The Continuing Saga of Anyone-But-Mitt

Newt’s surge continues:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has roared into the lead of the Republican nominating race, brushing off concerns about his work for a troubled housing company, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.

Twenty-four percent of registered Republican voters would support the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives if the contest were held now, an increase of 8 percentage points from roughly a week ago, according to the poll, which was conducted on November 18-19.

Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who has stayed near the top of most polls, garnered support from 22 percent of Republicans, slumping 6 percentage points from the last survey conducted on November 10-11 and ending up essentially tied with Gingrich.

From the man who said this, at yesterday’s Thanksgiving Family Forum, yet another Republican-Presidential-nominee-wannabe debate in Iowa when asked if there is a definition for the term “moral war”:

First of all, as Congressman Paul pointed out, in Christian theology there is a clear development of the concept of the just war. Which people like Augustine had to develop because they saw the rise of Pagans that were actually threatening the very survival of their country. In fact, Augustine is buried in Italy because his body was taken out of North Africa when the Christians lost North Africa. So then, these things become very real.

So then, a war is moral when it is about defending Christianity against forces that threaten the very survival of a country? Because after all, as the good professor said, these things can become very real…

And it is a well-known fact that the former Speaker of the House is very concerned with paganism. Evidently, we are surrounded by paganism, per Newt.

So, I guess the (long, long, long) moral war has begun.

Complete video of the Thanksgiving Family Forum here. Long and painful. But very real.



And in case you couldn’t figure it out, a consortium of Christian organizations hosted the debate.

Oh yes, and Mitt Romney was a no-show.