Newt Gingrich to announce exploratory committee ‘in 10 days’ — in Georgia

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/26/the-newt-gingrich-fan-dance/


Update at 7 p.m.: I was on a State Bar panel this afternoon with Randy Evans, the Atlanta lawyer in charge of Newt Gingrich’s business interests. He’s quoted below.

Before we parted, Evans told me this: “In 10 days, Newt Gingrich will be in Georgia, announcing his exploratory committee.”

By my count, that’s Tuesday, March 8.

[FrankRep]

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[Matt Collins]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-NIbZXNRns



I believe he also use to be Rockefeller's operative in Georgia.

[anaconda]

The only things Newt should explore are his prostate, colon, and a gym membership.

[JohnEngland]

Well I suppose it would be nice to have the Republican debates filled with articulate candidates, even if they are very disagreeable on some issues.

Regardless of their political beliefs, debates with people like Gingrich, Paul, Johnson and Daniels would make for much more informative and productive events than clown shows dominated by the likes of Romney, Pawlenty and Palin.

[speciallyblend]

pukin, this guy is everything that is wrong with the gop! snake oil salesman is what newt reminds me of!!

[ctiger2]

It's amazing to me that he thinks he could win. That's how delusional these people are.

[Agorism]

So he's pre-announcing for his exploratory committee that will consider the possibility of running for president.

[low preference guy]

So he's pre-announcing for his exploratory committee that will consider the possibility of running for president.

yep. he is thinking he will think about running for pres.

[MozoVote]

I'm in agreement with that. His last presidential run fizzled even before New Hampshire. He may have some strong support in the inner ranks of the GOP, but I think the everage delegate will feel like he is old laundry.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

I'm in agreement with that. His last presidential run fizzled even before New Hampshire. He may have some strong support in the inner ranks of the GOP, but I think the everage delegate will feel like he is old laundry.

Are you talking about Newt Gingrich? Wouldn't this be Gingrich's first presidential run?

[FrankRep]

I'm in agreement with that. His last presidential run fizzled even before New Hampshire. He may have some strong support in the inner ranks of the GOP, but I think the everage delegate will feel like he is old laundry.


Are you talking about Newt Gingrich? Wouldn't this be Gingrich's first presidential run?


This will be Newt Gingrich's First Time running for President, if he runs.


Wikipedia: Newt Gingrich > Declined 2008 presidential run
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Declined_2008_presidential_run

[anaconda]

It's amazing to me that he thinks he could win. That's how delusional these people are.

I wouldn't count him out (nauseating as the thought is...). He claims to be horrified with the Bush spending orgy. He claims to be a repentant Christian. His government shutdown might take on a new life of its own in the coming months. He is for "making Americans safe." All of these things will fly with a big part of the base. He has name recognition.

[libertybrewcity]

He will draw away voters from Romney and Barbour. YEEAA!!

[malkusm]

Repeat after me: Newt's third wife. Newt's THIRD wife.

[sailingaway]

yep. he is thinking he will think about running for pres.
:rolleyes:

[sailingaway]

He will draw away voters from Romney and Barbour. YEEAA!!

Unfortunately, when they put him in the polls, it drew from Ron. He is thought to be fiscally conservative by some. And he wrote a book that is nothing like his voting record and people believe it is the real him, apparently. I've had it quoted at me.

[anaconda]

He will draw away voters from Romney and Barbour. YEEAA!!



Interesting and encouraging thought. HOWEVER: I thought that Ron would similarly benefit greatly in 2008 by having a large field of opponents that would split up the vote so that he could win several states with perhaps 28% of the vote. But instead everyone simply started voting for McCain after New Hampshire (I say "after" because New Hampshire 2008 still stinks of massive voter fraud).

[MozoVote]

No this would be Newt's second attempt. I don't remember if it was 1996 or 2000 but he was making the rounds, gearing up to run. He was not gaining traction and folded early.

I guess it was the 2000 race, though. After all the GOP takeover of Congress was 1994 and I doubt Newt had presidential ambitions *that* quickly.

[trey4sports]

pukin, this guy is everything that is wrong with the gop! snake oil salesman is what newt reminds me of!!


Exactly

Unfortanetly a lot of the old-school neocons will see Newt as a conservative hero. Most have no clue that he is a "futurist" and a fucking scumbag-to-boot

[FrankRep]

No this would be Newt's second attempt. I don't remember if it was 1996 or 2000 but he was making the rounds, gearing up to run. He was not gaining traction and folded early.

