But apparently Bill Press thinks that the flip-flopping on Libya is going to finally be enough to do him in since it's laid bare the fact that any of his positions on Libya are nothing but knee-jerk reactions opposing whatever President Obama is doing. From CNN's Reliable Sources:
KURTZ: But speaking of semantics, let's look at Newt Gingrich, what he said a couple of weeks ago, and what he says now about a U.S. military action in Libya.
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Now, this has gotten some traction on cable and on the Web. I haven't seen any newspapers stories about it. Here's a guy who's gearing up to run for president.
Why not more attention to what you would have to call a flip- flop?
PRESS: I think there should be a lot of attention to this. And frankly, I think it has maybe destroyed Newt's chances of being taken seriously as a presidential candidate.
KURTZ: Destroyed his chances?
PRESS: Seriously... Yes, right. Early on, to make a mistake like this so publicly, I think is a fatal flaw. And it shows him as just somebody who's -- he's for it if Obama is against it. He's against it if Obama's for it.
RUBIN: And I think this does revive the concerns about Newt, which is that he's unpredictable, that he's sort of in every pie and on every side simultaneously.
KURTZ: I like politicians who unpredictable, but I don't think that they should be doing a 180 within two weeks, yes.