Answering the Critics: How Newt Can Win

Word is beginning to spread about our efforts and people are beginning to ask: How could Newt win the nomination? Who could he count on as "his base" and what issues are important?

It all begins with coalitions centered around big ideas that have broad-based support. Newt and his ideas are shared with America's natural Majority. Candidates succeed by building coalitions. These coalitions outlined below would gravitate to a Gingrich candidacy:

1. Those who care about national defense. A large percentage of Americans believe that the U.S. should take a leading or major role in world affairs and that international terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction to unfriendly nations are among the critical threats to the United States in the next ten years. Many Americans believe individual countries should act separately when they disagree with the United Nations. See graph.

2. Those who believe in and defend God in public. A large percentage of Americans believe in God. They believe religion is very or fairly important in their lives. They want to keep God in the Pledge of Allegiance and support a moment of voluntary silent prayer before school begins. They favor a Supreme Court justice to permit the Ten Commandments on government property and favor allowing churches to apply for governmental funding. They agree with expanding state financial support of faith-based charities. See graph.

3. Those concerned that America will lose the patriotic sense of itself as a unique civilization.. A large percentage of Americans believe schools should make special effort to teach new immigrants about American values. They agree that immigrants should learn English and that a pro-American point of view is good. They oppose racial preferences and support making it illegal to give preferential treatment to anyone applying for college, a job, or a federal contract based on their gender or race. They support requiring able-bodied people on welfare to either do community work, attend school, or job training programs to receive benefits and placing a two-year cap on their benefits. They support s zero tolerance for violent felons so they are punished first and every time they commit a crime and agree that voting rights should be taken away from jailed felons. They believe the illegal or undocumented immigration situation is a very/somewhat serious problem in the US today. They support a comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform proposal that combines toughness, fairness, a guest worker program, family reunification, and a path to legal residency for undocumented immigrants who are already here. See graph.

4. Those concerned about health care. A large percentage of Americans support giving employers incentives, such as tax breaks, if they offer basic health care to their employees to reduce the problem of uninsured families and help small businesses stay competitive. They support greater transparency in knowing the results of evaluations of performance measures for hospitals, physicians, and nursing homes. See graph.

5. Educators and those concerned about how we intend to educate our children. A large percentage of Americans support education reform that includes tougher teacher standards including retesting and re-certification every five years and support giving principals the power to fire bad teachers without long wait. They also favor more local control over schools, and support a 50% increase in the number of hours children spend in school on education basics. See graph.

6. Those concerned about tax reform. A large percentage of Americans believe in complete elimination of estate tax and support a savings account similar to an IRA that would allow parents to save tax-free for their children's college education. See graph.

7. Union workers and those who support labor reform. A large percentage of Americans support stopping unions from automatically deducting money for political contributions and require using only voluntary donations. See graph.

8. Environmentalists. A large percentage of Americans agree with developing clean, renewable energy resources to protect the environment. They agree with investing in clean energy technologies to protect the environment and create new jobs through the development of these new technologies. They are worried about dependence on foreign oil, view it as a serious problem. They favor toughening environmental regulations and protections to protect against polluters and preserve the water we drink and the air we breathe. They also want the government to develop new energy technologies and require the auto industry to make cars and trucks that get better gas mileage. See graph.

9. Those concerned with litigation reform. A large percentage of Americans support limiting the amount of money personal injury lawyers can claim to no more than 15% of money awarded and in limiting monetary damages in medical malpractice cases to keep doctors from leaving the state. See graph.

10. Those concerned with budget reform & how government spends its money. A large percentage of Americans agree with implementing zero growth budgets, which would freeze all spending for state programs and agencies at its current level to stop wasteful state spending. See graph.

11. Those concerned about their retirement security. A large percentage of Americans believe that people under age 55 should have the right to choose between keeping all of their contributions in the current system and investing a portion of their contributions. Many also favor allowing workers to invest in some Social Security contributions in the stock market. See graph.

Those above are all ideas that Newt supports and has been pushing for ever since he was first elected. They are also the values of America's natural governing majority. These values are broad-based and would surely enjoy popular support and attract a large constituency.

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