Newt just said, on CNN, people like him because they want a 'forcefull' leader. That's it. He is

[applegrove]

running as a strongman.

[southernyankeebelle]

1. Heck no, he is a ticking time bomb. Even reasonable republicans realize that.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

17. "Reasonable Republicans"? They've been marginalized

Like Liberal Democrats.

The Republican party is more and more owned by the Christian Coalition, Teabaggers, the rabid right.

[southernyankeebelle]

18. I can't disagree with that point.

[csziggy]

2. Even when he was huge, I never thought of the StayPuff marshmallow man as being strong

Same with Newt. He's a blustering bully, but not a strongman.

[Muskypundit]

3. heil.

[enough]

4. I think he's right, if you take "forceful" to mean "angry."

I think it's his angry persona (and his angry soul) that appeals to a lot of Republicans.

[applegrove]

7. You are right. The gop base is filled with people tricked into feeling fear and anger all the time.

With an angry Newt as leader, the base and Newt can project that anger alltogether on 'others'. They can 'bond' that way.

[rhett o rick]

5. He would make a better dictator than Romney. Just sayin. nm

[Ilsa]

6. And then we can expect that when he gets pissed,

he'll throw a tantrum and nuke something. He shut down the govt over having to sit in the back of Air Force 1.

[treestar]

8. insulting to the people

No way do people think like that. He loses the independents that way for sure.

[graywarrior]

9. He means verbally abusive

[mucifer]

10. I think that's true. If the right wingers really

wanted someone moral and Christian and all, they'd vote for santorum. That's not what they want,
they want a bully.

[DesertFlower]

11. like forcing children

to work as janitors.

[alittlelark]

12. "forceful" = "narcissistic"

in Newtopian Dystopia.

[applegrove]

13. Exactly!

[Jennicut]

14. He is a petulant little baby.

Don't forget how he acted with Clinton during the govt. shutdown fiasco of the 90's. He was extremely whiny. There is a difference between tough and just crying to anyone that will listen. He was a baby after Romney beat him in Iowa too. It is how Newt works.

[Ikonoklast]

15. He's a fucking Loon.

Not mentally balanced.

I mean it, he's not rational.

[Renew Deal]

16. "Strongman"

I think he's got a dictatorial style which will not play well in the GE.