Posted on 10/06/2009 1:29:01 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, impressed with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s recent rollout onto the national political stage, is urging him to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
“Governor Pawlenty is a terrific talent, he’s a very attractive guy and he has a good reform record,” Gingrich told POLITICO over the weekend after his speech to the annual Americans for Prosperity conference in Washington.
Pawlenty is “certainly going to be a player. There is every reason he should run, there is wide open field right now,” Gingrich said. “He’s an example that the future of the Republican Party is bright and that we have lots of talent.”
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Asked for his thoughts on Romney after he lauded Pawlenty, Gingrich quickly pointed out that “Mitt’s a very articulate guy, he’s very impressive and has a great business background.”
“In this economy that great business background may be a big asset to him,” Gingrich said. “He needs to decide if he wants to go through it again, but he’s clearly crisscrossing the country. You could argue that he is the frontrunner emotionally, and certainly the polling shows he’s the frontrunner.”
“If the economy stays bad, putting up a businessman as an alternative to this big spending could be very impressive,” Gingrich said.
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I'll wait for you guys at the finish line!
If you look back at the last potus selection. They picked the last place, out of money candidate (McLame), and put him in the spot light as the weiner.
The enemedia 86'ed Romney. How can anyone afford to fend off 24/7 all channel attacks?
Like Rush says, look at whom they're attacking. That's who we want!
Going Rogue anyone?
Newt Gingrich has become obsolete.
The GOP does not get it. It just does get it.
The GOP is the party of do-nothing failure.
*It just does not get it*
Sleepy time now.
it is hard to think of Gingrich as a RINO but he seems to be working on it.
newt... just another rino mcdole.
LLS
Here, rest your little gray cells. 
NO MORE RINOS
We’ve got one of the brightest, most exciting candidates ever right under our nose. Her name is Sarah.
Newt’s plexiglas bellybutton is so filthy he can’t see where he is going. In other words he has a rectal cranial inversion .... somebody needs to help him pull his head out .....
NO MORE RINO’s
D@mmit, Newt. What happened to you????
seems????? well thank you for understatement!! His support for Hitlery? His support for global warming? Just another steenken washington insider making a living off the real working people of this counrty. A poesur’s poseur.
A totally irrelevant dirtbag who urinated whatever he might have had away ‘cause’ like Clintooooooon, he thought with the end of his crank.
Character doesn’t matter, does it. sarcasm Take away values and character, a man loses sound judgement in all walks of life. Just another Loser on the heap hoping he will be resurrected by those with that equally share in lack of character.
Even Newt is apparently afraid of Sarah. They shoved McCain down our throats. Now they want to shove Romney down our throats. Just goes to show repubs and dems are all cashing in together. Time for a real third party.
I used to like Newt, then I heard him speak on global warming and he was pitching Al Gore’s line.
I’ve considered him a RINO ever since.
God I love that photo.
The spineless toetappers of the RNC/GOP elites NEVER pay attention the the real world......
Sounds like Newt has been running around with some of his sister's friends. I wonder if he watches Project Runway?
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