention his campaign’s slow, disorganized response to the attacks — Gingrich will land in the Granite State running fourth in polls there as well, just six days before the Jan. 10 primary.

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Couldn't have happened to a more loathsome person!

[DCKit]

1. Jeebus, did he think they were going to fall for his noble loser act and make him the winner?

He's been saying for days that he expected to come in 4th.

What a freak.

[JHB]

21. Yes. Yes, he did.

And yes, he is.

[Bozita]

2. I'm buying. Drinks are on me!

[Gringostan]

63. I'll drink to that

I'll drink to that.

[freshwest]

3. Hehehe

[Rex]

4. Newt the Loser.

[SkyDaddy7]

5. I wish Newt had the money to

Launch a furry of attacks on Romeny heading into the NH vote...but now Romney is going to be able to skate to victory with little opposition which sucks!

I want to see the Republicans turn their nasty ways on each other & now that looks like it will not happen...Maybe Ron Paul has enough money to attack Romney before his campaign ends in SC. But most Republicans could care less what Ron Paul has to say so I doubt his ads will do any damage to Mitt "Magic Underwear" Romney.

Now with Romney, his many Super PACS & the Republican Party allied with many on the Left to see Obama lose come November things don't look good for the country.

[bread_and_roses]

11. Who (or which? what?) "on the left"is "allied" with Republicans?

I am not aware of anyone "on the left" allied with Romney/his super PACS/Republican Party for purposes of "see[ing] Obama lose" or anything else.

Of course, I am a simple person, very much out of the loop and often confused by the use of "the Left" both around here and in MSM in general.

[SkyDaddy7]

53. Many post here on DU

Have said they would not be voting for Obama, running a primary candidate against Obama which would end all hopes of reelection like it did Carter & something I have read here & had OWS folks tell me is they plan of "teaching Obama & the Democrats a lesson" come November...Which tops the cake of absurdities!

The only folks being taught a lesson would be women, homosexuals, kids on their parents insurance, sick children w/preexisting conditions, folks on Medicare who hit the doughnut hole, etc., that all the gains that were made in their favor were not as important as simply taking a stand on principal & allowing those gains to have never passed...Therefore a message must be sent or a lesson must be taught to Obama & the Democrats in the form of a government completely controlled by the GOP. I GUESS.

[Mz Pip]

59. It happened before

in 1968. Johnson did not seek re-election due to his being mired down in the Vietnam war. RFK was assasinated, the anti-war people wanted McCarthy but Humphrey got the nomination and could not hang on to the base of the Democratic party. Enter Nixon.

Although not exactly the same there are parallels. If Obama loses the base it's not a stretch to imagine a Republican in the White House.

[Amonester]

62. I would be very "surprised" if the OWS movement would do all it can ...

to make sure a $250 million one-percenter will occupy the WH and raise taxes on everybody who is not a millionnaire, while cutting taxes (again) for himself...

If so, you can count me (and my friends) out... and fast...

[Mz Pip]

64. Me, too

I'll not bite my nose to spite my face, as the saying goes. I have my issues with Obama, but I positively detest Romney.

I wasn't old enough to vote in 1968 but I do remember the mood, the unrest, the contempt for the status quo. And for what's it's worth Nixon was a liberal compared to the likes of what passes for Republicans these days. Even Romney.

[JHB]

22. "allied with many on the Left"?

It's that kind of thinking that creates the very "alliance" you think you see.

[SkyDaddy7]

51. BULLSHIT!

I was told over & over again here on DU from the post that I have read that called for teaching Obama & the Democrats a lesson and not voting and/or running a primary candidate...There have been several on the Greatest Threads page as well. Listen to the OWS folks many of them repeating the same "teach Obama a lesson" absurdity.

If those folks don't want Obama re-elected then they want the same exact thing as those on the Right do...It has NOTHING to do with my "thinking" it has everything to do with why we have lost elections in the past. Let us keep it real here...I have read some really absurd things here on DU since Obama got elected but blaming ME & others for the Left/Right alliance is close to the top.

[JHB]

57. Horseshit!

You've heard a bunch on quasi-anonymous posters on an internet message board froth and foam about the need to teach the administration a lesson. So what? What kind of numbers do thay have?

If it's just a fringe that can't make any difference, then let them "teach". But if you have even the smallest concern that enough people might agree with that view to make a difference, then maybe something should be done to change that. I won't even get into whether "the Left" (or more accurately, "the lefts", since it's hardly monolithic) is the "base of the party", but either it is a consitituency needed for victory or it's not. If they are not, who cares what they think. But if they are, who cares what you think? Shore up the goddamn flank and get them on board.

If you believe horseshit about a "Left/Right alliance" then congratulations, you have become Ralph Nader, complete with that blurred Ralphievision that can see broad superficial similarities but can't distinguish important details.

