A Frosty Analysis of Newtie

by: Todd Hill

Tue Jun 19, 2007 at 11:40 AM CDT

Frost had this to say to Politico.com:

Newt is a font of ideas -- some good and some questionable -- but at least he spends time thinking creatively. There aren't too many new ideas coming from the current Republican field. Also, Newt already has significant name identification, so he wouldn't have to spend as much money establishing himself as a credible candidate. The news media would treat him seriously from Day 1.

I agree with what Frost has to say here, Gingrich not being an elected official right now frees him up to say what he wants and see where it sticks.  He is like John Edwards in that manner, they have no constituents to answer to so they shoot off at the mouth and see where it sticks.  Sometimes the best ideas come from free flowing out of the box thinking. 

Newt has high negatives in polling data…
His history of harsh partisan rhetoric…
marital fidelity issue…
Newt's management style…

I’m positive Newt will join the large field of candidates, he is egotistical enough to do so, and lord knows he has as much baggage as everyone else does so why not?  If Republican primary voters are desperate enough to climb on board a hypocritical, shoot from the hip, polarizing, former elected official then I would say that things continue and look positive for a democratic nominee.

That is, of course, if Bloomberg or someone doesn’t develop an Independent campaign funded by billions of dollars in personal wealth.