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drive the rest of them crazy. >> what makes -- do you agree with that assessment, no chance, or virtually no chance. what makes newt run? >> there are some precedents. you had richard nixon 1968. ronald reagan in 1980. these were politicians who had been out of politics for quite a while. he thinks that he can play this role but he has a lot of baggage. >> not that he's been out of politics. >> there's other baggage. he's gaffe prone which i think is a serious problem. he's creative but not disciplined. these are not a good mix of skills for a presidential campaign where discipline is quite important. message is quite important. he's often off message. >> let me ask you about where the president stands now. we all know we're doing a snapshot in time, things change. is he -- in terms of past presidents running for re-election, strong position? >> you know, i actually think if you look at numbers in composite, there's kind of a remarkable story there. i saw a number this week that said 29% of the country thought the country was going in the

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