>> Reports of Newt’s demise are greatly exaggerated. >>
And no one is exaggerating it any more than Charles Krauthammer - who on Fox News today said that the 2006 newsletter would continue to sink Newt while this Laffer endorsement was almost irrelelvant.
I’m losing faith in the objectiveness of the Kraut. The newsletter was easily explained with a simple “I was proven wrong,” while the Laffer endorsement adds to the “stood by Reagan” ad campaign. Gingrich stood BY Reagan, stood AGAINST Bush I, and stood UP to clinton. Center for Transformative Health newsletter? Give me a break...
Gotta remember, Krauthammer was the guy who asked O’Reilly to change the name of his segment on his show from “Charles in Charge” to something more boring. Krauthammer is the ultimate cocktail party, upper class conservative. I’m sure every time he looks at Newt he sees Bluto Butarsky. Newt is not a guy who cares about politeness in politics or otherwise. People like Krauthammer are just too stuck up and can’t get past that kind of cultural divide.
It also appears Kraut operates from both sides of the aisle...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Krauthammer
In 1978, Krauthammer quit the practice of psychiatry and came to Washington to direct planning in psychiatric research under the Carter administration. He began contributing articles about politics to The New Republic and in 1980 served as a speech writer to Vice President Walter Mondale. In January 1981, Krauthammer joined The New Republic as both a writer and editor.
On July 29, 2011, former congressman and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said that Krauthammer “is, without a doubt the most powerful force in American conservatism. He has [been] for two, three, four years.”[13]
Former president Bill Clinton called Krauthammer “a brilliant man” in a December 2010 press conference.[15] Krauthammer responded, tongue-in-cheek, that “my career is done” and “I’m toast”.[16]
Hahaha. I didn't watch the panel today. All too often, CK let's his highbrow Beltway bluster color reality.
I get it that he doesn't like Gingrich or want Gingrich to win the nomination, but CK is starting to look foolishly Mondale.
Krauthammer and Fox are becoming irrelevant.