Neither. This will be Newt's first presidential run.

[Austin]

At least someone else is announcing... Ron should not be the first to announce. He needs to announce early enough to get in the first debates, but no sooner.

[muzzled dogg]

And so it begins

[specsaregood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154

[Matt Collins]

I wouldn't count him out (nauseating as the thought is...). He claims to be horrified with the Bush spending orgy. He claims to be a repentant Christian. His government shutdown might take on a new life of its own in the coming months. He is for "making Americans safe." All of these things will fly with a big part of the base. He has name recognition.
Newt is a very smart individual and is a huge threat. :(

[Sola_Fide]

I don't see Newt gaining traction in 2012 for some reasons, but his eventual endorsement will carry some weight in Republican circles.

[Eric21ND]

He's D.O.A.

[April1775]

It's amazing to me that he thinks he could win. That's how delusional these people are.

Yup. Everything that is wrong with McCain is also wrong with Newt.

[devil21]

He was ran out of the GOP on a rail during Clinton's presidency. REMIND PEOPLE THAT GINGRICH WAS NOT WELCOME IN THE PARTY NOT TOO LONG AGO!!!

http://articles.cnn.com/1998-11-06/politics/gingrich_1_republican-caucus-bob-livingston-party?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS


Sources say Gingrich made the choice when he was told as many as 30 Republicans would refuse to vote for him on the floor of the House. Another close associate of Gingrich said the speaker did not want to be the center of attention and distract his party for the next two years.

The Republican conference needs to be unified and it is time for me to move forward, Gingrichs statement said.

Rumors of a leadership shakeup surfaced quickly after Tuesdays election when the GOP suffered a surprising loss of five seats in the partys slim House majority. Just weeks before, Republicans had been confident they could add to their majorities in the House and Senate.

Earlier Friday, Gingrichs longtime friend and ally, Rep. Bob Livingston, announced he would challenge Gingrich for the speakership.

With his party in turmoil, Gingrich has been closeted at his Georgia home, calling dozens of colleagues to assess whether he could survive the latest leadership challenge.

Though he received support from members of the caucus he spoke with by phone, Gingrich only reached 40 to 50 people, indicating that many were not returning his calls.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-11-08/news/9811080078_1_newt-gingrich-republican-party-destroy-medicare


With the force of his personality, he shook a Republican Party once dominated by the country-club set out of its get-along lethargy and took it to the political heights, engineering a 1994 revolution that enabled the GOP to wrest control of Congress from the Democrats for the first time in 40 years.

He could do most everything well except govern.

And that failure helped bring the party to its current state, in turmoil after Tuesday's elections, the party's leaders scrapping to replace Gingrich, who announced Saturday that he is giving up his seat in Congress.

[Thomas]

Newt was behind the push that got Iowa's activist judges overthrown and has an organization in iowa b/c of it...

[Brett85]

Newt was behind the push that got Iowa's activist judges overthrown and has an organization in iowa b/c of it...

Yeah. Newt is a social conservative, but he doesn't seem to be a strong fiscal conservative to me.

[Matt Collins]

I don't see Newt gaining traction in 2012 for some reasons, but his eventual endorsement will carry some weight in Republican circles.
He's D.O.A.

They said the same thing about McLame. Don't underestimate Gingrich.

[HarryBrowneLives]

GREAT! There's one NEOCON in the mix ... now, we only need about 15 more to totally splinter the vote:D

[MozoVote]

Neither. This will be Newt's first presidential run.

First official announced candidacy. I'll go along with that. I'm just saying he was weighing the idea in an earlier election, but it struck most people as implausible at the time, and the idea was scuttled.

[FrankRep]

I'm just saying he was weighing the idea in an earlier election, but it struck most people as implausible at the time, and the idea was scuttled.

Not true. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Declined_2008_presidential_run)


However, insisting that he had “pretty strongly” considered running,[53 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#cite_note-52)] on September 29 spokesman Rick Tyler said that Gingrich would not seek the presidency in 2008 because he could not continue to serve as chairman of American Solutions if he did so.[54 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#cite_note-53)] Citing campaign finance law restrictions (the McCain-Feingold campaign law would have forced him to leave his American Solutions political organization if he declared his candidacy), Gingrich said, "I wasn't prepared to abandon American Solutions, even to explore whether a campaign was realistic."[55 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#cite_note-54)]

[speciallyblend]

if the gop doesn't wake up soon aka 2012, it might be best to take the gop to the vet and do what must be done sometimes to sick dogs, put it down!!

