Gingrich rise

[California8429]

I expect the adultery and divorces are enough to doom him among the Republican primary electorate.

That's been out in the open an talked about for over a decade... people aren't going to move from pro to anti gingrich NOW because of that.

He has regained an image with republicans, used to be in the negatives. He continues to do well in the debates, and I still think he'll be the nominee, as I've thought for a long time. As long as Santorum, Cain, and Bachmann fall behind him he'll be solid moving into a 3 or 2 way race.

[California8429]

Newt has precisely the wrong temperament to be a good President. He's confrontational and hyperbolic, demonizes the opposition, and a know-it-all who thinks he knows more than he does.

That is obviously why all through the 90s no major legislation nor balanced budgets were passed in a split congress with a democratic president.

[California8429]

Newt has precisely the wrong temperament to be a good President. He's confrontational and hyperbolic, demonizes the opposition, and a know-it-all who thinks he knows more than he does.

That is obviously why all through the 90s no major legislation nor balanced budgets were passed in a split congress with a democratic president.

I could get into the details of that, but won't. The only thing I remember being passed was welfare reform, and that is because Clinton decided he needed to, to seal his reelection, after Dick Morris hounded him to "triangulate." Other than that, it was just a matter of saying no (which backfired when the "no" caused a government shut down briefly before Newt had to fold his hand because he didn't handle the PR very well), and the robust economy helped balance the books. Those were the days weren't they?  And then Newt had to resign. Great resume right out of the box!

Balancing the federal budget for four years, paying off $405 billion in debt instead of taking in trillions, passing DOMA, passing the first tax cuts in a decade  and a half and keeping unemployment down to 4% all with a democratic president and large minorities or even majorities of democrats in congress voting for the bi-partisan legislation (not your modern day, one guy crosses party lines and it's bi-partisan)= a clear lack of leadership