If "Smart" Politicians Are Back, Is Newt Next?

A Clownhaller (That's not really being fair. He used to be "a press secretary to Dan Quayle and Newt Gingrich.") checks in on the Newtie story we mentioned earlier. (Note Mall*Wart banner ad at the Hall. Haw haw.) There's a certain amount of "I have known Newt since 1982," obviously, & little else fascinating. Except press secretary Galen's mention of a Newt story by David Corn in Mother Jones, for which Rich was interviewed. Gets the opening & closing quotes, as well, making us unsure if he was interviewed or squeezed dry for item. (Not for the NYT thing, though, as Newt deigned to speak to the Times writer, so no mouthpiece was needed.) Corn's piece is no 8,000 wds., & focuses more on Gingrich as presidential candidate than as soon to be party leader/brainiac.

One might even think Galen is back at work for Newt, trying to drum up traction (formerly "momentum," & probably something entirely different by 2012) for a bad case of Gingrichitis. (Gingrichiasis?) Newt mentions right in the NYT Mag that he'll have to be in or out of the horse race by "the early weeks of 2011." Time is running out. Can the masses get him, let's say $50 million this go-round, soon enough? 

Positives for Newt: Meets minimum age requirement for Republican candidate (70) by 2012, & minimum marriage requirement (Two, & he has three!). Not a Mormon. Not a scary looking preacher who may balloon up like Taft or Harding once he hits the White House. Not a dunce, exactly. He does have a Ph.D. in history from Tulane. (Semi-polite snickers.) 

Newtonian Negatives: Pretty much everything else, & some of the stuff mentioned above, depending. At least they're trying to make Callista look a bit older, as seen below, 7 December 2008. Photo: Mike Theiler/REUTERSWe think this one was taken in 2005 or 2006.Tip o' the Bouffant chapeau to World O' Crap's scott for diving into the dumpster of Clowntown, allowing us to make all the connections. Beware the Newt!