Gingrich: Beating Clinton in 2016 would be "Super Bowl" for GOP.

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The former House Speaker and Republican presidential hopeful says it's inevitable that Clinton would be the Democratic nominee for the next election if she decided to run.

A 2016 presidential election with Hillary Rodham Clinton as the Democratic nominee would be a serious uphill battle for Republicans, Newt Gingrich said.

“If their competitor in '16 is going to be Hillary Clinton, supported by Bill Clinton and presumably a still relatively popular President Barack Obama, trying to win that will be truly the Super Bowl,” the former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

He added that the current Republican Party “is incapable of competing at that level.”

Gingrich also thinks Clinton’s nomination is inevitable if she decides to run for president.

http://news.msn.com/politics/gingrich-beating-clinton-in-2016-would-be-%e2%80%98the-super-bowl%e2%80%99-for-gop

Yeah this is the guy who said he was going to put a base on the moon in 2020. How crazy and stupid is he?

[oldhippydude]

1. stopped clock.... demographics look good to prove his point

as long as the Republican party is old, male, white and angry it's doomed

[exboyfil]

3. It will come down to the economy

If it is better than now, then I think the Dem nominee wins in a walk. If not then we will lose (unless the Republicans self destruct again which could always happen). I supported Obama because the alternative was no alternative (you lose serious consideration when you have a $1T debt and propose a 20% tax cut). That alone sealed the deal.

[agent46]

2. He's just starting early

...to frame the outcome. If he can prime the pump with this BS and the rightwing can come up with a whole new frame with entirely new lies, then they can call any small swing of the pendulum back toward the right as a "Superbowl" win - aka a mandate.