[itsahoot]

Thanks for playing.

Then don't apply that standard only to people you don't like.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"Then don't apply that standard only to people you don't like."

I'm sitting here trying to figure out what you mean. I like Gingrich. My comment was that he has regrettable baggage, including messy divorces (dumping a wife while she's in the hospital battling cancer will hardly play well with the soccer moms) and, worse, that "ignominous fade". By that I referred to the frustrating, rudderless fizzle that followed his brilliant midterm work with the Contract With America, which in turn was followed by his resignation in the face of a trumped-up ethics kerfuffle (and, very possibly, blackmail by the Clintons-- Hillary's FBI files stopped at "G", recall). Basically, Newt had his chance and kinda blew it. He talks brilliantly, and there would be a valuable place for him in a GOP administration if we're so fortunate as to elect one. But President? I'm hesitant.