New York Times Watch Quotes of Note – Beware the ‘Symbolic Phallus’ of Summer Movie Season

Newt Gingrich: He’s No Mario Cuomo “Whatever can Newt Gingrich be thinking? That’s the question a lot of political handicappers are asking now that Newt, as he is universally known in Washington, has decided to enter the 2012 campaign, with an announcement expected on Wednesday. Until recently, most of my colleagues assumed that the former speaker of the House, who flirted with running four years ago, was merely doing the same thing now, just to stay in the news. I mean, let’s be unsparing about this: Mr. Gingrich has never been elected to anything outside his old Congressional district in Georgia.” – Political writer Matt Bai on former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich, May 11. vs.

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