Who You Gonna Call?

Republicans keep proving themselves to be unsatisfied with their choices in candidates for president. Oh, sure, the conservative pundits say that all is well and that Hillary is unelectable. Regardless, there seems to be a churning "Saviour of the Moment" club among the Republicans at large. For example, see Newsweek, The American Scene, and a column by David Broder as examples. As Steve Benen puts it in TPM:

Can't you just feel the Newtmentum?

Sure, some of us may think of the former Speaker as the ethically-challenged, unhinged conservative who shut down the government (twice) and was driven from Congress by his caucus. Or who includes among his "big ideas" getting laptops for the the homeless. Or who raised concerns about women in combat roles because, "males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes." Or the man who was so outraged by President Clinton's personal indescretions that he sought impeachment during his own extramarital affair.

But that's apparently all in the past. Now he's the GOP Savior of the Week.

23 September 2007