Gingrich is not only flawed, he’s a loose cannon. In previous years, I would have never considered him as a choice.
Realistically, there are 3 choices, Gingrich, Romney, or Obama.
Obama is out of the question. He’s a communist, and his vision for America is simply evil.
Romney is better than Obama, but would be business as usual. Obamacare would remain intact. Romney would just be so thrilled to be president that he would do whatever he had to to make the government establishment happy.
Gingrich is a wild card. He’s pretty smart, though not as smart as he thinks he is. He’s more conservative than both Obama and Romney by an order of magnitude. And while Gingrich may have some crazy ideas, and say inappropriate things, I think he’d be a positive force, on balance.
So... I’ve decided to ignore the trash talk about Gingrich. Ignore his baggage, for Gingrich’s baggage is far lighter than Obama’s, and the MSM managed to ignore all of Obama’s flaws.
The tactical problem with Newt is he just doesn’t know when to shut up. The way to run for president is to paint a few ‘Big Ideas’ in broad strokes and then give out details with an eye-dropper. You just know that Newt is going to P- off ever significant constituency in BOTH parties before this thing is over. If he can survive that and get elected in the face of Obama’s billion-dollar warchest, then it would be a miracle.