Mr. (Newt) Gingrich, the former House speaker, has been working alongside the former first lady on a number of issues, and even appeared with her at a press conference on Wednesday to promote - of all things - health-care legislation. But more puzzling than that, Mr. Gingrich has been talking up Mrs. Clinton's presidential prospects in 2008, to the chagrin of conservative loyalists who once regarded him as a heroic figure. Last month, he even suggested she might capture the presidency, saying "any Republican who thinks she's going to be easy to beat has a total amnesia about the history of the Clintons."Newt and Hillary? Somewhere, Bill Murray is ranting incoherently to the mayor of fictional NYC. "Mass Hysteria!"
Cicero over at Winds of Change has an idea about this. He thinks that they are both deserting their parties and trying for the middle ground.
Really, that's not an absurd assumption. I'll buy it from Hillary anyway, as she is far more shrewd a politician than John Kerry or most of the other Democrats on Capital Hill. I think she understands that she can win a national election by appealing to the middle (as her husband did, incidentally). Hooking up with Gingrich gives her a certain amount of credibility with more moderate voters, or at least that's what she is hoping for.
Now this is all really just speculation. Keep watching.
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