Gingrich Predicts Clinton-Obama Ticket

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats will nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2008 and Barack Obama will be her running mate, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicts.

The GOP will have three "formidable" choices in Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, said Gingrich, who is considering whether to get into the race.


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., address delegates at the National Convention of College Democrats, Saturday, July 28, 2007, at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)


Gingrich is ruling out John McCain's chances among the Republican contenders.



Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a gathering of supporters, Saturday, July 28, 2007, at Union Park in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The Arizona senator "has taken positions so deeply at odds with his party's base that I don't see how he can get the nomination," Gingrich said Sunday in a broadcast interview.


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[Deja Q]

1. I predict Newt Gingrich will one day walk the walk he often talks.

(But probably not.)

[rodeodance]

2. ha---rather sad that the media digs up this jerk to speak for the Repugs

[MethuenProgressive]

3. He knows what will scare Repugs into donating to him.

Powerful females and empowered blacks scare the hell out of the Republican base.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

16. Positioning himself as

the savior of the White Male Establishment.

[Zensea]

4. I hope nobody paid him good money for that prediction

Not that I'm saying the chances aren't good that will be the ticket, but that it doesn't take any special knowledge to guess that.

[cobalt1999]

5. I think those tickets are what the republicans are planning on.

Their strategy and plan of action is being developed on the assumption of a Hillary/Obama ticket. It is a strong ticket and they'll have to hope that such a ticket can pull the far right into the voting booths as much as "gay marriage amendments" did.

[daleo]

15. It may represent cover for Republican vote machine rigging, too

Should a lot of votes flip to the Republican side via voting machine rigging, the meme will be "voters weren't honest with exit pollsters, because they didn't want to seem sexist or racist".

[Luke_R]

6. So, Obama & Clinton v. Romney & Giuliani

[Decruiter]

7. First of all, Newt has been on the Defense Policy Board

Advisory Committee this whole time, at the Pentagon, with Ollie North, Kissinger, Feith, Perle, and other loonies. So he's not some outsider has-been.

Secondly, this may be the Dream Team that Republicans think they can easily trounce. So it's a rally cry to Repubs: "We can beat this, surely!"

Lastly, he may run himself, and is getting himself psyched for the quest.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Politics/story?id=3171298&page=1

[BlueStater]

8. Didn't he just call the GOP field a "pathetic bunch of pygmies" the other day?

Here he says they're "formidable.

[momster]

10. His Upper Lip

doesn't know what his lower lip is saying. You're not supposed to compare and contrast, you know, just accept whatever they're saying *today* as the unquestioned truth. And when they contradict themselves tomorrow, that's the truth too.

[customerserviceguy]

34. Besides

his mouth isn't the only orifice he talks out of.

[leftist.]

9. The best part is when Gingrich refers their choices as "formidable"

I love the Clinton / Obama ticket (even though I don't care much for HRC) because it gives just about every Democrat (and most independents) something to vote FOR.

Of the top three Republikans:

Romney running with anyone gets handily defeated.
Giuliani running with anyone gets handily defeated.
Thompson running with Giuliani as VP will be the toughest, but we still win so long as we play it right - and that's not guaranteed ;)

Anyway, Gingrich is another in a long LONG line of failed Republikan "celebrities" that keep getting credibility from the hate radio crowd long after they lost credibility with the general public.

[Demeter]

11. If Hillary and Obama Keep Trading Shots

It will be Edwards left standing, which IMO wouldn't be such a bad thing.

[MGKrebs]

12. MGKrebs predicts Gingrich will once again embarrass himself so badly that he

must retire for a few years until he forgets his shame. I that time, I predict a high likelihood of sexually deviant behavior, a cancerous growth on his neck, and a teaching position at Liberty University.

[leftist.]

13. I'm in for the cancer

Republikans seem to get cancer in disproportionate amounts. I'm not drawing conclusions mind you, I'm just pointing out that just about every time one appears, it's to ramble on about their own new cancer, their wife's cancer, et cetera.

Hate radio may have the highest incident of cancers anywhere.

Hmmm ...

[Joe Chi Minh]

14. Anyone know who Gingrich is? Is he an authority on anything? Answers

on the back of a postage stamp, please.

"Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson."

Wow! Just wow!

[Yupster]

17. I think he has a pretty

knowledgeable interest in paleantology.

Therefore I think he's wrong.

I predict Hillary/Richardson.

It's what I've been predicting for to years and I'll stick with it.

[Dj13Francis]

18. I agree with your prediction

I think if Hillary gets the nomination, she'll ask Richardson to be her runningmate. That's just another reason to vote Obama.

[SKKY]

19. Considering Edwards and Obama are tied in Iowa at the moment...

...and Hilary is 4th, I think he's underestimating Edwards. He wins in Iowa, and that could be the momentum that pushes him along. Of couse, this would all be pointless if Gore enters the race, which I'm still holding out for.

[DrFunkenstein]

23. Why Should I Bother Saying Anything?

When you've said it so succintly.

[splat]

20. "Formidable" GOP choices means white guys. Wink, wink. n/t

[BrightKnight]

21. Obama / Clinton beats anything the Repugs have - n/t

[RedSock]

22. even crooked machines???

Obama / Clinton beats anything the Repugs have - n/t


..... even crooked voting machines?

[Joe Bacon]

24. I predict that Newt is cheating on his wife (again)

:evilgrin:

[Adsos Letter]

25. The fact that this blow-hole can even show his face in public...

...much less pontificate about ANYTHING convinces me that self-examination just isn't a part of some people's vocabulary.

As if I needed more evidence...

[Nevernose]

26. I will say something good about Newt Gingrich

This morning I heard him on one of the "news" shows. Most of it I disagreed with wholeheartedly.

However, he started off with saying these youtube "debates" are, essentially, bullshit. When Lincoln talked, he did so for hours at a stretch, and people listened; when Lincoln and Douglas debated, they did so repeatedly, in public, for three hours at a stretch; and that the problems we face these days are just as difficult as the problems they had then.

It seems like our nation's course is being determined entirely by ten-second soundbites and interpretations given to us by "experts."

Or maybe that's just the kernel of Newt's "populist" campaign?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

27. Isn't it rather early for Newt to be rabble-rousing the GOP base with racism and misogyny?

[Eugene]

28. Oh! That AP headline...

:puke:

This article is about Newt talking up the top 3 Repugs
with just a sprinkling of remarks about the Democrats.

[Endangered Specie]

29. Endangered Specie predicts Mussolini-Franco ticket for GOP

[Pharlo]

30. Seriously, if Clinton gets the nomination, I don't think Obama will be the running mate of choice.

I think that would be Wesley Clark. Friends of the Clintons, probably stayed out of the run this time because Hillary was running. Distinguished military career, vetted during the last presidential run. High degree of public exposure. A MUCH stronger running mate than Barak Obama. I bet Hillary is well aware of this - even if Gingrich hasn't figured it out yet.

[ShortnFiery]

32. Vice Versa: if Obama gets the nomination, I don't think Clinton will be the running mate of choice.

;) :hi: Too funny!

I think that would be Wesley Clark. Friends of the Obamas, probably stayed out of the run this time because Obama was running. Distinguished military career, vetted during the last presidential run. High degree of public exposure. A MUCH stronger running mate than HRC. I bet Obama is well aware of this - even if Gingrich hasn't figured it out yet.


The above alteration contains AS MANY *facts.* :eyes:

[Pharlo]

33. Hell, no matter who gets the Democratic nomination,

Clark looks a hell of a lot better for the VP spot than any other candidate currently declared as a nominee.

[rcdean]

35. Nope. Not Wes. It'll be Bill Richardson.

Not a bit of doubt in my mind. BR is running because BC told him he will be the perfect VP for Hillary.

It'll be Hill & Bill '08.

[chknltl]

31. Study shows obesity contagious!

If you listen to newt gingrich, you will turn into a fat-headed idiot. Need proof? Check out the folks who listen to rush limbaugh. I rest my case.

[Cleita]

36. I hope Gingrich does get into the race and

becomes the Republican presidential candidate. The Repubs are sure to lose then. The Democrats could run a shovel against him as our candidate and win.