[MozoVote]

http://www.biographicon.com/view/h761s


On September 28, 2007, Gingrich announced that if his supporters pledge $30 million to his campaign (until Oct. 21), he will compete for the nomination, as he launched his "Solutions Day" campaign. On September 29, 2007 a spokesman announced he decided not to run.

But I think there were some trial balloons in either 2000 or 1996 as well. There was some criticism of him at the time, that his presidential ambitions were becomeing a distraction from something else. This guy has been waiting a few cycles for an opening to "really" open a campaign.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

It's amazing to me that he thinks he could win. That's how delusional these people are.


I don't see Newt gaining traction in 2012 for some reasons, but his eventual endorsement will carry some weight in Republican circles.


He's D.O.A.

This is basically the same thing the neoconservatives say about Ron Paul. It's not true at all. Newt Gingrich could very well win the primary. He's polling a close fourth nationally and if Mike Huckabee doesn't run than Gingrich is probably the south's pick.

[anaconda]

He's D.O.A.

I thought this until recently. But I don't anymore. This Republican backlash that just elected a bunch of double talking statist Republicans may very well send another double talking statist Republican to the oval office. Gingrich will sound more "conservative" than many of his other fellow impostors.

[scottditzen]

Yeah. Newt is a social conservative, but he doesn't seem to be a strong fiscal conservative to me.

I'd be shocked if his social conservative street cred hasn't been irreparably damaged.

This guy Newt can't walk through a parking lot without cheating on his wife/wives.

[georgiaboy]

Definitely do not underestimate Newt. He's an excellent orator and debater. He's had a few years to mold his positions to try and strike a balance that will appeal to all sides, esp, within conservative circles.

This time around I'm hoping people are looking for more aggressive moves toward limited constitutional government, though, and not Newt's brand of incrementalism. Not to mention his policy positions that place him well to the left of my paleo view of things.

He's nowhere near as direct as Ron or Rand, which may also play against him this time around.

I definitely can't trust him to make the kind of changes I'm expecting to see at the federal level. He had his turn. Time to move on to the folks who will get what needs to be done, done.

[tangent4ronpaul]

I'd be shocked if his social conservative street cred hasn't been irreparably damaged.

This guy Newt can't walk through a parking lot without cheating on his wife/wives.

google: Newt Gingrich mistress
34,800 results

google: Newt Gingrich hooker
498,000 results - however, most articles seem to talk about many politicians in these results

google: Newt Gingrich call girl
107,000 results

hmmm....

[falconplayer11]

Newt will go nowhere. I think the RNC will see to that.

[Aratus]

this is his last real try at the oval office.
the thing that is holding mccain and lieberman
back from being a ticket is the average of their ages.
(unlike mitt romney and sarah palin or mike huckabee!) i really
want rep. ron paul to run again at a slower longer more determined pace
if only to put before the voters how big our debt is. there is a
point in time when our gov't goes bankrupt unless we
trim back judiciously. we have a crisis looming.

[FrankRep]

Newt Gingrich ranked 3rd in the Townhall/HotAir GOP straw Poll.


Source:

Ron Paul places 2nd in Townhall Straw Poll for February
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?281900-Ron-Paul-places-2nd-in-Townhall-Straw-Poll-for-February-lt-3-behind-Palin

[Freedom 4 all]

For some reason, Newt has popularity among the Christian Right (despite being an adulterer) and fiscal conservatives (despite being a military industrial complex whore). He's a serious threat to us in the primary, no question. However, if the GOP was smart they'd attempt to torpedo his run, as he would get RAPED by Obama in the general. He has ZERO appeal outside of hardcore neocon circles. No Democrat would flip for him, very few independents or moderates would support him, and he is so hated by the left he would energize Obama supporters who would otherwise have been too disillusioned to vote. It would be a huge mistake for the GOP to let him face Obama. It would be a bigger slaughter than McCain.

[Romulus]

For some reason, Newt has popularity among the Christian Right (despite being an adulterer) and fiscal conservatives (despite being a military industrial complex whore). He's a serious threat to us in the primary, no question. However, if the GOP was smart they'd attempt to torpedo his run, as he would get RAPED by Obama in the general. He has ZERO appeal outside of hardcore neocon circles. No Democrat would flip for him, very few independents or moderates would support him, and he is so hated by the left he would energize Obama supporters who would otherwise have been too disillusioned to vote. It would be a huge mistake for the GOP to let him face Obama. It would be a bigger slaughter than McCain.

LOL that shows how delusional his supporters are.