[ReignOfError]

Dunno about a presidential run; too much attackable personal 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.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

I think he could do more good as a thinker and strategist than as a candidate ....

Agreed. Newt would be too polarizing as a candidate; same league as Hitlary when it comes to negative division quotient. Note the remarks here.

At the same time, I would hate to see his political street-smarts wasted on the 2008 sidelines.

[geezerwheezer]

Newt is a bright guy, but he left congress at the wrong time and under the wrong conditions. If that is your idea of leadership (when the going gets tough...) then you feel free to support Newt, but understand that a lot of folks (such as myself) think he would do well to be an adviser, not a candidate for the nomination for President. It is time for our party leadership to step up and admit that their programs have strayed from conservative values, and that they have lost touch with the American public through their own volition, and now we all have to pay for their stupidity, and total lack of action on the problems we all face in this country. In my book,the chapter on Newt and the likes of him has closed, and it's time to move on to newer and fresher faces and ideas.