[who_would_fardels_bear]

“Newt Gingrich is not perfect, but he is head and shoulders above the best candidate in the field right now,”

This may very well be true. Sad, but true.

[JPG]

If Newt became president, there is no way to know which Newt would govern. My hope would be that he's had enough time to reflect on his past policy mistakes and that he would focus on and implement those policies that have been shown to work well in the past.

Newt realizes that the time left for the country to change course grows short. He must fight his tendency to get into the weeds by dabbling in grandiose ideas and discussions better suited to a faculty lounge than the oval office.

[The Theophilus]

“Newt Gingrich is not perfect, but he is head and shoulders above the best candidate in the field right now,”

Newt is 6'00", Perry is 6'1" and Romney is 6'2". Michelle Bachmann is 5'2" which could fit the description of being "head and shoulders" which means that Michelle is the best candidate. I don't think height makes that much difference, Al Gore is the same height as George Bush and lost, and John F('ing) Kerry is five inches taller than "W" and lost.

If America needs yet another godless philanderer who sounds great in a debate yet is worse on all the issues than all of their other GOP candidates, then I suppose, in a very subjective marketing sort of way one can claim that Newt is the "best" of the candidates - "best", that is if you are a Progressive or an Establishment Republican.

And if we are going to measure Newt's ideology using the Establishment GOP's ruler, then Newt is the furthest thing from being a RINO - he is the quintessential [Progressive/Ruling Class] Republican.

At least I can sleep better at night knowing that the influence of the TEA party is dead rather than guessing if the enemedia and the intoxicating powers of Big Government did their work on the Rank & File - they clearly have.