Gingrich’s secret weapon: Evangelicals?
First, he is the only candidate who has systematically, passionately, and substantively taken up every issue that is dear to evangelicals. He has promised to immediately issue executive orders ending taxpayer funding for overseas abortions. He vowed to restore the protections for health care workers who choose not to perform abortions. Another would move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The other candidates make general statements about social issues but don’t offer a plan of action…
The second reason is the “born-again” experience and how that makes it easy for evangelicals to look past his marital history. The experience is based in confessing personal failings and discovering a life-changing relationship with God. Most evangelicals relate more to someone who has fallen and redeemed himself than to someone who grew up in faith and has never known much else…
Last, the economy is the number one issue for evangelicals like everyone else. They want a candidate from their ranks, but substance plays a huge role in their decision. They want a commander-in-chief, but one who values the importance of faith in leadership.
He would then make a graceful exit and endorse Mitt. This is just the conspiracy theorist in me though.
