Politics

Or will the negativity being spread cut him out of the race?

In Iowa right now it is very easy to determine who is taking all the heat in the media and campaign ads.  Turn on the television and open the mailbox in Iowa and it is likely that you will see something that is anti-Newt Gingrich.  Ads and leaflets are filling up televisions and mailboxes questioning Gingrich’s time he spent in Congress and assaulting his commitments to causes conservative in nature.

Early on this month Gingrich had a fairly strong lead in polls as well as those in Iowa and South Carolina.  However, new data is suggesting that the recent campaigning against the former House speaker is bringing him down significantly.  It has been said that it is impossible to avoid the criticism of Gingrich, especially in Iowa.

Gingrich is trying to hold to his statement made a while back that “The only person who profits from Republican ads attacking other Republicans is Barak Obama, and I think that’s pretty reprehensible behavior from the point of some candidates.”

This approach might not be helping Gingrich though.  It has been stated by many that Newt Gingrich will have to eventually step up to the plate and respond with new strategies and decisions if he wants to restore that faith to the Republican voters, or he might end up just being someone who contributed a voice to the debates.

These assaults and attacks on Gingrich might turn things around a little though.  If you recall in the 1996 race, Forbes spent a great deal of money attacking Bob Dole.  At first the ratings for Dole decreased, but eventually it all turned around when voters began to perceive Forbes as being negative.  Of course there is no one candidate in charge of all these ads, and thanks to super PACs the candidates can hide behind them.

We will obviously have to wait and see what will happen, but if Gingrich keeps taking these hits he might not have a chance.