[BlueMondaySkipper]

Dunno about a presidential run; too much attackable personal baggage.

Has he buggered 17 year old pages? Has he drowned any staffers? Has he sold secrets to the Chinese? Has he perjured himself in court? Has he taken profits on the sale of land he doesn't own? Has he made deals for bribes with FBI agents who were posing as Arabs? Has his boyfriend run a gay prostitution ring out of his house?

Exactly what "baggage" does he have that precludes him from getting elected?

I think that the problem with perceived "baggage" on the Republican side is more aptly described as a problem that Republicans have defending themselves. If it were me and I were getting attacked like some of them have, I would turn the table and point out that while yes, I did fall out of love with my wife and into love with a staffer, at least I never drowned her.

No candidate is perfect. We just have a problem fighting back and pointing out the Dem's hypocrisy.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Exactly what "baggage" does he have that precludes him from getting elected?

He has an R for party affiliation. All the Democratic-inspired ethics charges during his Speakership coupled with his marriage(s) would be MSM headlines.

Allen lost on "macaca"....imagine what the MSM would do to Newt.

[Albion Wilde]

I think that the problem with perceived "baggage" on the Republican side is more aptly described as a problem that Republicans have defending themselves. If it were me and I were getting attacked like some of them have, I would turn the table and point out that while yes, I did fall out of love with my wife and into love with a staffer, at least I never drowned her.

LOL!!!