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Sunday, March 08, 2009
This Guy Might Be...
... the future of the Republican Party. I, for one, would like to think so. Here's Newt, appearing on today's "Meet the Press."
I like Newt's closing comment..."not particularly," in response to the same ol', same ol'. Speaker Gingrich probably has way too much negative personal and political baggage for a serious run at the presidency and that's a shame. The man is conservative, a serious thinker, and a pragmatist. In other words, exactly what the GOP needs right now and for the foreseeable future.
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Whether a person is conservative, and are by him contributed to the environment. Him during this period are conservative, maybe to a certain period of time, he would not be a conservative. May be.
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The World at The Present
It's just so refreshing to hear some sanity every once in a great while.
ReplyDeletePolitics is a funny business. Sometimes the media gives the impression that someone's career is dead, but the public can surprise you. I saw on a blog where lots of people said they would have voted for Colin Powel if he had run for president - yet the media seems to think his career was over due to his part in initating the Iraq war. Newt could rise again.
ReplyDeletePolitics is a funny business. Sometimes the media gives the impression that someone's career is dead, but the public can surprise you. I saw on a blog where lots of people said they would have voted for Colin Powel if he had run for president - yet the media seems to think his career was over due to his part in initating the Iraq war. Newt could rise again.
ReplyDeleteNewt is fun to listen to, and he should always have a place at the table. I can't see him ever in elective office again, though.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gordon. Newt may be the strongest voice we have in the conservative movement right now .... and thank good for him! ... but I don't think he could be elected to the presidency. I see him as an elder statesman who leads the party with his strong and sensible ideas .... so he is still a valuable person for our movement.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw "future of the party" in my blog reader (sans photo), I thought you were going to link to the 14-year-old pundit recently in the news :-)
ReplyDeleteRegarding second acts, I can't help but think of Churchill. I know that times are different, but still.
I agree with Gordon. Newt's time has passed - too much baggage.
ReplyDeleteBesides, he really pissed me off playing footsie with a run at the white house early last year. He may be bright, but I'm calling him another self serving politician.
Bob: Ain't it, though? (refreshing)
ReplyDeleteLou sez: Newt could rise again.
I don't think so. There was that messy divorce to begin with, and the rumors are thick that he suffers from Clinton Disease where women are concerned, in general. Americans are prudes in that regard. His less-than-graceful exit from the House and the ethics charges that kicked that off... unfounded or not...would be a serious political liability as well. Those things don't bother ME that much, if at all, but I'm not "normal," to say the very least. I don't think he'll run in 2012.
Gordon sez: Newt is fun to listen to, and he should always have a place at the table. I can't see him ever in elective office again, though.
Agreed, and see above. I DO think Newt is one of the leading intellectual lights on the right... it's a damned shame he made so many unforced errors.
Sharon: You're right in tune, LOL!
Phil sez: Regarding second acts, I can't help but think of Churchill. I know that times are different, but still.
And this is America, not Britain. ;-) But Hey! The Brits KNOW how to do sex-scandals, LOL!
Daphne sez: He may be bright, but I'm calling him another self serving politician.
Is there ANY other kind? ;-)