Newt neutered

Newt Gingrich, a man loathed by an even higher proportion of the US population than Hillary Clinton, announces he's not running for president in 2008. According to the WaPo, Newt won't stand because "he could not legally explore a bid and stay as head of his tax-exempt political organization." As Clinton herself might say: "Hello?" Actually, the real reason is that he didn't have snowball's chance, a fact that must have been obvious, even to him, through the blinding fog of ambition.