The Occasional Observer

No he di'int...

Yes he did. Newt just started unloading against anyone who happened to show up on his radar screen this morning. Fred Thompson. John McCain. Chris Matthews. Al Gore. Bob freakin' Novak.

Liked this quote. He managed to combine an "I'm better than these peons" arrogant vibe with a substantive shot at McCain:

"I have no interest in the current political process. I have no interest in trying to figure out how I can go out and raise money under John McCain's insane censorship rules so I can show up to do seven minutes and twenty seconds at some debate." Still, he said he might enter the race before the deadlines to "start filing petitions."

Anyone get the feeling Newt's made the conscious determination that people are sick of triangulating politicans and are hungry for a little old school mud wrestling? At least Newt won't spark a whole series of "does he have the fire in the belly" questions a la Fred. Maybe this will remind everyone of the Newt they loved (or loved to hate) about a decade ago.

Hey, even if he doesn't win, this kind of stuff will only make the Race 4 '08 a heckuva lot more fun.

SHK: You said you wanted to see a Republican who was going to go plum crazy and attack the WH and all the lameness that GOP leadership has exhibited for the past few years? (OK, maybe you didn't put it quite like that)

Guess Newt's been paying attention to you.