Obama's voting record is a very liberal one. That and the fact that he is nothing more than the most handsome black man that the Dems could come up with means he in no way would get a vote from me. He's accomplished nothing other than his book
The fact that he is up (D)ick Durbin's rear only proves one thing... he's done nothing to merit a run for the white house, and he is just going to be a puppet to the Democrats who will try to get him elected.
An Obama/Guliani election race would be a clear example that either party has little or no interest in having a solid president to lead our country. All they care about is a "D" or an "R" after their name when they get elected. Neither one of them are true representatives of their respective parties. IT's not about fixing things, it's not about right and wrong. It's about who has the power. This is a bad place for us to be.
I don't think Newt has got too much to worry about as far as baggage is concerned, but the Dems will hammer home that he is of the Bush era and that may kill his chances considering "W"'s approval rating is just a hair better than Nixon's was when he resigned.