Newt said if Obama refuses to debate, he will follow him whereever he (obama) gives a speech, and within hours will dissect that speech live.
Newt Gingrich: I’ll trail Barack Obama until he debates - By ALEXANDER BURNS | 12/1/11 Newt Gingrich said Thursday night that if President Barack Obama declines his challenge to seven Lincoln-Douglas-style debates, he will follow the president everywhere he goes and rebut Obama’s remarks after he makes them.
His inspiration, Gingrich said, is Abraham Lincoln, who followed Stephen Douglas when he shied away from debating him.
If Obama ducks debating him, Gingrich said, “I will announce that as of this evening, the White House will be my scheduler, and wherever the president goes I will show up four hours later to respond to his speech.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69593.html
“Newt said if Obama refuses to debate, he will follow him whereever he (obama) gives a speech, and within hours will dissect that speech live.”
Obama will refuse to debate in any reasonable forum that requires eloquence, intelligence, and thought. He might debate in a tightly controlled format with softball questions cleared in advance.
If Newt were the nominee, he could follow Obama all he wants, nobody would cover it.