Gingrich looking serious

Public Policy Polling ^ | 05/26/2010 | Tom Jensen

[speciallybland]

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/05/gingrich-looking-serious.html

[markomalley]

You know, I hope not.

I like Newt...don’t get me wrong.

But he is so much better as a historian and as a talking head, he really ought to stay where he is.

[Cricket24]

NO!

[Lawgvr1955]

I hate to burst anyone’s bubbles, but this is a non-starter IMHO. Gingrich may be a brilliant politician, but his personal negatives are too high to get very far. Someone needs to tell him straight up and save him some time and money.

[Shady]

NO NO NO!!!!!

[stephenjohnbanker]

H E L L no.

[patriot preacher]

Um - NO.

[THX 1138]

No thanks.

That "carbon-loading the atmosphere" remark was the last straw for me...

[VRW Conspirator]

Check, check and check.

[cripplecreek]

Pass.

[Paladin2]

Newty hasn't been serious since he sat on Pelosi's couch.

[icwhatudo]

no

[jwparkerjr]

Uh oh! This will not set well with a lot of people in these parts. Personally I like him, a lot. I toward him though like I am Sarah Palin. I like too much to see them get embroiled in a campaign. Tossing your hat in the ring in today's world of politics is a crap shoot. Or maybe more like playing Russian Roulette.

I think there are a lot of people, like Newt and Sarah, who could really enhance the candidacy of the right person without the risk of the personal destruction so many in the press and on the Left have planned if one of them runs.

Ronald Reagan proved the right person as president can make a huge difference to the world. Jimmy Carter proved anyone can become president. George H. Bush sorta showed us we don't really need a president. Obama is showing us it can dangerous to have a president.

I hope Newt stays out and provides his support to someone.

[BP2]

I’m not quite as cynical as I was just six months ago about Newt being a RINO.

Gingrich SEEMS to have had a change of heart and sounds more Conservative as of late. But then again, so does McCain ...

[sphinx]

I have always been a Gingrich fan. He has more ideas in a morning than most pols have in a career, and many of them are good. And he's attentive to the tactics of persuasive presentation, in contrast to the legions of tone deaf Republicans who don't have a clue about how to present the necessary hard choices in a positive light. But Newt's personal negatives are too high.

If we had an Obama, we could put Newt into his teleprompter and that would be an ideal solution.

[LADY J]

NO!!

[statestreet]

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[markomalley]

I’m not quite as cynical as I was just six months ago about Newt being a RINO.

It's not the RINO bit I'm talking about. He is an egghead...and, as such, I don't believe that he would consider anybody else smart enough to really advise him. That is not a good trait in anybody, no matter what their philosophy.

Maybe he has had a change of heart since he converted to Catholicism...but I, frankly, have not seen it.

[Republic of Texas]

We aren’t serious about him.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Gingrich looking delirious is more like it.