Stephanie Cutter and Newt Gingrich in talks to host the new CNN "Crossfire"

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/04/cnn-in-talks-with-newt-gingrich-stephanie-cutter-for-162439.html

I can just picture how the into would sound..."And for the bat shit crazy, Tea Party right wingers, Newt Gingrich!"

[SoCalDem]

1. No "new" Crossfire is needed

The ridiculous policies of the extreme right need no more platforms.

CNN's lost credibility will not be boosted by Newt

[Jamaal510]

14. +1

We already have a show like this with MSNBC's Morning Joe (Blow).

[Recursion]

2. A show named after the part of gang violence that kills innocent bystanders

Please just let it stay dead. Or have Jon Stewart on the first episode.

[PoliticAverse]

4. Yes - Paging Jon Stewart!! n/t

[burnodo]

3. Newt?

What a terrible choice, unless they wanted to go with a full-fledged wingnut, then he's perfect

[Jamaal510]

16. And to think that the Right actually considers him

one of the intellectuals of the GOP...if he's one of their so-called intellectuals, then that's not exactly a good sign for their cause.

[pinboy3niner]

5. It would be a goldmine for SNL

Remember the fun they had spoofing the old 60 Minutes "Point/Counterpoint" segment ("Jane, you ignorant slut!&quot ?

[JI7]

6. i hated that show

[longship]

7. In case anybody missed it. Jon Stewart on Crossfire.

Brilliant, but not very funny for CNN. Crossfire was gone within a couple months. They never recovered from Jon Stewart.

Bowtie boy, did not last long on CNN, either.

[Iggo]

8. Jon Stewart killed it, and it should stay dead.

[longship]

9. Apparently it's like an unsinkable rubber ducky.

Or, Whack-A-Mole.

Oy!

[stevenleser]

10. Gingrich whined in debates everytime he was pinned down. This would be interesting. nt

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

13. Funny how he used to rail against the "elite" media...

And now he is looking at becoming a member of it!

[spanone]

11. why is newt a part of our lexicon? guess america loves an asshole to some degree.

[neverforget]

12. Just what we need.

Not.

[Demo_Chris]

15. After all these years the GOP has never been able to discover another Buckley. nt

[madinmaryland]

17. So Gingrich will get his ass handed to himself on a silver platter every week?

Oh wait, never mind. The Corporate News Network would NEVER let that happen.

[hatrack]

18. "Crossfire"? How about "Turd-Fling"?

Fuck me.

On one side, an Obama campaign consummate Beltway insider dispensing the very latest in Conventional Wisdom (TM)

On the other, a flatulent blancmange of irrelevance slapped together from equal parts Boys Life 1964 day trip to the planets techno-babble and masturbatory race-baiting bullshit.

Can't wait!