An Accurate Prediction of Desperation

Last week, when the Florida polls were deadlocked and it appeared that Newt Gingrich's South Carolina surge was going to help him in Florida, he told his supporters to watch for a new desperation from the Romney camp.  He said, "When you get desperate, you say almost anything...and stretch the barrier on almost anything."

Interesting how a political landscape can change in just 10 days.

Gingrich was certainly right about witnessing a new "desperation," however, what he may not want to admit is that the desperation has come from Newt Gingrich himself. 

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In a Monday interview with Fox News, Gingrich criticized Mitt Romney of being "extraordinarily insensitive to religious freedom in America."  He went on to say that Mitt Romney is no different than President Obama and that like Obama, "Romney is a threat to religious freedom."  (Click to read Fox News Article).

He argued that while Mitt Romney was Governor of Massachusetts, cuts to Medicaid funding for health care services that benefited Jewish and Catholic facilities clearly demonstrate "Mitt's lack of respect for religion in America" and expose a "trend for a secular state assault on people of faith."

An assault on people of faith?  Religious intolerance?  Really? This is a ridiculous claim and is obviously a desperate attempt to inaccurately label an opponent.

Gingrich is talking about Mitt Romney, an individual who has been active in his faith his entire life.  Mitt Romney attends church every Sunday.  He gives millions in charitable donations to his church.  This is also an individual who has constantly had to defend his faith because of fears that Mormons are not mainstream.  I can assure you Mr. Gingrich, Mitt Romney deeply respects religious freedom in America.   

Romney is in no sense of the word, "a threat to religious freedom in this country."  But, I guess as Gingrich has watched a Florida win slip through his fingers, he was right about his prediction, "Desperation does force one to say almost anything...and stretch the barrier on almost anything."

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Almost all polls indicate a double-digit win today for Mitt Romney.

Florida has been a hard fought battle.  The candidates presented their case and voters listened.  Florida heard Mitt's message for a better, stronger and more prosperous America.  They examined his career and his success with making weak things stronger.  They looked at his familiarity with making failing systems prosperous.  They looked at his expertise in repairing broken structures.  The voters looked at Mitt Romney and realized that his experience is exactly what this country needs.

The voters in Florida saw that Mitt Romney has years of invaluable training.  Training that will grant Mitt Romney the skill set and know-how to get America back on the path to a more prosperous future.  One thing is certain, a Mitt Romney Presidency will not be "on-the-job training" full of guesstimates and finger crossing on what it will take to get Americans back to work.

Mitt Romney is prepared to revive our fragile economy.  He is prepared and ready to demonstrate to President Obama and the American people that Obama's efforts have failed us.

He made the case for why America needs Mitt.  It resonated.  We do.