[Morgan in Denver]

Newt said some time ago that his desire is not to run but to make his issues central in the national political debate. IMHO, this is what he's doing and will continue to do. BTW, Tancredo said the same thing about his pressing the illegal immigration issues.

I envision more involvement from Newt in the future, but not as a presidential candidate. For one thing, I'd like to see Newt on these bipartisan commissions instead of the liberal Republicans who always seem to be on them.

[PerConPat]

I envision more involvement from Newt in the future, but not as a presidential candidate.

This is probably right on target, given the situation as it now exists. I believe that he stated to Wallace that he would make no comment regarding a possible run until Sept. '08 at the earliest.