[KevinTheOmnivore]

Right, right...had to google his name.

Nothing has changed for Newt since he started annoying us all with talks of entering the race as a lesson to all the not-crazy-enoughs who wanted to run. Newt got taken off the hook, and now Fred! is around to annoy us with his "thinking about it" campaign.

A Democrat is going to win the White House. If Republicans want to project something on to Thompson that isn't there, well it will only be easier for the Democrats. Ditto for Newt. Here's yet another guy who loves to tell people how they shouldn't listen to government (just the guy who was speaker for one of the branches), yet can't live up to the standards he blathers on about. VP candidates do very little, so Newt can knock himself out and be the #2 on a losing ticket all he wants.

I understand your reservations about the "progressives," but the GOP isn't offering anything better than Hillary or Barack.