Rightwinger Gripes over GOP '08 Candidates: 'They All Suck'

While a lot of Democrats aren’t thrilled with their choice of presidential candidates so far for 2008, hardly any of them could be said to “suck.” By contrast, Republicans have reasons to grouse, based on a recent post by Erick Erickson, the CEO of the blog Redstate:

The main problem with the prospect of a Newt ’08 campaign is that the former speaker is wretchedly unpopular. According to a recent Fox Noise poll — yes, a Fox poll — 64 percent of voters said they wouldn’t vote for Gingrich under any circumstances and 44 percent of Republicans said the same.

All the thus-far declared candidates “suck” [Erickson] recently declared at his website. “Let’s just admit it. Every one of the thus far announced Republican candidates for President sucks. From the lecherous adulterer [Rudy Giuliani] to the egomaniacal nut job [Senator John McCain] to the flip-flopping opportunist with the perfect hair [former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney] to the guy who hates brown people [Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo] to the guy we’ve never heard of [California Congressman Duncan Hunter] to the guy who has a better chance of getting hit by a meteor while being consumed by a blue whale being struck by lightening [Kansas Congressman Sam Brownback].”

So who is out there — who is the rightwing version of Al Gore out there waiting in the wings? Why — the Newster, of course:

Part of me, frankly, wants Newt Gingrich to run. Don’t get me wrong (or divorced; my wife can’t stand the guy). I don’t want the former speaker to actually win. I don’t know that I’d trust him with that much power. He is the most articulate, honest defender of conservatism out there. His ideas are bold, they are conservative, and they are good. I don’t agree with him on everything, but it would really be nice for him to get out there and pull everyone else to the right, to tell them why they are wrong, and why they are cowards for standing on the shoulder of Reagan while acting like the Manneken Pis [Wikipedia: “little man piss” in English; a Brussels landmark — a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain’s basin] on his legacy.

Amazingly, except the part about the statue, I agree with all of this. I hope Gingrich enters the race because he just about any Democrat with a pulse could beat him. His negatives in polling are so high as to be all but insurmountable. According to a recent Fox Noise poll — yes, Fox — 64 percent of voters said they wouldn’t vote for Gingrich under any circumstances and 44 percent of Republicans said the same.

Run, Newt, run!

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I heard Mike Savage was considering a run. I’d like to see that. Maybe they could manage to lose UT and OK this time around.

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