Newt Gingrich, the perfect candidate — except for one thing

By Alexandra Petri
WashPost

No wonder he’s currently riding at the top of the polls. Newt Gingrich has a lot going for him.

For example, he's not Mitt Romney. And then also, he's not Herman Cain. Nor is he Rick Perry. Nor, if you Google his last name, does an obscene sexual term come leaping into your mind and scar you forever.

In this sense, he stands head and shoulders above the other candidates.

Also, when asked questions about places like Libya and Uzbeki-beki-beki-stan-stan-stan, he responds to them, with precision and color, in complete sentences, as though he actually has some knowledge of what he's talking about.

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