Well look, anything is possible.
I don’t think Newt has much of a chance of winning the Republican nomination either, and how he left office has a lot to do with that. As does the toll on his image the constant media attacks had when he was Speaker. Similar to Palin, though Newt’s basic intelligence was never undermined. It’s taken Newt a long time to rebuild his image, and it will take Palin a long time to rebuild hers too, if she can.
Not everyone is going to have equal success at image rehabilitation. Some even deserve the image they’re branded with. Dan Quayle has never recovered, and that was just from one spelling mistake. He never came close to anything like the devastating Katie Couric interview.
But back to Newt, I would just like to see him shape the debate in the primaries. Forcing other candidates to compete with his ideas could only be a good thing for the GOP.
But I’m really just most interested in finding the right candidate, whoever that may be. I came to realize over the last several months that Sarah palin just isn’t that person. She’s just too erratic and disorganized in her thoughts and presentation. She actually makes George Bush look like a Great Communicator by comparison. that’s my gut assessment of her and no amount of verbal abuse is going to change that. After 3 elections and 3 verbal bumblers (Bush, Palin, and McCain) I’m really tired of it. There is no way we can beat 0bama with yet another bumbler. The complete lack of a charismatic leader who can articulate a conservative message for 10 years now is what has left the GOP in total collapse.
I hold Newt up as a sort of Republican Gold Standard because he always knows what he’s talking about, never is at a loss for words, has a command of the facts at all times, and is a wellspring of the sort of common sense solutions the GOP should be presenting. But that doesn’t mean he needs to be the candidate. They just need to be a whole lot more like Newt, and a whole lot less like Bush, McCain, or Palin.
We’ve got a lot of good, serious people who fit the bill. Unfortunately just about all of them are in the House. Mike Pence comes to mind.
(BTW, Dan Quayle's difficulty was not due to *one spelling mistake* either).
Yeah, like the time Newt sat on a loveseat with Pelosi to give credence to the 'need' for fighting global warming. Or stood with Hillary to give credence for the 'need' to have computerized medical records (with billions of federal dollars to facilitate such).
We need far less Beltway Newt and more of the likes of citizen leaders like Palin, you RINO twit.