Posted on 09/21/2011 7:13:53 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Former President Bill Clinton acknowledges that Mitt Romney and Rick Perry are the clear front-runners for the Republican presidential nomination, but he says it’s too early to count out former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
In an exclusive Newsmax interview, Clinton asserts: “If you ask who has the power to get back into the mix, assuming no new people enter — I think Mitch Daniels would have been very competitive, I think Haley Barbour would have appeal, I think the governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, would have appeal. But if you assume nobody else gets in, then of those that are there, the question is: Can Speaker Gingrich pull what McCain did last time?
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Does anyone see the irony there?
Might want to revisit this thread in light of recent polls...
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