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.
He's out of touch sometimes, but when he gets tuned in, he's a bull dog that no one can touch in a debate.
Anyway, (off topic) these guys should expand their platform beyond taxes and come up with very specific deficit reduction action items such as:
Eliminate all subsidies, eliminate the Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Education, Housing and Urban Development, et cetera.
Very true, Newt is somewhat unreliable as a real or true conservative. I am willingly to take that chance with Newt since I think our problems are so huge that unreliable will not be an issue. Also Newt, like Perry can be made to see the light if you put enough heat on him. I wanted Sarah, but I would trust Newt or Cain to clean up crony capitalism and corruption in D.C. Not so sure that would be at the top of Perrys' to do list.