[LS]

It ain't Newt. Above and beyond the fact that the Christian right would have SERIOUS reservations about him---and remember, many of them stayed home in November---he has very real and serious tactical problems that were evidenced in the 1990s as Speaker.

Newt is a born teacher. That's good in some lines of work, but when running for the presidency, that is a disaster waiting to happen: he over-talks, over-explains, and opens himself up to major gaffes. (Remember the "whither on the vine" comment? That was just one example of what he would do every week on the campaign trail.)

[PDR]

There is no evidence the Christian Right stayed home in November 2006. And the wither on the vine comment was a) mis-quoted and b) taken out of context beyond that.... the news organization that did even admitted it.

[NormsRevenge]

Newt is a born teacher. That's good in some lines of work, but when running for the presidency, that is a disaster waiting to happen: he over-talks, over-explains, and opens himself up to major gaffes.

Thanks for that nugget.