Newt may very well be campaigning for President in 2008. So he has to knock around the President as to look "better than Bush."
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I will not vote in the primaries for any candidiate that bashes President Bush to make points with the stupid MSM and that's what Newt is doing. Maybe we need to start a list of possible presidential candidates on "our side" (and I say that loosely) who are using this time of tragedy to score points with the MSM.
So far the only two I can think of are George Allen and Rudy Giuliani. I do not care at all for Giuliani's stance on social issues and do like what I know about Allen so far.
Anyone stop to wonder that maybe when Newt says "We need to do better" he means ALL Americans not just the Republicans as the Dinasour Media spins it? Either way, however, I agree that Newt is being careless of the spin here and that raises questions in my mind about his qualificantions for the job.