Gingrich Conveniently Predicts Clinton-Obama Ticket

Let's get this straight. Whenever you hear a Republican predict Hillary will win the nomination assume it is wishful thinking. Because they know that if Clinton is the nominee she would most likely lose the general election. Today on Meet the Press Russert showed polls showing Clinton either losing or tied against several Republican opponents. Where as the same polls showed both Edwards and Obama either winning or doing significantly better than Hillary. Many of those same individuals also keep predicting that Hillary will choose Obama as her running mate. Professional political pundits know very well that having a ticket with 2 "minorities" is a recipe for defeat:

Democrats will nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2008 and Barack Obama will be her running mate, former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicts.

The GOP will have three "formidable" choices in Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson, said Gingrich, who is considering whether to get into the race.

I guess this means he won't run:

Gingrich said he had dinner recently with Thompson, the former Tennessee senator and actor who has set up a political committee that allows him to raise money for a presidential bid. An official launch is likely in September, after the Labor Day holiday.

Gingrich said he expects Thompson will enter what is shaping up as a competitive race for the GOP nomination against Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, and Giuliani, a former New York City mayor.

"I think that either Mayor Giuliani or Governor Romney or Senator Thompson would be a very formidable opponent for what I expect will be a Clinton-Obama ticket, and I think that there's a possibility that will work," Gingrich said.