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The Most Juvenile Presidential Contest In Modern History

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 19:59 — Dave Culver
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  • The polls aren't closed but the results are in: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have managed this month to stage the most juvenile, petty, personal and unenlightening presidential contest in modern history, a race akin to (and about as serious as) the back-alley throw down in "Anchorman."
  • A Republican’s Lament: ‘It’s a Disgrace’

Howard Fineman, Huffington Post

Mitt Romney's and Newt Gingrich's trash talking has surprised even Republicans observers.

The polls aren't closed but the results are in: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have managed this month to stage the most juvenile, petty, personal and unenlightening presidential contest in modern history, a race akin to (and about as serious as) the back-alley throw down in "Anchorman."

And that's according to other Republicans, even some of the candidates' own advisers and supporters.

"I don't remember it this bad, this personal," said Charlie Black, a veteran GOP operative and Romney adviser who first worked for Jesse Helms in North Carolina in 1972.


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A Republican’s Lament: ‘It’s a Disgrace’ Bob Gaydos, Zest of Orange
Of the weekly free-for-all (the GOP) calls a debate, one would have to wonder if any adults are in charge of trying to salvage the reputation of the party of Lincoln. If they were, how could they stand by silently while a bunch of candidates has demonstrated a collective unworthiness for the right to run for president, never mind be elected?
 

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