I have been perennially skeptical of Newt Gingrich ever since the great government shut-down of the the mid-90s, and specifically, his decision to attribute it to a perceived snub by Bill Clinton. In his previous runs for the Republican nomination, it seemed he was allergic to getting above the 5 percent threshold. But in this election, all of the viable hard-right candidates have discredited themselves in one way or another, and suddenly Gingrich is the great white hope of the talk-radio set. He currently has the support of 22 percent of the Republican electorate. I suspect that he, too, will blow out and spin off to the side of the road, leaving Romney as the nominee, but, But, BUT, I eagerly welcome the prospect of being proven wrong about this.
Go, Newt, go! If you go into the general election, this thing has 1964 written all over it.
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