On good-bye tour, Gingrich touts ability to be Romney surrogate

NBC ^ | 4-26-2012 | Andrew Rafferty

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On good-bye tour, Gingrich touts ability to be Romney surrogate

By NBC's Andrew Rafferty

MOORESVILLE, NC -- Even though his presidential campaign "will go bye-bye," Newt Gingrich on Thursday said he and his wife plan to campaign through the fall to help presumptive nominee Mitt Romney.

"I'm going to look at how I can be helpful, because I suspect people will still show up to hear me," Gingrich told voters at luncheon here. "Callista and I are going to campaign through October."

Though today, just 25 people attended the midday event here, leaving a roomful of empty chairs. Some of those seats were taken by Secret Service, an area the campaign has taken heat for recently because of the thousands of dollars the protection was costing taxpayers, even Gingrich he had become more of a sideshow than serious contender for the GOP nomination.

After losing the Deleware primary on Tuesday, the latest in a long string of electoral defeats, the former Speaker of the House acknowledged he will end his campaign next week. He will continue with his packed schedule through North Carolina, saying he felt an obligation to fulfill previous commitments here.

"The campaign will go bye-bye, but I'll be a citizen," Gingrich told a supporter asking about the candidate's future. "I've been an active citizen since I was 15."....

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Amen! and Newt stated very clearly from the very beginning of this campaign that ANY candidate running on the gop ticket would be better than Obama. He is NO hypocrite..he said it more than once at the earlier debates.
Newt fought hard and I admire him. He had more enemies than any other candidate from not only the gopE, Fox but from the left because they feared him.
I would also like to add that Gov Perry ran a dignified campaign. I can't say that for Romney.
Can ONLY mega millionaires become president in America anymore?