Posted on 10/11/2011 7:05:48 PM PDT by maggief
BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday dropped some names of potential running mates in the 2008 race, but added such speculation is a bit premature.
Among those Romney mentioned for the second slot on the Republican ticket were three Southerners: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
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How quickly we forget ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/world/americas/13iht-clinton.html
New odd couple: Hillary Clinton and Newt Gingrich
By Raymond Hernandez
Published: Saturday, May 14, 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi6n_-wB154
Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich Commercial on Climate Change
Apr 17, 2008
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/newt_gingrich_endorses_dede_sc.html
Newt Gingrich endorses Dede Scozzafava in NY-23 House race
Published: Friday, October 16, 2009, 2:01 PM
http://republicanwhip.house.gov/newsroom/2009/04/national-council-for-a-new-america-formed.html
Our National Panel of Experts:
Governor Haley Barbour
Governor Jeb Bush
Governor Bobby Jindal
Senator John McCain
Governor Mitt Romney
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Sincerely,
John Boehner, Eric Cantor, Mike Pence, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, John Carter, Pete Sessions, David Dreier, Kevin McCarthy, Roy Blunt
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Gingrich Joins Cantor’s Effort To Remake GOP
Michelle Bachmann is no longer running for president. Now, she dreams only of being Mitt’s running mate.
rahm emmanuel has regime experience.
MARK SANFORD? Are you kidding me????
Politicians should be judged by the company they seek.
IMHO, Newt is in the tank for Romney, shoring up conservative votes.
He had to have had a brain lock. He was wanting to pander to South Carolina and this is the name that came into his mind. Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush are almost as much WTFs??? as Sanford.
If he meant what he said, then he not qualified to be President. We already have one fool in the White House.
look at the date, March of 2007
why are you posting a 4 year old article and then using it to bash Newt Gingrich?
1. The title says FLASHBACK.
2. Newt is a tool.
Yes, we all know that Bachmann was never more than a stalking horse for Romney, but she was ordered to turn that role over to Herman Cain. It's all a plot to stop The Only One Who Can Beat 0bama: Rick Perry! He can't talk straight, he loves La Raza, he thinks Islam is a great religion, but He Is The One! He is the next Reagan! /s
FR needs a CONSERVATIVE reality check ... STAT!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/nyregion/13hillary.html
Oddly, Hillary and, Yes, Newt Agree to Agree
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: May 13, 2005
WASHINGTON, May 12 - What do Newt Gingrich and Hillary Rodham Clinton want from each other?
In the 1990’s, these two rivals stood on nearly opposite ends of the political spectrum; he led the assault on the Clinton presidency and helped derail the ambitious health care plan she championed.
But oddly enough, something has changed since then, and it has people talking.
Mr. Gingrich, the former House speaker, has been working alongside the former first lady on a number of issues, and even appeared with her at a press conference on Wednesday to promote - of all things - health-care legislation.
But more puzzling than that, Mr. Gingrich has been talking up Mrs. Clinton’s presidential prospects in 2008, to the chagrin of conservative loyalists who once regarded him as a heroic figure. Last month, he even suggested she might capture the presidency, saying “any Republican who thinks she’s going to be easy to beat has a total amnesia about the history of the Clintons.”
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That has been obvious in the past three debates. Her job for Romney was to keep attacking Perry.
“MARK SANFORD? Are you kidding me????”
my exact reaction!
“...Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush are almost as much WTFs??? as Sanford...”
Jeb Bush would have to grow a spine to deserve the title of milktoast. Plus Jeb brings back all that ole Bush popularity.
He should pick Mark Sanford!
Why not Mitt Romney and Bernie Sanders?
oh, crap, he might just go with Jeb...
What is Romney? Another Juan "Lets Throw One to Spite the Gipper" McCain? This guy is insane!!!!
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