No Newt For You! (Anthony)

It was always a pipe dream to think Newt could realistically enter and win. Too often fanciful notions like that are based on the (unconscious) assumption that it is all a popular contest. Primaries exhibit O'Neill's "all politics is local" principle far more than national elections. Newt was too late. Either he was using the Prez idea to gain support and funding for his "Solutions" project (cynically knowing he couldn't legally run for Prez) OR he was too egotistical? stupid? lazy? to look up the regulations. Neither the stupid nor the lazy label seems to fit Newt. And while he has a healthy ego, I think he knew all along he could not legally run and keep his current soap box. He (probably) lied about his true intentions to increase his credibility with fundraisers and ideologues. I applaud his efforts to stimulate debate on important issues, regardless of his stance on any issue. But I count America lucky that Newt will not be given direct access to the reigns of power. He is as bombastic as he is smart. And he is smart. Bombastic is not good in a Prez. Better as fodder for talk shows.
- posted by john @ 4:37 PM