As @mrben522 suggestion (in a comment to question), the resulting code should be
<!-- Blog Post: 6 Newest -->
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 6
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
$the_query->the_post(); // put it here
?>
<div class="containPost" id="response">
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail()) {
echo '<img src="'.the_post_thumbnail();' />';
} else {
echo '<img src="'.get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory').'/images/global/thumby.jpg" />';
} ?>
<div class="bottom-left">
<?php
//$the_query->the_post();
echo '<h3>' . get_the_title() . '</h3>';
?>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
}
/* Restore original Post Data */
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
<div class="clear"></div>