“I don’t agree with very much that Newt Gingrich wants to do, but the biggest difference is Newt has a ton of ideas to move the country forward — he did when he was speaker. There are no ideas in the Republican Party right now in the Congress. They’re the party of no,” said Dean, a former presidential candidate himself. “They desperately need some intellectual leadership. Whatever you think of Newt Gingrich, he can supply intellectual leadership, so I hope he does run.”
The veiled compliment drew a smile from Gingrich, who noted that the line would probably be used against him by his opponents. “I’m not sure I can survive in the primary,” he quipped.
Newt must have been reading FR ;-)
I missed this exchange between Newt and Screamin’ Dean:
“If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with the Iranians?” wondered Gingrich, of the rogue state.
“There may be some similarities, Newt,” Dean interjecting, chuckling, in a sarcastic jibe that nonetheless can be expected to provoke the hackles of Beck’s fans, who have embraced him as a political leader of sorts. “There may be some similarities,” Dean repeated.
Gingrich reiterated his point: “If they’re that frightened by an American TV show, how do they deal with the real world?”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2558683/posts