You've read (over and over, in your words) that people feel the need to teach Obama a lesson. WHY? Why do they feel that way?!? Not each and every individual complaint, but the sum total...what's the pattern you see there? Do you see people in some ideological fantasy fog? or people who are damn tired of having pretty words blown in their direction every four years and given the bum's rush the rest of the time, especially when outfits on the other side have repeatedly shown that credible threats of electoral pain gets results.

And reaching for "lost elections in the past" is exactly the sort of political-consultant spun crap I'm talking about. Unless you can explain to me why anyone who mentions "Ted Kennedy 1980" magically forgets the words "Iranian Hostage Crisis" and "Desert One Fiasco", or "Nader 2000" without asking why anyone believed his myopic "no difference" line. What were they thinking of that made that sound anything but loopy? What let that get any traction at all?

Can you answer those questions? Do you know those details? Or do you think "the Left" just exists in this weird ideological fog? If the last, then be careful about ranting about a "Left/Right alliance", because there is another group that thinks liberals live in a weird ideological fog...they're called conservatives.

In truth, "The Left" is actually a pretty cheap date...give them some hope and you'll leave the actual radical parts high and dry. But if you don't want to pay that smaller-than-you-think price, you get what you pay for.

[kenfrequed]

60. Of course

It makes it easier to continue to castigate and blame the left for all ills. And why not? The last thing the punditocracy wants it that the left be powerful enough and taken seriously enough by the candidates that they ought to actually try to campaign towards progressive issues and vote to enact progressive policy. The pundit class makes its money by convincing the Democratic part that middle aged white male voters are the most important thing in the world and that they need to tailor every message to aquire their votes. By the way, this has been a losing strategy for democrats for a long time.

And when they lose for having abandoned progressive police and rhetoric the failed conservadems can go back to spinning on right wing leaning mainstream media outlets and fox and sell books about how the Democrats lost because they went to far to the right. Pygmalia anyone?

Seriously give it a friggin rest already. You couldn't sow more discord in the party if you were an actual Republican.

[AlbertCat]

31. I wish Newt had the money to

Newt has plenty of money to do what you wish....

....it's just that he doesn't have enough of OTHER PEOPLE'S money to do such a thing.

[SkyDaddy7]

46. Obviously!

Did not think I had to make the distinction...But thank-you for doing so just in case others are confused.

[Rozlee]

36. There's hope.

Lot's of it, actually. Mittens hasn't hit the South Carolina Wall. It was in the south that he crashed and burned in '08, when he'd been riding high. Right now, if Perry and Bachmann bail, and it looks like they might, Santorum might be the lucky winner of their voters, since they share the same base, the evangelical snake-handlers. It all comes down to the south. Romney isn't their fave down there. Far from it. And the best attack ads are the ones they keep making against themselves. They're set to self-destruct with some of the shit they come up with. Paul telling women they're partly to blame for sexual harassment in the workplace if they keep working under an abusive boss. Santorum advocating openly and approvingly for bannng artificial birth control and saying blacks are taking money from the country (but, not white bankers). Romney saying the auto industry should have been allowed to die and that people who have fallen into poverty are still middle class. Not, that I'm saying Obama's cruising to victory. He might not be. But, I'm seeing a Republican electorate that's very unhappy with their choices. They were unhappy with McCain last time and only perked up when he chose Caribou Barbie as his running mate. Which begs the question: who will be the running mate if Romney wins the nod? When Palin got it, the Jewish vote was lost in Florida almost overnight. White Evangelicals don't do good among women voters, Jewish voters or minorities. Romney would have to prostitute himself to the religious right and choose one their biggest mouth frothers and that probably wouldn't play up great to prime time.

[KamaAina]

41. One of their biggest mouth frothers?!

http://spreadingsantorum.com

[Rozlee]

42. He does seem to froth at both ends.

[calimary]

48. EEEUUUUWWW! Sweet! But still eeeeuuuwww!!!

[SkyDaddy7]

45. I agree that scenario has...

a Chance still...We will see!

[The Doctor.]

37. I'm betting that Newt could unleash hundreds of furries...

He's one of them, after all.

[SkyDaddy7]

43. Yes, I agree Newt "could"...

If he had the money to do it! The man is a joke, his campaign has been a joke & that is why his campaign staff dumped him...Had he listened back in the beginning Newt would be posed to take the fight to Romney for who knows how long.

Newt has been calling for a peaceful campaign not out of fear the GOP Candidates would be doing Obama's dirty work for them as he has claimed but because he does not have the money to go toe to toe with any one of of them much less two or three at the same time! LOL!

Newt just happened to get lucky in the 90's when he had a short burst of political success....He has failed miserably at everything else since then.

[girl gone mad]

6. This could be bad for merchandise sales.

He may have to end the book tour campaign early.

