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I know exactly how you feel about Newt. Long ago I surmised that Newt has that agonizing 80/20 thing going. 80% of the time yo just want to bow down to his brilliance and the other 20% you just want to kick his ass for the stupid things he comes up with.

Agree 100%, to continue the percentage thingy <g>

I know I would vote for him for President over any of the Dhimmicrats and in our primary over several of the announced candidates, Tancredo for one. However, I also don't think he has a chance of becoming president and he would be a drain on a ticket as VP.

I hate the notion, however, of letting that brain go to waste. What position could he fill in a Republican administration, say a Fred Thompson admin, that would be appropriate? State is right out and I can't see him for Defense. He's not someone the markets would take to for Treasury and there'd be no point for Agriculture or Interior (though he might actually be good at that one). Commerce, Labor, Veterans Affairs are also not good fits. But that leaves several

He's always been an "outside the box" type with Health and Human Services. He could be very interesting there. Housing and Urban Development would also give him a chance to try innovative things that might actually make things better and cost less in the long run. Think of what he would do with a city like New Orleans, for example. Here's a very interesting piece on his web site on the subject, Why New Orleans Needs Saving. Transportation, Energy and Education also would probably be very good fits.

I'm not sure about Homeland Security. What that needs at this point is a good administrator. From Tom Delay's book it's clear that's one thing Newt is not. But I guarantee you that he'd bring some interesting and probably very effective ideas to that particular monstrosity of bureaucracy. It's truly a Frankenstein's Monster of agencies, none of which are truly meant to work together. The cultures are just too different.

Some form of advisory role to a President Thompson might also be interesting. Perhaps heading the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. It's at least interesting to think about. And it might keep him out of trouble. I believe Fred could convince a grizzly bear to behave, if he put his mind to it.

Newt has Education Sec would be interesting, since that is his background.

I really liked Tom Delay saying to do away with the Dept of Ed, tho.

I knew that post about Newt was gonna turn out to be you after I read the first couple of sentences.

Deep thoughts, as usual.

I see newt as sort of a think tank kind of guy.