MISTER, THE GRAY LADY COULD USE A MAN LIKE RICHARD NIXON AGAIN:

• “In fact, surveying current politics, I find myself missing Richard Nixon.”

— Paul Krugman, The New York Times, August 30th, 2009. (Found via this Nick Gillespie item in Reason from back then.)

• “It seems to me, though, that if Mr. Gingrich is looking for hopeful historical comparisons, the more apt one might be Richard Nixon.”

— Matt Bai, The New York Times, today, on Newt’s presidential bid.

(Via Ann’s post here.)

UPDATE: It seems safe to say that no matter the ultimate denouement of Gingrich’s career, no one in the New York Times’ editorial bullpen will judge him to be “One of Us,” as one ex-Timesman ultimately, grudgingly, dubbed the Big Government-oriented Nixon.