[Jack Black]

Exactly what is Newts "baggage"? In the popular mind it's like this.

1. On his 3rd wife, who is a former staffer. 2. Left other wife when she was sick 3. Investigated for ethics violations in house and eventually paid a fine to settle. 4. Resigned at height of Clinont impeachment 5. Book deal.

[higgmeister]

5. Book deal.

You might point out that Newt's book deal was juxtaposed against the book deal that Newt used to oust his predecessor Speaker Jim Wright.

[pgkdan]

What exactly was wrong with Newt's book deal? Nothing, that's what. And what were the ethics violations that he was accused of?

The only real baggage that Newt carries is that he's a lousy husband. Or at least he was once a lousy husband. On the other hand, Rudy and McCain are spendid examples of matrimonial fidelity.