Gingrich, Palin have no shot at being GOP presidential nominee (So why write a column about it?)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | December 28, 2010 | Jay Bookman

[2ndDivisionVet]

They contradict their own analysis every time they scream that she can't win. Hilarious!

[gov_bean_ counter]

There is a lot of wishful thinking that passes as political prognostication these days...

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The “couch photo” say it all.

[webstersII]

“I think Newt Gingrich is underestimated. Newt is going to run and Newt will be formidable.”

These guys are such a joke.

Gingrich couldn’t even get his campaign off the ground in 2008. He’s smart, but he’s not that likable or, forgive me for saying it, Presidential-looking.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

More wishful thinking PING!

Heck, Sarah hasn’t even gotten started yet and these morons are now claiming that she’s peaked politically?

[Sarah Barracuda]

They are writing this BS in hopes that if enough people read the same crap again and again, it will make it true. The left knows that Sarah Palin an beat Obama, but they hope if they throw enough feces at the wall, something will stick

[Windflier]

Bill Kristol: “Can I go out on a limb, since everyone else is scared to say — actually make any predictions. I predict Palin will not run. I have no knowledge at all; I just have the hunch that she ultimately will not run.”

Gee, Bill, you’re willing to stake your professional reputation as a political prognosticator on nothing more than a hunch?

You wouldn’t have some hidden agenda there, now would you Bill?

Sheeesh, these people are so transparent.

[Padams]

Jay Bookman is the head resident liberal at the AJC since Cynthia Tucker was pushed out into bloggerland/Wash DC. I don’t need to read the article. His opinion of the GOP race is irrelevant.

[JPG]

I've seen Sarah wield a chainsaw, Kristol, so you just go ahead and crawl out to the end of that limb and see what happens.

[VRW Conspirator]

Gingrich couldn’t even get his campaign off the ground in 2008. He’s smart, but he’s not that likable or, forgive me for saying it, Presidential-looking.

For the longest time, I arespected NG. But when he sat on the couch with San Fran Nan Pelosi to spew about Global Warming, he lost me. Yet, I hope he is not completely out of the mix. He was the dominant being against the Dems to the culmination republican revolution in '94. And there was a reason he was selected and elected the speaker of the House upon this revolution. The Dems went after him with a vengeance. He resigned. Since then, he seems to have lost his way and wants to be revelvant again. Shame on him.

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

Krystol speaks like he needs an enema. Just a hunch.

[dsrtsage]

I keep reading about the supposed “baggage” of Palin...what exactly is that baggage? Does she have unpaid parking tickets somewhere or something?

[Happy Rain]

“sigh”

Here we go again—as regards Sarah Palin at any rate:

That's what THEY said about Reagan.

[OldEagle]

I agree that Gingrich is wasting his time, but Sarah P is a whole different story.

[rface]

Maybe Gingrich and Palin do not have a shot at the GOP mon. - BUT - their words and actions can, and will, have a big influence on the rest of the pack. Palin and Gingrich have the "Political Authority" to set the table with the issues that the GOP should run with.

Even so - I would not hesitate to nominate either one.

[jdsteel]

Ditto.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Post #13

[mnehring]

WTF?

[ReneeLynn]

Forgot the sarc tag. 1020? Oh, noes we’re travelling back in time! Call Charlie Chaplin...or that time traveller with the cell phone!