I could go for that too.
I just thought I'd bump this comment
"Dreams are the beginning of courage, and courage is the beginning of hope"
No one else is offering the hope of things yet to come, we're so bogged down with everything! We need hope of a great future to get us through the WOT! Even if that's a forever fight, only the die hards will crusade it if there's not a reason to do it! Just survival won't be enough to the masses in another year.
I don't know if Newt's ego could handle running as VP - I think he and Thompson would be a fabulous ticket.