shemdogg
02-28-2011, 10:07 AM
Just as he’s expected to announce his 2012 plans, New Gingrich will participate in a presidential forum in Iowa, the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition announced Monday.
Continue Reading
Gingrich will be joining Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain and Buddy Roemer at the March 7 event in West Des Moines. It will mark the first time this cycle that multiple presidential hopefuls will share a stage in Iowa.
The former House speaker is nearing a final decision about whether or not to run for president, with various reports indicating that an announcement could come in less than two weeks.
Though invitations went out to every prospective candidate, the March 7 event isn’t a debate, nor will there be a Q & A session. Rather, the social conservative group is billing it as a “meet and greet” where each candidate will be given 10 minutes to make a presidential pitch to voters of the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Coalition president Steve Scheffler said Gingrich has just as much of a chance as any other 2012 hopeful, calling it the "most wide open field in 50 years."
“Like all the other candidate, they’re willing give Newt a fair hearing,” Scheffler told POLITICO. “I just don’t think many people in Iowa have said, ‘This is my guy. This is who I’m going to support.’”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50330.html
Continue Reading
Gingrich will be joining Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain and Buddy Roemer at the March 7 event in West Des Moines. It will mark the first time this cycle that multiple presidential hopefuls will share a stage in Iowa.
The former House speaker is nearing a final decision about whether or not to run for president, with various reports indicating that an announcement could come in less than two weeks.
Though invitations went out to every prospective candidate, the March 7 event isn’t a debate, nor will there be a Q & A session. Rather, the social conservative group is billing it as a “meet and greet” where each candidate will be given 10 minutes to make a presidential pitch to voters of the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
Coalition president Steve Scheffler said Gingrich has just as much of a chance as any other 2012 hopeful, calling it the "most wide open field in 50 years."
“Like all the other candidate, they’re willing give Newt a fair hearing,” Scheffler told POLITICO. “I just don’t think many people in Iowa have said, ‘This is my guy. This is who I’m going to support.’”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50330.html