WASHINGTON--Former Sen. Bob Dole, the 1996 GOP presidential nominee on Thursday blistered GOP White House hopeful Newt Gingrich, saying if he is the nominee President Barack Obama will win by a "landslide" and the House will lose Republican seats. Dole speaks out in advance of the Jan. 31 Florida primary, where polls put Gingrich ahead or tied with Mitt Romney.
The Romney campaign released a strongly worded letter from Dole, who served while Gingrich was House Speaker. He was beat by President Bill Clinton in the 1996 contest. Dole said he was defeated in part by negative ads--featuring Gingrich.
Dole: "I have not been critical of Newt Gingrich but it is now time to take a stand before it is too late. If Gingrich is the nominee it will have an adverse impact on Republican candidates running for county, state, and federal offices. Hardly anyone who served with Newt in Congress has endorsed him and that fact speaks for itself. He was a one-man-band who rarely took advice. It was his way or the highway.
5 comments:
those active in the party on the national level know this
his mass appeal is with people that don't understand the agenda beyond emotional sound bites and social mores
Bet he is in regardless of the nominee
I am ready to run myself. I am the only I trust or maybe Mr. A. map
I saw that interview.Bob Dole sounded like Dick Clark on new tears eve.He's getting hard to understand,but he still has that legendary sense of humor.
bob dole is an idiot!
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