Newt on the Tire Swing

For some reason I'm on Newt Gingrich's press list. Check out his response to McCain suspending his campaign. It's hysterical:

Today john McCain showed what it meant to put country first.

He put everything on the line to try to put together a bipartisan sizable economic package to replace the failed Paulson bailout package.

This is the greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate and rivals President Eisenhower saying, ‘I will go to Korea .’

Every House and Senate Republican should join him in seeking the best ideas and the best solutions from across the country.

This is the day the McCain-reform Republican Party began to truly emerge as a movement which puts country first, solutions first, and big change first.

...rrrrright... making sure you're preening in front of cameras when you have nothing to do is the "single greatest act of responsibility ever taken."

Newt's acting like McCain would be singularly responsible for creating a bill, marshaling House Republicans in support and getting Bush to sign it. It's fantasyland.

I know I'm supposed to be skeptical and read between the lines and think Newt is some mad genius, but this sounds crazy. Totally crazy.

Also, this is looking more and more like a gambit to get the Vice Presidential debate cancelled.