[SpiralHawk]

9. Will this be bad for business at Tiffany's? Think of the lost revenue....

?w=604

[Joe Bacon]

14. Aw, Jimmy O Keefe wouldn't lend Newt his pimp suit...

[carla]

12. Dear Loser,

Looks like your plans to be king have been grounded. So long, and don't let the electorate hit you in the ass on your way out...bye-bye, Newt (sorry to newts worldwide).

[sendero]

7. Newt..

... got what he deserved. All of that blather about "negative campaigning". If his opponents had the real, honest to badness BAGGAGE he does, he'd have gone negative on day one.

Newt has an ego nine times the size of his intellect or common decency. He's done, and I'm glad - none of the other Repuke contenders are as toxic.

[SpiralHawk]

8. "You won't have me around to divorce anymore." - Teh Newtie (R - Draft Dodger)

[Sky Masterson]

10. The next debate is going to be awesome to watch

Nobody puts Newt in the corner!

[JoePhilly]

13. He got Newtered.

[Roland99]

15. Zing!

[A Simple Game]

17. Good one. n/t

[trusty elf]

20. .........

[IMG][/IMG]

[calimary]

49. DUzy! Hell, this whole thread deserves one!

Love it!!!

[JoePhilly]

50. This thread is hilarious ... all its missing is this ...

[Javaman]

16. He just couldn't understand why people didn't recognize his brilliance!

[yardwork]

18. It's just like Pearl Harbor. /nt

[Hugabear]

19. Is there any other kind of Newt?

Methinks the headline is redundant - "Angry Newt"

[Spazito]

23. It seems Newt didn't realize that the USSC decision re...

Citizens United would unleash the dogs on him or other repubs during their primary season. He thought the loathsome amounts of money would only be spent to harm Democrats.

[LuckyLib]

39. This is it exactly. Those chickens are coming home to roost, and everyone is a target!

[Spazito]

56. Yep....

The repubs have a habit of not thinking through the possible consequences to themselves with crap like Citizens United and, inevitably, it comes right back to bite them in the ass and I couldn't be happier.

[AtheistCrusader]

24. Looks like he got a little Santorum on him.

[mysuzuki2]

25. Drowned by a Santorum surge?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Newt is a vindictive fuck, and now his goal will be

to kneecap R-money, even though he knows he (Newt) can't win. If he's going down he'll take Mittens with him.

[yellowcanine]

28. Yep. Time to burn old Dixie down, starting in SC. MORMANS are POLYGAMISTS!

"Bubba, get me that Whisper Campaign file."

[wandy]

30. Vindictive, and good at it. Wait untill he knows thats the only thing he will take from the clown

car. This should be fun to watch.

[tallahasseedem]

34. I, for one, am looking forward to it...

The next debate should be incredible!

[AlbertCat]

35. If he wants to destroy Romney's chances

... he just has to endorse him.

[calimary]

47. Hey, works for me! Sore Loserman rises again!

Why don't you go tell it to your next wife, newty? We all know your pattern by now. Don't you have another backstage girl waiting in the wings to be your new First Lady someday?

Fucker. I hope he takes the whole party down with him. Or maybe that's santorum's new job? Or perhaps the teabaggers have already started on that one?

Whatever. They can all go straight to hell in their clown car for all I care. Leave what's left of America safe for the rest of us.

[LongTomH]

27. Exit villain stage right muttering

"Curses, foiled again"

[sarcasmo]

29. I'M taking my Tiffany's credit line and going home.

[Yavin4]

32. Newt Has All of the Traits of a Dictator

Massive ego. Believes that he has a superior intellect when the exact opposite is true. Thinks that he has more support than he does. Believes that anyone who disagrees with him is not only wrong but sub-human.

All that he needs is a military uniform.

[Myrina]

33. I would ROFL if they all get, like <5% of the vote

... and nobody 'wins' or 'none of the above' comes out on top in every state.

THAT would be priceless.

[Beacool]

38. Newt, nasty as ever.

And vengeful to boot.

[KamaAina]

40. This is the SECOND campaign he's tanked this cycle

and we're still a week away from New Hampshire!

[DesertRat]

44. The NH debate this weekend should be fun

[Mopar151]

54. I wanna watch Ron Paul swell up like a toad

When Newt and Mittens go after him...... Ditto Santorum (Is that the opposite of Sanitarium?)

[RebelOne]

52. He should have followed Bachman and withdrawn.

At least she did the right move because she knew she didn't have a chance in hell of winning to be a candidate.

[opihimoimoi]

55. Bullies when Denied...often become Destructive Trouble makers....angry, vindictive asshole he is

actions confirm

[Canuckistanian]

58. Newt angry, Newt SMASH!!!

Actually, Newt couldn't even smash a Tiffany's box.

[Kennah]

61. Frankly, I'd rather have breakfast at Tiffany's, frankly.