While George Will is being just a tad bit real, he too falls into the 'judge em by some irrelevant criterion' groupthink. He chides Gingrich for his off the wall nonsense, but then brings up Woodrow Wilson, a favorite target of the right for his educational experience. You'd think he'd realize Gingrich is in that same category. When you are making oddball comparisons thought would help. That may be asking too much of the republicans and conservatives today.
"If pessimism is not creeping on little cats feet into Republicans thinking about their 2012 presidential prospects, that is another reason for pessimism. This is because it indicates they do not understand that sensible Americans, who pay scant attention to presidential politics at this point in the electoral cycle, must nevertheless be detecting vibrations of weirdness emanating from people associated with the party.
The most recent vibrator is Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who won the 2008 Republican caucuses in Iowa and reached that years national convention with more delegates than Mitt Romney, and might run again. Huckabee, now a Fox News host, was asked by Steve Malzberg, a talk radio host, this:" Read here: George Will: GOP's weirdness factor | CJOnline.com
"If pessimism is not creeping on little cats feet into Republicans thinking about their 2012 presidential prospects, that is another reason for pessimism. This is because it indicates they do not understand that sensible Americans, who pay scant attention to presidential politics at this point in the electoral cycle, must nevertheless be detecting vibrations of weirdness emanating from people associated with the party.
The most recent vibrator is Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who won the 2008 Republican caucuses in Iowa and reached that years national convention with more delegates than Mitt Romney, and might run again. Huckabee, now a Fox News host, was asked by Steve Malzberg, a talk radio host, this:" Read here: George Will: GOP's weirdness factor | CJOnline.com