Not that I necessarily believe this, but if Gingrich is out at State and as Chief of Staff then what’s left for him?
National Security advisor for Newt?
I don’t necessarily think Gingrich is looking to get back into government at that level although I would prefer almost anyone to Bolton honestly.
Press secretary, any of the advisory positions, couple other lower level depts. or.....
if a revolt happens in the house and Ryan is gone he could still be the Speaker again....duhduh duuuuuuuuuuuhn
From what I have heard, Gingrich has indicated he’d like to take a position that gives him latitude to move around the federal bureaucracy.
To that end, I can see him in a position where his mandate is to completely transform the federal bureaucracy across all departments and implement reforms, eliminate waste and redundancy, and improve responsiveness.
We know there are probably billions, perhaps close to a trillion that could be saved if all aspects of federal bureaucracy were reformed, including the dissolving of departments, changing how procurement is done, possibly eliminating public sector unions, etc.
Gingrich has spoken about applying lean six sigma, total quality management and other philosophies to reduce government costs. Heck, just automating functions using the Internet could reduce staffing requirements.
Gingrich should not be in anything.
Hismideas are just whatever the way things are going at the time. Hes a frigging populist and hes the embodiement of the dc establishment.
No thanky.
Nobody wants to be SoS, you have to fly around and kiss ass with foreign potentates all the time. Bolton could do really well there.
“Not that I necessarily believe this, but if Gingrich is out at State and as Chief of Staff then what’s left for him?”
Newt will be a tsar in charge of overseeing big changes in the federal government. Like how do you overhaul the VA to make if more efficient?
Newt is 73 now, and I think has money problems. He likely needs to take the highest offer, which isn’t the less-than-$200k the SoS gets, and I doubt he wants to influence-peddle like Hillary. There’s more money and less stress being a national commentator.
-PJ
What I’ve said all along is I don’t see Newt running a department of government. He’s never really been an administrator, and it’s not his strong suit. He’s an idea guy. I see him as a senior White House advisor along the lines of Valerie Jerrett is for Obama.
Newt has a tendency to shoot from the lip. It might be best to appoint him as Ambassador somewhere.
I’m inclined to think that Newt wants to stay independent but be on call and an advisor to ANY of Trump’s staff.
Newt has said several times that he will have conversations with Trump in an advisory capacity. Nothing official.