Gingrich: Romney's Inability to Control Super PAC 'Makes You Wonder How Much Influence He’d Have If He Were President'
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said at Monday's debate in South Carolina that Mitt Romney's inability to control what a Super PAC supporting him says "makes you wonder how much influence he’d have if he were President” (video follows with transcribed highlights):
Moderator Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal asked the former Speaker of the House about an ad being run in South Carolina created by a Super PAC supporting Mitt Romney.
Gingrich responded, “This is typical of what both Senator Santorum and I have complained about with Governor Romney’s Super PAC over which he apparently has no influence - which makes you wonder how much influence he’d have if he were President.”
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Gingrich's reply is red meat for the audience ... but bogus
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 4:02am.
Romney cannot "exert influence" over the super PAC, which would be an illegal coordination between the candidate and an outside entity. Yes, I realize that Romney could tell A to tell B, to tell C to cut that shit out. But that's not what Gingrich implied.
It's just red meat for the audience. It's the Bay Area Bombers throwing elbows on the last jam. Fun to watch and no fouls called.
And Newt's inability to control his inner liberal...
Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 4:31am.
...is, well, you know.
Stick to teaching and writing about history (which you truly excel at), as you pretty much suck everywhere else.
And be sure to stay out of bed with comrade Nancy and Broom Hilda, as you might just catch something you cannot get rid of.
No sh*t.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Who is Broom Hilda?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 5:42am.
Debbie Wassermann Test? (That would be a menagerie à trios!)
Broom Hilda
Submitted by 26CX on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:57am.
Broom Hilda is Hillary Clinton, I believe.
Gingrich isn't very bright
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 12:50pm.
Gingrich isn't very bright,. The very concept of a "super-pac" is so that the candidate doesn't have any control over the pac, none whatsoever. Campaign finance law doesn't allow it, you see.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
IIRC, Romney did not say
Submitted by stratman on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 4:46pm.
IIRC, Romney did not say anything to deter his Super PAC from its BS until well after the damage was done. Newt, on the other hand, did say something in much shorter order comparatively speaking, though the backlash at Newt most likely had something to do with it.
Interestingly, Mitt did not receive the same deserved backlash for his Super PAC as did Newt, evidence of establishment Republicans in control.