It's really hard to believe how the politics in our country is going - especially considering how close we are to the republican's first presidential primary in Iowa - just a few weeks away. If the republicans are down to nominating Gingrich, that doesn't say a lot for the party. As some of the pundits have said, he "has more baggage than United Airlines."

But he is an intelligent guy. And he has been speaking well at the debates, compared to Rick Perry and such. Judge for yourself. What a challenge, huh, to outdebate Rick Perry? Well, the pundits say that Mitt Romney is Gingrich's biggest rival, but maybe yes, maybe no. Ron Paul has a lot of core support. It's so weird that Romney is probably the best candidate, but the party can't get behind him in mass, which is what it would take to bring down Obama.

And it isn't that Obama is running such a great campaign thus far. He's just hanging in there. But he comes off as sincere and smart. Gingrich comes off as smart, but smarmy - know it all. Unless something really turns bad for the worst nationally, I don't think Gingrich can beat Obama. We may be looking at the republican equivalent to Walter Mondale.