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'Nutty Newt' vs. 'No Drama Obama?' Yesssss!

Maureen Dowd loves the election-year match-up

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 11, 2011 1:49 PM CST

(Newser) – With Newt Gingrich surging in the polls and kicking butt in debates, Maureen Dowd is dreaming of a Gingrich/Obama match-up: "The Drama Queen versus No Drama Obama," she writes in the New York Times. "The apocalyptic prophet versus the ambiguous president." The conflict would be "fascinating," especially because President Obama "usually faded away on stage during his primary debates" and Gingrich revived his campaign with "confident debate performances against pitiful foes."

Make that doubly fascinating, because "Nutty Newt" is "always veering out of control" while Obama is "too tightly controlled." For proof of Newt's nuttiness, O'Dowd quotes "dazed" Republicans like Peggy Noonan, who calls Gingrich “a human hand grenade who walks around with his hand on the pin, saying, 'Watch this!'" Dowd isn't disagreeing, and maybe that's why she loves the Rise of Newt. Her closing advice to Obama: "Make him get a crush on you," like Bill Clinton did. "Then crush him."

Newt Gingrich and President Obama: next year's contenders for the White House? (AP Photo)

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jade1

Dec 12, 2011 8:59 AM CST

The Republican candidates are embarrassing. Really? This is the best they have?

JamaicaJim

Dec 12, 2011 8:33 AM CST

Maureen Dowd...didn't she retire to the Lib Farm? Guess not. SHUT UP Maureen. No one cares what you say, you in the tank Obama lover. You commie. You socialist boob. F-Off!

hopeandchange

Dec 12, 2011 8:30 AM CST

I can't believe it that Obama has actually raised the bar past Carter for utter and sheer incompetence. He not only turned on his own base with the patriot act but has manged to infuriate both sides with his complete ignorance of how to get things done. What a complete and utter failure. If America reelects this moron, we will deserve what we get and that will be a recession that make us wish for the good old days of 2010.

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