Newt Waiting To Be Called

Jeff Gannon - A Voice of the New Media ^ | 11/15/2006 | Jeff Gannon

[ConservativeMajority]

Now that the 2006 midterm elections have almost all been decided, political observers are turning their attention toward the presidential sweepstakes in 2008. It will be the first race since 1952 that doesn’t have an incumbent president seeking re-election or vice-president looking for a promotion, leaving the field in both parties wide open. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and John Kerry top the list of about a dozen Democrats considering a White House run and Mitt Romney, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are the names most frequently talked about for the Republican nomination.

With the official end of the 1994 Republican Revolution coming just a week ago, some have been openly wondering if the architect of the Contract With America will return to the political stage to once again lead the conservative movement with a bid for the White House. After attending an event with Newt Gingrich last night, it appears that the former House Speaker is not running for president - he’s waiting to be asked to serve.

Gingrich was interviewed by a restrained Chris Matthews and revealed the depth and breadth of his knowledge of American history. Gingrich, once a college professor, lectured the audience about how leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt might deal with today’s problems and political environment. Woven into his responses to the over-matched talk show host, was an unmistakable affirmation of conservative principles that were abandoned by the Republican Congressional leadership just deposed.

More striking was Gingrich’s outlook for the upcoming presidential campaigns. He suggested that the current lack of effective leadership in both parties is the result of negative campaigns that appeal to the lowest common denominator. Gingrich believes that real leaders will emerge when “things get bad enough” for Americans to stop responding to the politics of personal destruction and seek candidates with a strong, defined, inspirational message. The underlying premise is that those who seek power will be turned aside in favor of someone who seeks to lead a nation.

It is clear that Gingrich believes he is such a man, as do I. He’s not running for anything, but it seems that he is waiting for his country to call.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I see that now. I missed it when i read it and another Freeper actually said that the other day.

[Albion Wilde]

I would never describe anyone as unclean, because with Christ all can be clean.:

See post 180.

[gathersnomoss]

We being whom? Who will rise to the occasion? Newt to the white courtesy phone.

[Albion Wilde]

With names like Newt, Trent and Lamar floating around...it's starting to feel like Groundhog day

FWIW, someone once did a survey and found that the occupational group with the largest percentage of off-beat first names was that of "college president."

[Nancee]

The field is certainly slim pickings! How we need new blood! These characters need to move on; get out of the way for some new refreshing potential!

Nancee

[Branzburg]

With McCain putting out feelers, that should be all the 'call' the Newt needs.

[ChEng]

I like Newt, but the guy has a certain edge that turns many off. May I suggest a Ronald Reagan "makeover"?

[GunsareOK]

He certainly does belong in the race and he is an eloquent advocate for conservatism.

[finnigan2]

"This is where Bush could not measure up, much as I love the guy and understood his verbal shorthand."

- I think that this too, is press manipulation. The MSM have consistently presented Bush as "verbally challenged" and try to draw the inference that this equates to being stupid. For example, they constantly point out his pronunciation of the word "nuclear" as being the hallmarks of an uneducated dummy. On the other hand, they found JFK's constant pronunciation of Cuba as "Cuber" as being rather charming.
I don't think LBJ, another Texan, was any more well spoken than Bush.

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

"The press is operating like a third political party; they will never back Newt. Reagan was extraordinary in his acting-honed ability to override them at their own communications game. It would take another person similarly gifted. Intellect is not enough; presentation is very important. This is where Bush could not measure up, much as I love the guy and understood his verbal shorthand. He and I are from a similar walk of life and have a compatible frame of reference. Other ethnicities and subgroups simply could not understand the man.

You got it! Bush realized his lack of skill in verbal communication altho he is getting much better lately. So he had Art Fleicher as his spokeman to the press and he didn't do too badly. McClellan was terrible and I blame him for his communication that drove his poll downward. Tony Snow is excellent in this. He should have had Tony from the beginning.

Communication is all-important. It establishes the mindset of the President and direct it to the voters.

Newt is excellent in this game and he can do the job very effectively. As for his "baggages", I believe he paid very dearly for this. He lost just about everything and yet he did not complain. I don't know what was going on between him and his ex-wife but that's their business. There was obvious problems. Now he spent years in making a living as an advisor to several agencies so he could stay on top of the political world. He recently wrote a book about God.

[Albion Wilde]

I appreciate your enthusiasm for the man, but I cannot see him getting elected. We really, really need an electable candidate who can follow through. Newt is too cerebral, and he does have a dark side, in contrast to Bush, who is very clearly WYSIWYG. (what you see is what you get)

[B4Ranch]

The grassroots conservatives.

[Zack Nguyen]

I thought zarf was making a derogatory comment about Christians in the Republican Party. If I am wrong, I sincerely apologize.

[Teutates]

NEWT! NEWT! NEWT!