So the supposed Constitutionalists are going to go with a guy who openly said he would abolish courts and arrest judges that didn't rule to his liking and who said putting checks on the Presidents power is dangerous.

OK, then.

Tea partiers, here is your chance to bring back small and fiscally responsible government - elect Newt Gingrich, the one who stands way above the crowd!

Keep spreading the words. Gingrich is the only conservative, experienced, able and a heavy-weight fighter that will deliver us from the evil obumo empirre!

~The Mayans were right, and the people in power know it...~

I thought the teabaggers just want a robo-signer that will rubber stamp whatever comes out of the teabagger congress?

FTA When the GOP lost seats in 1998, Newt resigned not just as Speaker, but from Congress. As is often the case, Newt took upon himself the mantle of responsibility for failings in the party that were much deeper than one man.

That's not exactly how I remember Newt's career as speaker ending.

These people don't live on the same farking planet as the rest of us do they.

Some men just want to watch the world burn, I guess.

Tigger: FTA When the GOP lost seats in 1998, Newt resigned not just as Speaker, but from Congress. As is often the case, Newt took upon himself the mantle of responsibility for failings in the party that were much deeper than one man.

That's not exactly how I remember Newt's career as speaker ending.

These people don't live on the same farking planet as the rest of us do they.

The truly scary thing is how now that will become the "real" history to the tea party. This is a literal cases of The Party altering the past to fit current political needs.

I imagine the train schedule will be spot on.

Romney is the most CEO like of them all. He's got the least baggage and an impressive record. His hair is awesome. He will be the candidate. But, unless he picks Condi Rice or some other "conservative" leader to be the heavyweight conservative influence in his cabinet (or Obama just flubs it badly in the campaign), Obama wins this election. Nothing against Romney, but Obama remains mostly untouched by the scandals in his administration and the economic woes that continue. I don't think Obama is really enthusiastic about another term either, but I think he wins it.

My opinion will change 200 times in the next 300 days.

Ronald Reagan is not here to save us. Sarah Palin will not save us. It won't be Mike Huckabee or any of the other wanna-bes who have figured out how to monetize their narrow popularity into fat TV and radio gigs but could never win the GOP nomination.

Isn't that, definitively, Newt Gingrich?

Doing things like destroying the Constitution? I see how Teabaggers would like that. They just want to keep the 2nd and 10th Amendments and fark all the rest.

Hypocrites like the High King of Hypocrisy?

Shocking...

If by "do things" you mean "undermine the Constitution, the ideals of the party, and people"...

Tigger: FTA When the GOP lost seats in 1998, Newt resigned not just as Speaker, but from Congress. As is often the case, Newt took upon himself the mantle of responsibility for failings in the party that were much deeper than one man.

That's not exactly how I remember Newt's career as speaker ending.

These people don't live on the same farking planet as the rest of us do they.

I'm actually a bit surprised that the article managed to avoid the use of "corrupt" anywhere.

Newt has out thought his rivals. The rest are running for president, he's running for emperor.

lordaction: Newt can go fark himself. He is the worst thing to happen to the Republican Party since Lincoln.

A rare opportunity for agreement. A Christmas miracle! ;-)

They mostly arrest and interrogate judges at night.

Mostly.

Newt has no desire to be the candidate. He is on a book tour. I would bet $10,000 that he's more unhappy than Mitt Romney with his recent rise in polls.

What would be *AWESOME* is if he keeps gaining ground and has to get crazier and crazier in case he accidentally becomes the nominee.

Newt probably figured he'd be able to bow out gracefully by now, book sales happily increased and his relevancy confirmed for another few years.

dahmers love zombie: I imagine the train schedule will be spot on.

Bullshiat. They won't pay for infrastructure.

simplicimus: Newt has out thought his rivals. The rest are running for president, he's running for emperor Guardian of All of Western Civilization.

I honestly think he views himself that way.

Nuclear Pancake: sno man: ~The Mayans were right, and the people in power know it...~

Then I can have all your stuff and money right?

You sound like a 1%'r.

Like those FoxNews drones would be paying any attention to politics at all once the black guy is out of office.

what_now: Newt has no desire to be the candidate. He is on a book tour. I would bet $10,000 that he's more unhappy than Mitt Romney with his recent rise in polls.

What would be *AWESOME* is if he keeps gaining ground and has to get crazier and crazier in case he accidentally becomes the nominee.

Newt probably figured he'd be able to bow out gracefully by now, book sales happily increased and his relevancy confirmed for another few years.

Nah, he timed it correctly. He hit the apex of the curve and he's sinking again, just in time for front-runner 4. And the laymen will still buy his books.

*yawn*
It's still going to be Romney.

shivashakti: He's a scumbag and a potential tyrant.

He's a tyrant, now. Just on a smaller, more limited scale.

tallguywithglasseson: *yawn*
It's still going to be Romney.

I dunno. His support isn't bumping up at all even with the endless rollercoaster of anyone but Romney. I have no idea how this one is going to end up but a brokered convention seems likely.

what_now: Newt has no desire to be the candidate. He is on a book tour. I would bet $10,000 that he's more unhappy than Mitt Romney with his recent rise in polls.

What would be *AWESOME* is if he keeps gaining ground and has to get crazier and crazier in case he accidentally becomes the nominee.

Newt probably figured he'd be able to bow out gracefully by now, book sales happily increased and his relevancy confirmed for another few years.

The flaw in his cunning plan is that the crazier he keeps getting the more tea party followers he'll get, not less. If he really wants to drop like a rock, he needs to act like a moderate with some sense of how government actually works - being reasonable is a sure fire way to make the base run away.