I once asked if Bill Clinton could have been elected in a world in which the blogosphere existed. I think the answer may have been “no.” In fact, I suspect that it would have shredded the Sixty Minutes puff piece that Don Hewitt credited with saving his candidacy in a similar manner that it did the Dan Rather hit piece in 2004.

A similar question is whether or not it would be sufficient to overcome the MSM bias against Newt Gingrich.

He’s said very little thus far that I’d disagree with. He seems to be more straight talking than even John McCain, and there’s been a lot of implicit criticism from him of Bush on the war, which I think is badly needed, since most of that commodity has been provided by the brainless left, to date, and there is in fact much to criticize (in terms of the fact that he’s been wobbly against the enemy, to the point of continuing to fear to name it).

If he runs, I don’t think that the media will be able to get away with all the misleading hit pieces that they ran against him when he became Speaker in 1994. At the least, there will be an honest debate about his positions, instead of simple demonizing.

And of course, if elected, it’s impossible to imagine a president more pro-space, and pro-free-enterprise-space, than Newt.