Newt in 2012

Maybe the Democrats and Republicans will unite and nominate you in 2012. With your in depth knowledge of theology, the country should run like a well oiled machine.

 

Well thank you very much. It is clear that you are a full fledge Baptist with incite beyond your ears.

 

I don't think I could vote for Newt Gingrich or Sarah Palin. I couldn't vote for Newt not because I don't agree with his politics but because of the mess of his personal life. I couldn't vote for Sarah Palin because I think she's a lightweight who happens to be a woman, relatively attractive and able to turn a phrase. The thing I do like about her is she twists the establishment's underclothing into a knot.

But I would vote for either of them before I would vote to keep President Obama in office another 4 disastrous years.

 

I'm with Tom above... Newt has a great grasp on what it takes to be a great president -- except for his personal life -- he is undisciplined there, and that leads me to believe that he would be undisciplined as a leader as well.

Sarah Palin is great at what she is doing -- stirring the pot for the regular Joe -- not so great as a world leader. But, that being said, she has volumes more experience than the man that won the election 2 years ago... But, I'm not sure we as a nation can afford on-the-job training for two presidents in a row.

I would prefer Condalisa Rice to run on the R ticket next time. I'd at least like to see her get a shot at the VP if she cannot run for the top chair. I expect that we'll see Charlie Crist, Tim Pawlenty, Bobby Jindal, and the other candidates that ran last time, like Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, and Ron Paul.

Like it or not, right now, Palin and Gingrich are the front runners in polls, but I don't expect that to hold once other candidates start their bids.

 

At this point in time I would go for Bobby Jindal. I don't believe Charlie Crist will ever get on a Republican ticket agan( he was a RINO).

I like Mike Huckabee as a person, don't know if I could vote for him, there isn't anyone else you have listed that I could give my vote to.

 

Just an observation but it seems to me that the American people prefer electing people currently serving in public office for their Presidents.

If memory serves me correctly almost all Presidents in the last fifty years have been elected while serving in public office. Let's see if I can get this right:
Obama - Senate
Bush - Governor
Clinton - Governor
Bush - VP
Reagan - he wasn't serving in public office at the time but Governor before
Carter - Governor
Ford - Doesn't count...but Congress
Nixon - not serving in public office at the time but VP before
Johnson - VP, but before was in Senate
Kennedy - Senate
Eisenhower - Supreme Commander Allied Forces (I just like the title)

Anyhoo, its a mixed bag I guess. It is an argument against both Gingrich and Huckabee since they have all been out of public office for more than five years which was how long Reagan had between his governorship and Presidency. Not saying it can't happen but it seems to me people like employed public servants and not private sector folks. Maybe its a worthless observation but maybe it works well.

 

I think Newt is probably one of the smartest (both politically and intellectually) Republicans out there - he's much smarter than people give him credit for. However, it would be hard for me to support him for various reasons already mentioned. I don't think he is electable either - too much baggage that the left and its media cohorts would have a heydey with.