BUT.... would sure like to see him within the RNC management.
And the DemocRATS and other political enemies have put RF tags on that baggage.
And political baggage, including walking off in a huff just weeks after the 7th district re-elected him.
BUT.... would sure like to see him within the RNC management.
I think he could do more good as a thinker and strategist than as a candidate -- say as a campaign manager for a conservative candidate, then as a chief of staff if he wins.
Or he could run, even with a scant chance of winning, just to advance sophisticated conservative ideas instead of simplistic sound bites, and force the other primary contenders to do the same -- pretty much the role Alan Keyes served in 1996 and 2000.
Well, it only took 16 posts for the "B" buzzword to surface.
Has he buggered 17 year old pages? Has he drowned any staffers? Has he sold secrets to the Chinese? Has he perjured himself in court? Has he taken profits on the sale of land he doesn't own? Has he made deals for bribes with FBI agents who were posing as Arabs? Has his boyfriend run a gay prostitution ring out of his house?
Exactly what "baggage" does he have that precludes him from getting elected?
I think that the problem with perceived "baggage" on the Republican side is more aptly described as a problem that Republicans have defending themselves. If it were me and I were getting attacked like some of them have, I would turn the table and point out that while yes, I did fall out of love with my wife and into love with a staffer, at least I never drowned her.
No candidate is perfect. We just have a problem fighting back and pointing out the Dem's hypocrisy.
I would support Newt over Rudy, who also carries loads of personal baggage, because Newt is closer to an actual conservative that any of the others presently mentioned.
I believe that Ronaldus Maximus was divorced once, so I do not see that as a problem. Newt can talk also, and well. Go Newt!