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Newt Gingrich: If 218 Republicans wanted me to be Speaker again, I’d have to serve
Hotair ^ | 10/09/2015 | AllahPundit

Posted on 10/09/2015 7:21:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

I think we have no choice now but to make him Speaker. Apparently, he’s the only man in America who’d accept the job.

Good point from Twitter pal “Political Math”: Having Newt back in the House would be a lovely complement to the retro 90s Bush/Clinton election that’s in the offing.

“I’m not laughing at it. I’m saying to you — I’m trying to be totally honest with you,” Gingrich told the host. “If you were to say to me 218 have called you up and given you their pledge, obviously no citizen could ever turn down that kind of challenge. This is why George Washington came out of retirement — because there are moments you can’t avoid.”

“What I would say, that would be more practical is if the House Republican Conference wanted me to be in a position to sit down with them and try to help them think this through. I think this is a conference-wide problem,” the former speaker said. “I don’t see the personality problem. I think this is something which requires serious historic thought … this is a serious, I think sobering period in American history.””

“Don’t think of this as a personality thing,” Gingrich told Hannity. “If the House conference wanted me to be helpful in their thinking through how they’re going to solve what I think is much more than a personality problem, I would always be available as a citizen to be helpful.”

As I said in the Romney post, if we’re going to recycle 2012 retreads to be “caretaker” Speakers until the next election, Newt’s obviously a better choice. My hunch is he’d be more acceptable to both wings of the caucus than Romney would: His conservative credentials are less in question, and his record of budget discipline as Speaker in the mid-90s would be broadly acceptable to everyone. (An added bonus for centrists: If Newt, who oversaw the 95-96 shutdown, argued against using that tactic again now, House conservatives might give his opinion more weight than they gave to Boehner’s.) Having Gingrich in the top spot would also scratch the itch that grassroots righties have for a Speaker who’ll use his platform to attack Obama rhetorically. Gingrich would be an able spokesman against the Iran deal and the implications of continuing to raise the debt ceiling. If you’re going to go out of the box for a Speaker who’s not a member of Congress, you could do worse.

Any other wacky choices we should spitball today while the House GOP is melting down? The only limit, it seems, is one’s imagination. Let me go get some caffeine into me and I’ll come back and write a three-thousand-word post on why Herman Cain is the only logical choice to lead a fractured caucus to glorious legislative victory over the Democrats.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: congress; newtgingrich; republicans; speaker
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1 posted on 10/09/2015 7:21:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

LOL, he carried the last Clinton, he could carry this one too.


2 posted on 10/09/2015 7:24:23 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (In the words of Oliver Hardy; "Another fine mess you have gotten us into.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Man?

How about Gov. Palin.

Conservative ... and their HEADS WILL EXPLODE.


3 posted on 10/09/2015 7:24:48 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow....what a chance...


4 posted on 10/09/2015 7:27:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Bringbackthedraft

I thought that he was prepared to go all the way, but if was the spineless GOP that threatened him if he didn’t relent?


5 posted on 10/09/2015 7:28:20 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: SeekAndFind

I vote for Allen West for Speaker or Mark Levin.


6 posted on 10/09/2015 7:31:08 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: SeekAndFind
No Thank You.

Look at the what the vaulted revolutionaries he brought in with him and what they turned into. All our old hero's, you know, Boehner, Armey, Haley Barbour, to name a few.

We need someone who can go mano-e-mano against Obama wielding the power of the purse who has a warriors demeanor and cannot be accused of being a racist....

Col. Allen West is the Answer....

7 posted on 10/09/2015 7:33:50 AM PDT by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....)
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To: taildragger

RE: Col. Allen West is the Answer....

He’s a good man. Unfortunately, he didn’t even win his own election after one term.


8 posted on 10/09/2015 7:35:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Jonty30
Newt is a political animal. I lost all respect I had for him in 2012, when he lost both the neighboring states of Alabama and Tennessee to Rick Santorum and still wouldn't gracefully bow out. It was our last gasp to unite and stop Romney and Newt flushed it down the toilet knowing the consequences.
9 posted on 10/09/2015 7:36:02 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: SeekAndFind
He’s a good man. Unfortunately, he didn’t even win his own election after one term.

After his district was gerrymandered by the GOPe

10 posted on 10/09/2015 7:40:10 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: SeekAndFind

Have I missed something? Is Newt in the House of Representatives? I thought he was an author and lecturer these days.


11 posted on 10/09/2015 7:41:22 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Sans-Culotte

RE: Have I missed something? Is Newt in the House of Representatives?

You don’t have to be a Congressman to be Speaker of the House.

All you need is the majority WANTING YOU to be speaker, and you accepting the offer.


12 posted on 10/09/2015 7:43:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Sans-Culotte
Have I missed something? Is Newt in the House of Representatives? I thought he was an author and lecturer these days.

You don't have to be a member of the house to be Speaker

13 posted on 10/09/2015 7:45:12 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: SeekAndFind

Establishment Republicans redrew his district lines to add a lot more Democrats.


14 posted on 10/09/2015 7:46:46 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Why work for a living when you can vote for a living?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Gerrymandering of his district(if my memory is correct), cutting off his funding via the E-GOP, and hints of voting malfeasance are 3 hits even this warrior couldn't overcome.

It would be a shame to let this man's ability to lead go to seed....

15 posted on 10/09/2015 7:48:03 AM PDT by taildragger (It's Cruz & Walker. Anything else is a Yugo with Racing Stripes....)
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To: SeekAndFind
Newt In 2011 - “It’s very hard not to look at the recent polls and think that the odds are very high I’m going to be the nominee.”
16 posted on 10/09/2015 7:48:12 AM PDT by gdani (No sacred cows)
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To: C. Edmund Wright
Good Newt (Bad Newt?) Mr. Speaker ping ....


17 posted on 10/09/2015 7:54:07 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m still not letting it go with him sitting on that couch next Pelosi talking about “Climate Change”!!

Really, Newt??


18 posted on 10/09/2015 8:00:46 AM PDT by Thorliveshere
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To: SeekAndFind
Nute or Palin would be the best choice for America. Nute would have the inside works of the House and remember he was the author of contract for America. Palin is an all American and one fantastic conservative.
19 posted on 10/09/2015 8:09:38 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: SeekAndFind
I would take Newt in a heartbeat. He's forgotten more idea's than Repubs even think about. How about cutting the pay of judges that won't judge right? Welfare Reform came from HIM! Contract for America, working for food stamps, upgrading gubmint computers out of Fortran into the future, and more. Do you realize there are computers today that no one can work on if they go down?

I don't have a single problem with Newt as speaker. The Dems are right about one thing, we shoot our wounded. Newt did great things and was thrown out. Pelosi is still waiting in the wings to pounce and the Dems will let her. When you find a mind like Newt's, you have to expect a flub now and then. No one is 100%.

20 posted on 10/09/2015 8:11:22 AM PDT by chuckles
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