[hosepipe]

[... Yes, you are right....Newt would be a good president... possibly. But his baggage is that the dems and the left hate him for the contract and for what he did to the Bubbas. They will crucify him. He's better at trying to keep the party straight on task. ..]

I can't disagree with most of that.. however Newt is the only one that can assemble the fractured republican party... The ONLY one.. Bush has fractured it pretty badly.. not only about immigration either.. but about many other things..

Sandy Burgular has most of "us" scratching our heads.. Like what has Hitlery got on Bush jr.. or even Bush Sr?.. Must be something.. He isn't that stupid to just let that go..

[eleni121]

(I am unaware about the Burglar stuff. Tell me more about that if you can)

I admire and respect Newt. He was magnificent for a short time in the 90s. I just cannot see him as the political leader of the Republican party. The intellectual leader? perhaps.

Conservatives (republicans) need a man (any women out there?) who can excite and re-energize the soul of America...the masses...the average American who tries to keep heart and soul together. Who fights our wars. Who cares not for Sunday morning politics on TV. Reagan was able to do that. There are other Reagans out there. Maybe Thompson has the right stuff the gumption and the street smarts to mobilize the conservative troops. I think he does.

McCain tried but does not. Rudy does not. Romney does not.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Newt is too smart to think he could be elected with all of his baggage. He's angling for a cabinet post...