[demkicker]

I'm looking at him in an increasingly better light for '08.

I love Newt and there is no question that he's the most articulate and intellectual conservative politician living today. I don't give a damn about his divorces and look forward to watching him crush opponents in debates. The left and the media couldn't destroy the great communicator, Ronald Reagan, and I predict they'll not be able to destroy Newt either.

[gusopol3]

Newt "melted" when he was around Clinton; remember the televised handshake on healthcare? Quoting FDR intead of RR upon being first GOP Speaker in 50 years. He's better as a pundit.

[samantha]

#372, I hate to rain on your Parade, but the single most important aspect of a successful candidate for President is likability and Newt has been trashed so much by the DBM he is not in the eyes of even some Conservatives "Likable". John Kerry could have won if he had been Likable, he was not only not likable, he was dislike-able. Bob Dole was looked on as grouchy, grim, negative, not likable. He did not really start smiling,laughing and joking until after he lost. Al Gore is stiff, strange sounding, off the wall, not likable. Clinton was a good old boy who even seduced Newt into liking him. He was a dirty liar, pervert, creep, but being likable trumped all that. Sick, but real...