An Honest Man

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/newt-gingrich-tells-gay-iowa-man-scott-arnold-better-voting-obama-article-1.994735

Newt Gingrich isn't exactly chasing the gay vote.

The Republican presidential candidate told a homosexual Iowa man at a campaign event on Tuesday to vote for President Obama.

Scott Arnold, a Democrat and associate professor of writing at William Penn University, approached the ex-House speaker in Oskaloosa wanting to know how Gingrich would represent him as President, according to the Des Moines Register.

"When you ask somebody a question and you expect them to support all Americans and have everyone's general interest," Arnold said. "It's a little bit frustrating and disheartening when you're told to support the other side, that he doesn't need your support."

Well, that was surprisingly blunt. But now Newt has firmly taking a stance on a big issue and one way or another this is going to push a lot of people giving him a "maybe" one way or the other. Frankly, I think this is an awful move. By doing this Newt fully hitches his cart to the far right (not a surprise) but also gives a lot of moderates who might be unhappy with Obama but cool with gay people a reason to go elsewhere.

So it looks like it might be back to the GOP having to hold its nose and back Romney after all.