Oh yuck! Newt is making me not like him again.
To the obtuse amongst us - Newt is making a point, if dems want to say this was a race/gender issue, why, President Obama could nominate Powell. And those filthy nasty racist republicans, who nominated Powell and Condi - just in case the public forgot - might go along with it...
Newt - playing chess while others are looking for the chess board...