If the presidential election was held today and Redlands could swing the vote, Newt Gingrich might well want to start packing for the White House.

It was the former Speaker of the House who came out on top in the eyes of those who attended the Redlands Tea Party Patriots debate viewing and live radio broadcast Tuesday.

Here's the full story.

On Friday, Newt held a town hall in Naples, Florida that nearly 1000 -- if not 1000 people -- attended.

From an article about the event:

Recent polls have shown the former house speaker at or near the top of the Republican presidential field, along with Mitt Romney. During a televised debate Tuesday, some Republicans and pundits thought…

Michelle Bachmann and Rick Santorum have been two of the most vocal opponents of Newt's immigration policy.

But back on the September 7 debate, they both took very similar positions to Newt. Bachmann said that before deporting any illegal immigrants, "it depends upon where they live, how long they have been here, if they have a criminal record. All of those things have to be taken into place."

Link to video.…

(Sorry for not having any posts yesterday; I crashed and wasn't able to wake up in time.)

The poll, done by American Research Group, shows Newt winning 42% of the tea party vote.

When the voter based is narrowed down to just "definite" voters, Newt gets 32% of the vote, Ron Paul 17, and Mitt Romney 15%.

I realize Mr. Gingrich has a plan for the economy, yet I have a suggestion.  I call it the Kelly Plan.  The government should cut spending on all areas including entitlements by 10-20 percent with the exception of food stamps, soldier's pay and benefits, and infrastructure.  Next, raise taxes across the board by only 1-2 percent.  Use that 1-2 percent to pay off the debt.  Eliminate the estate tax and capital gains tax. 

A friend of mine wrote a phenomenal healthcare program over 20 years ago that would actually solve most of the current problems in Healthcare.  She has tried to get this program to the right people in DC for several years; but no one wants to fight the battle.  Does Newt Want a GREAT ALTERNATIVE to OBAMACARE?    If so,  he needs to connect to s.stanton12@COMCAST.NET  for a copy of the plan.    

I don't know if Newt has time to read all of…

Newt Gingrich has asked God for forgivness for his past transgressions, Not important to me but to others and I want to nip this in the bud. I am not one to condem him. Newt will show great support for this country more than anyone on the Gop groups. I will continue this blog Post.

I wrote a 4 page description of a proposed reform method that I would love to get to Newt, But I have no idea how to actually get it to him.

My proposal is 4 pronged

1 Registration, paid for by the "guest workers" performmed at National Guard Armories so we use personnel and equipment already available and provide temp jobs for returning guardsman.

Guest worker ID's have a 18 month life initially with up to 3  one year renewals, renewals recieved in lieu of income tax…

An excerpt from Peter Ferrara:

And if those judges refuse to apply the law objectively as written, and instead engage in judicial activism making up their own law based on their own liberal/left values, then they are applauded by the liberal/left media and academia. The rest of us can go pound sand.

At least that is the view of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the bar association, and the law schools. They are the ultimate authority and rulers in…

Newt is calling for illegal immigrants -- should they be good citizens and have roots in the community -- to be legalized. But not become citizens.

Mitt Romney, on the other hand, is for making illegal immigrants citizens.

Of course, he is trying to cover that up now -- as he is with his previous pro-abortion and anti-gun views (along with a host…

These two clips are from Saturday's Thanksgiving Family Forum in Iowa:

Much of the liberal media had a good chuckle for a while on Tuesday as the news came out that Newt 2012 had missed the filing deadline for the Missouri Primary in February.

Then the truth came out:

The primary will not award any delegates, so the campaign was not going to waste money on a primary that even the Huffington Post says is "meaningless."…

Nate Silver of the New York Times has a good piece out about Newt's immigration policy.

In it, he writes:

[M]y view is that the markets probably overreacted in this case and that Mr. Gingrich’s answer will not be all that harmful to him.

One reason is simply that Mr. Gingrich’s views on immigration are not all that far out of step…

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An informal recap of our Sunday Chat...

-- The first topic was Newt’s phenomenally good week – in the polls and in private and public appearances.  Everyone agreed Newt had an awesome week… Awesome!

-- There was a consensus that from now until the First Four States in January - Iowa – NH – SC and FL – we are going to concentrate on the national phone banks for each of these First Four states, and double down on getting new arrivals here to go…

Newt leads among military households, 30-22 over Romney.



Newt leads among households making less than 30K (by five points), 30-50K (by five points again), 50-100 (by six points), and is tied with Romney in those making 100K or more.



Newt would win a one-on-one matchup with Mitt Romney, 49-39.



Newt leads President Obama among military households, 46-42.



Overall, Newt…

Link to a story about the poll.

The poll, combined with the fact that Newt has the biggest campaign operation in the Palmetto State, would seem to back up the idea that South Carolina is Newt's firewall.

Another Public Policy Polling survey.



Newt's favorability: 66-25%. Among men, it's 70-24; among women, 61-25%.



Newt gets the support of 30% of women and 27% of men. That darn gender gap again!



Once again, Newt is the top second choice -- meaning he still has plenty of room to grow in the polls.



Newt gets 24% support from tea party voters. Cain gets 19% and Romney…

So says Public Policy Polling.



Newt's favorability is 63/24%, which might explain why he is still the top second choice. Among men, his favorability is 67-24; among women, 58-24%.



He gets 32% support from both men and women.



Among tea party voters, Newt gets 40% of the vote. Cain gets 20%, Romney 8%. But Newt also gets 28% of the non-tea party voters. Cain is at 14 and…