Two dispatches on Newt in Florida on the eve of the primary from contrasting perspectives.

From Lloyd Marcus:

TPX Florida Tour: Thousands Turn Out For Newt at The Villages.

Our Tea Party Express tour bus arrived at the Newt Gingrich rally in The Villages to see a huge enthusiastic crowd of thousands. I must confess I was somewhat surprised because I was told The Villages is Romney Land.  

The media's goal is to select Mitt Romney as our Republican presidential nominee. Remember how the media loved our so-called "electable moderate" presidential candidate, John McCain, until he won the nomination? Then, they trashed McCain, while fawning over all things Obama, their Black Golden Child. Well, the media is hoping for a sequel starring "electable moderate" Mitt Romney. Their game plan is the same as the last presidential election. The headline: "Obama Wins Second Term!"

Yesterday, in Jacksonville at the first rally of our four day Florida tour, a patriot asked former Congressman J C Watts if he thinks Newt can win. Watts replied, "Who would have thought a freshman senator could defeat Bill and Hillary Clinton to win the nomination and the presidency? Newt Gingrich can win!"

I wish to offer my condolences to Vietnam vet and tea party patriot Gerry Millholen regarding the recent loss of his 85 year old mom, Mary Jean Millholen.

The Millholen family is the epitome of the phrase, "Freedom ain't free!" Mary Jean was a Blue Star Mother; all three of her sons Vietnam in-country Vets as well as her son-in-law - her husband, Gale, a WW II USN Vet. Her father and father-in-law, both US Navy Veterans of WW I. Mary Jean's mother-in-law, Myrtle Millholen, was a Gold Star Mother. Gerry's father lost his only brother in WW II. Wow! An extraordinary family history of service to our country.

We MUST continue our fight to preserve and restore the freedoms families such as the Millholens have given so much, including the ultimate sacrifice to defend. Gerry, you and your family are in my prayers.

Our second Tea Party Express rally of two for the day was in Gainesville, Fl. Patriots were fired up and very busy involved in the movement.

For the grand finale of our Gainesville rally, I felt led to love on the patriots a bit. I asked my Tea Party Express team to join me on stage. Then, I invited the audience to come forward and shake our hands while I sang, "God Bless America". It was awesome fellowship.

Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated America. Chairman of The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama. Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the American Tea Party Anthem and author of Confessions of a Black Conservative, foreword by Michele Malkin. Spokesperson for Tea Party Express. Please help me spread my message by joining my Liberty Network. LloydMarcus.com

From Tom Rowan:

Nuclear Newt Falls Flat in Florida

Newt Gingrich dons the cloak of good character:

"When asked by Jake Tapper of ABC News on the This Week programme whether Romney had the character to be president, Gingrich said that his opponent had a "very serious problem" in this area and "would not be where he is today if he had told the truth".

He groused about Romney's "relentlessly negative campaign" and the "carpet-bombing" of him with attack ads that were "breathtakingly dishonest".

And then he went even further in media availability after attending a service in a mega church in Lutz, Florida this afternoon. "I believe the Republican Party will not nominate a pro-abortion, pro-gun-control, pro-tax increase moderate from Massachusetts." The phrase was deliberate because he repeated it minutes later.

Nuclear Newt questioning someone else's character about truth and honesty must gall the two wives he cheated on.   It makes one wonder about the veracity of Newt's charges about his rival Romney. With the primary race now on full boil does Newt's kitchen sink have any sharp knives left in it to blunt Romney's resurgence?  

The Florida GOP base certainly would not vote for a "pro-abortion, pro-gun-control, pro tax-increase" candidate of any stripe.  Floridians famously gave the nation Allen West, Marco Rubio, and Tea Party favorites Attorney General Pam Bondi and Governor Rick Scott.  Florida is on track to replace our race baiting Senator from outer space and voter fraud advocate Bill Nelson with conservative Connie Mack. Congressman Mack is the author of the Penny Plan to balance the budget.)  On top of all these good tidings, Florida did the nation a favor and fired the demented evil troll Allen Grayson last election.

So Newt is quite right; Florida will not vote for the candidate Newt described.  This is why Romney is shrewdly running not to raise taxes, abort babies, or take away gun rights.  Romney's positions have been fairly vetted in Florida and not one these charges rings true.  Newt has attacked Romney as a flip flopper on these issues as well.  I guess this would make sense if Romney were running as a Democrat because converting to conservatism is no vice in Florida.  Floridians are not in the habit of winning people over to conservatism only to turn around and berate the newcomer as a "flip flopper." 

Perhaps this is way one of Newt's Florida "rallies" was described thusly: "Politically, it was an event suffused with the sickly stench of death."  Nuclear Newt is starting to sound as desperate as a lipstick stained husband stumbling in at 3 am, stuffing his shirt into his pants, and offering any plausible excuse to justify his flailing candidacy.