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Coburn: Gingrich Lacks Leadership Skills

December 5, 2011 by  

Coburn: Gingrich Lacks Leadership Skills

Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said on Sunday that he cannot support GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich because the former House speaker lacks leadership skills.

“I am not inclined to be a supporter of Newt Gingrich’s having served under him for four years and experienced his leadership. Because I found it lacking often times [sic],” Coburn said on Fox News. “There’s all kind of leaders, leaders that instill confidence and leaders that are somewhat abrupt, leaders that have one standard for the people that they are leading and a different standard for themselves. I will have difficulty supporting him for president of the United States.”

Coburn, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001, said in March that he was looking for a President that would unite the country and raised questions about Gingrich’s confrontational style, according to The Hill.

With less than a month before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, Gingrich is drawing 25 percent support from likely Republican caucus-goers, a new Des Moines Register poll reports. He has enjoyed an 18 percentage point jump since the same poll in October.

Filed Under: Election 2012, Liberty News, Staff Reports
Sam Rolley

Staff writer Sam Rolley began a career in journalism working for a small town newspaper while seeking a B.A. in English. After learning about many of the biases present in most modern newsrooms, Rolley became determined to find a position in journalism that would allow him to combat the unsavory image that the news industry has gained. He is dedicated to seeking the truth and exposing the lies disseminated by the mainstream media at the behest of their corporate masters, special interest groups and information gatekeepers.

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  • http://deleted Claire

    Oh, isn’t he the “new” Newt? All cleaned up, shoes polished, hair combed, a “changed” man? Geez, give me a break. He still has the same mentality and goals and he won’t care how he achieves them. He’ll step on the backs of all Americans. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.

  • s c

    It makes sense that Senator Coburn is not completely off-base with his assertion. As I recall, Gingrich didn’t put up much of a fight when he left Congress. Did he do it that way because he knew his name was on the short list for the next election?
    Whatever Newt’s main problem is, I’d appreciate it if he’d back away, help the other candidates and then declare himself a ‘Democrat.’ Then I wouldn’t have any reason to think about him as another RINO/neocon/’Republican.’

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