Gingrich On The Attack

The past few days Newt Gingrich has gone on the offensive against Romney, first it was over ads that Romney and Paul had depicting Gingrich as less than conservative, now Gingrich is calling the former governor the "Massachusetts Moderate," which is a far cry from his former stance in not attacking his fellow Republicans for fear of hurting the party in the national election. When he wasn't the frontrunner he was telling Perry and Romney to cool down on the attacks during the debates before the Iowa caucus, because he felt like it wasn't solving America's problems. Now he suddenly feels the need to attack Romney and his record during every interview. He does make some good points when attacking Romney's record on Romneycare and why Romney felt the need to appoint liberal judges while he was governor of Massachusetts. It appears that Romney didn't change the minds of Massachusetts voters or legislators in his time there. Instead, he just went along with what the liberals wanted with few challenges. This appears to be a flaw in Romney's character, as he seems to be more of a follower than a leader. He can't really defend Romneycare and instead of saying he would completely do away with Obamacare, he instead stated that he would pick and choose what to dispose of and what to keep. This is far from what the other candidates are proposing as every other Republican candidate is vowing to completely abolish the disastrous overhaul of our healthcare system. However, Gingrich has a terrible way of trying to get his point across as he always sounds like he is talking down to people or rather than pointing out important facts he instead, just sounds angry and resentful that people are following a candidate other than him. His message is the message of a true conservative but the way he portrays that message needs to be just as flawless as the message itself.