Playing With Bush Turf

As the campaign has progressed, we know that many red states are at least in play in this election.

States that Republicans assumed would go into the Republican column are not sure fire certainties

The NY Times presents a nice summation article on this development.

What strikes me here though is a quote from a least favorite politician of the staff and deep operatives from jcsande.blogspot.com - The Newtster.

NY Times: End of Battle Centers on Turf Bush Carried

“Any serious Republican has to ask, ‘How did we get into this mess?’ ” Newt Gingrich, the former Republican house speaker, said in an interview. “It’s not where we should be, and it’s not where we had to be. This was not bad luck.”

Gingrich is having an epiphany.

He is at the beginning of a long and difficult challenge to rearrange his thinking about the world.

At present his thoughts are still rather undifferentiated and clumsy. He at least recognizes that its not simply "bad luck." This is his springboard into a long and difficult opening process.

What is next for Gingrich. We can't answer that but I suspect that in another year or two we might get a Gingrich admission that - "something went wrong."