[Cobra64]

This is simply not true, Newt is in the hunt too and his flat tax plan is only 15%.

I agree, but there are many FReepers who keep reminding us, ad nauseum: "Gingrich has too much baggage."

They sound like this guy:

[fightinJAG]

My sense is there are very few who are basing their view of Gingrich and his chances *strictly* on his “baggage.”

I think it’s more that that that is all wrapped up with his tendency to be mercurial and to be so esoteric that he steps in it. As he did, inexplicably, with his mini-rant about Paul Ryan’s budget being “right-wing social engineering” and his initial tip-toeing about Obamacare and the individual mandate.

His positions probably could have been expressed in a way that was non-offensive to conservatives, but he didn’t go that route. It was just a reminded that a lot of times Gingrich has his head in the Ivory Tower and doesn’t pick up important clues from the conservative zeitgeist.

Could he come back? Sure.