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发帖数: 2273 | 1 The magazine founded by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. blasts Newt
Gingrich in a scathing editorial, saying nominating the former House
speaker as president could cost Republicans the White House and a majority
in Congress.
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National Review posted its editorial, "Winnowing the Field," last night. The
piece minces no words about Gingrich, while saying rival candidates Jon
Huntsman, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum "deserve serious consideration" for
the Republican Party's nomination.
The key point about Gingrich, according to National Review:
His character flaws—his impulsiveness, his grandiosity, his weakness
for half-baked (and not especially conservative) ideas—made him a poor
Speaker of the House. Again and again he combined incendiary rhetoric with
irresolute action, bringing Republicans all the political costs of a
hardline position without actually taking one. Again and again he put his
own interests above those of the causes he championed in public.
The piece instead says Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, would make
a "fine president" despite what the magazine calls "his inability to
overcome conservative voters' skepticism about the liberal aspects of his
record and his managerial disposition."
Huntsman, a former Utah governor who has barely registered in national polls
, is praised for his "solid record." And Santorum, a former Pennsylvania
senator, is hailed as "an effective legislator."
In 2008, the National Review endorsed Romney. This time, the magazine says
it will have more to say in a few weeks and suggests it is hopeful about new
candidates joining the mix. |
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