Gingrich within 3 points of McCain, #3 in GOP Nom race

[wyldwolf]

Interesting...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20070130/pl_rasmussen/gopprimary20070130_1

[SaveElmer]

1. Hitching his wagon to Bush on escalation...

Is pushing him down fast...

I wouldn't be entirely surprised to seem him give up the ghost at some point...

We might see a race between Guiliani and Romney...

Newts negatives are waaaay to high!

[shain from kane]

2. Nostalgia.

[Lasher]

3. Oboy, this is great

Newt has called for the repeal of the first amendment. The town drunk could beat him in an election.

[Alcibiades]

4. Please, let them nominate Newt

His politics (which are horrid) aside, when was the last time an out-of-office congressman won the presidency? An ex-speaker?

Run Newt, run.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. His former mistresses form a significant voting bloc...

nt

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

8. Thank you

I hate always being the first to have to make the "Newt Gingrich cheats on his wives" joke. People start to expect if from you, after a while.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

14. Thank You. I'll be here all week...

Up Next: Fart Jokes!

[Zorra]

7. Yep. "President Newt" NFW! Bwaahaaahaaahaaa.

Those two words alone are enough to turn away most voters.

[skipos]

6. I would love to see Newt nominated. Even Hillary could easily beat him. nt

[The Magistrate]

9. Gingrich, Mr. Wolf, Is My Dark-Horse Wager For The Republican Nomination

He has been working the rubber chicken in the style of Nixon in the mid-sixties, and built up a lot of chits and local party officials' support....

[rinsd]

10. Ya know Newtie was on the Daily Show earlier this year

And while watching it and the tone Newt struck etc. my roommate and I speculated that he was definitely gonna run.

[fuzzyball]

11. Oh yes, the architect of 1994 takeover of congress...

The republicans are trying to re-live the nostalgia through
Mr Gingrich. It will be just that...a wet dream.

[PBass]

12. Newt can't win... NONE of the GOP's current crop can win.

None of their candidates can beat ANY of our front runners (Clinton, Obama, Edwards and hopefully Clark).

The GOP's coalition between the Christian Conservatives and 'cloth coat' republicans has been SHATTERED. That coalition allowed Bush to win with only paper-thin margins... now the coalition has been essentially broken. Traditional conservatives will not turn out for a GOP candidate who talks to God instead of his advisors. Christian conservatives will not turn out for a candidate who doesn't toe the line on EVERY issue that they find important.

NONE of the GOP's candidates can mend the gap between these two crucial electoral factions. 2008 is going to be an electoral "rebuilding year" for the GOP.

[fujiyama]

13. I'm down with it

Gingrich would get his ass kicked.

He embodies the worst of republican congressional values (well other than Delay) - and with the beating those bastards took in November, I doubt there is much desire on the part of Americans to have those values continued at the presidency (after all Gingrich's values are Bush values).