Memo to Newt: Don't Bother Running in 2012

It's three years from the 2012 election, but based on his recent activities it's safe to say the GOP base will not be lining up to support Newt Gingrich. Most recently his decision to support the disastrous candidacy of Dede Scozzafava in New York's 23rd district is a poke in the eye to the conservative grassroots.

Running around with the likes of the odious Al Sharpton doesn't help much either. Is he so naive to think ingratiating himself with such a loathsome radical like Sharpton will endear him to the left?

Get real, Newt. Go write some more books, do the lecture tour, make some money. But whatever you do, don't bother running in 2012. It's not going to happen.