Why Gingrich would lose in a debate with Obama

Newt Gingrich is basing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, in large part, on one premise: He is the candidate best equipped to debate President Obama.

If he becomes the nominee, Gingrich asserts, he will challenge the president to seven Lincoln-Douglas-style debates, three hours apiece. He says the president's ego would compel him to accept, but if he doesn't, Gingrich promises, "I'm going to say, 'The White House is now my scheduler,' and wherever he goes, I will show up within four hours to take apart whatever he said — that's how Lincoln got Douglas to debate."

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Philip Ruckerand Amy Gardner 28 Jan, 2012


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