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Gingrich To Launch Campaign Next Week
National Journal ^ | May 1, 2011 | Tim Alberta

Posted on 05/01/2011 3:20:12 PM PDT by StatenIsland

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich plans to officially enter the presidential race early next week, he told Hotline On Call before Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner.

"I'll be in by the 10th or 11th," Gingrich said, without elaborating on where or how he would announce his candidacy.

Gingrich had previously hinted that his announcement could come this week, telling reporters in Philadelphia on Thursday, "I would just say to folks who are really curious: Watch Facebook and Twitter in the next week. I think you'll have all the information you need."

But Gingrich walked back from that statement on Saturday, explaining that he hasn't yet completed the long and complex process of untangling himself from a web of business ventures that would complicate his candidacy in the eyes of the Federal Election Commission.

Gingrich spokesperson Rick Tyler cited those "business entanglements" and "contractual obligations" last week in explaining that Gingrich would not participate in the first GOP primary debate in South Carolina on Thursday. Participants in the debate are required to have filed paperwork for an exploratory committee with the FEC, which Gingrich has been unable to do.

Gingrich, whose campaign will be headquartered in Atlanta, will address the Georgia Republican Party's annual convention on May 13.

If he declares his candidacy earlier that week, Gingrich will have the rest of the month set up nicely for early state campaigning: He visits Iowa on May 20 to keynote a fundraiser for the Ida County GOP, and travels to New Hampshire on May 25 for a meet-and-greet reception at the Manchester home of former Senate candidate and conservative kingmaker Ovide Lamontagne, whose Granite Oath PAC is hosting a series of receptions for Republican presidential contenders.


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1 posted on 05/01/2011 3:20:14 PM PDT by StatenIsland
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To: StatenIsland

Great...


2 posted on 05/01/2011 3:21:09 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (DeMint/Ryan 2012!!!!!)
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Not a chance in the WORLD.


3 posted on 05/01/2011 3:22:39 PM PDT by Ronin ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves" -- Bertrand de Jouve)
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To: StatenIsland
that idiot believes in global warming, i wont vote for anyone that gullible
4 posted on 05/01/2011 3:23:17 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Carter 2.0 The Epic Fail Edition)
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To: StatenIsland

No newts is good newts...


5 posted on 05/01/2011 3:23:35 PM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '12)
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To: StatenIsland

Newt, there to put the monkey in the wrench.


6 posted on 05/01/2011 3:24:13 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: StatenIsland

Melvin Fodderpickle has a better chance.


7 posted on 05/01/2011 3:24:34 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: StatenIsland

Save your money, Newt.


8 posted on 05/01/2011 3:24:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: StatenIsland

Newt Gettingrich is still getting rich.


9 posted on 05/01/2011 3:24:53 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: StatenIsland
This guy is a progressive hack. No way he has a shot with the base.


10 posted on 05/01/2011 3:25:44 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: StatenIsland

I’m waiting for Dole.


11 posted on 05/01/2011 3:26:06 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I'd rather be Plaxico Burress than Sean Taylor)
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To: Ronin

I hope you’re right.

A cabinet post is fine with me.


12 posted on 05/01/2011 3:27:05 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (DeMint/Ryan 2012!!!!!)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

Bob or Elizabeth?


13 posted on 05/01/2011 3:27:40 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: StatenIsland

NONEWT


14 posted on 05/01/2011 3:28:09 PM PDT by bigbob
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15 posted on 05/01/2011 3:29:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: StatenIsland

I hear that Dede Scozzafava just can't wait to endorse him!


16 posted on 05/01/2011 3:29:59 PM PDT by Cicero
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To: StatenIsland

And the World Yawns


17 posted on 05/01/2011 3:30:46 PM PDT by Regulator (Watch Out! Americans are on the March! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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To: StatenIsland

Campaign slogan:

“If you love NAFTA and the WTO just wait”


18 posted on 05/01/2011 3:35:53 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

I could agree to that. The man is smart and the good Lord knows we can’t afford to waste brains and talent — but his character issues preclude the Presidency.

The Dems would be beside themselves with glee if we were foolish enough to nominate him.


19 posted on 05/01/2011 3:36:54 PM PDT by Ronin ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves" -- Bertrand de Jouve)
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To: StatenIsland
Gingrich/Scozzafava '12.

Let's all join hands to defeat Global Warming. Together, we can solve the climate crisis.

20 posted on 05/01/2011 3:37:09 PM PDT by JPG (Sarah Palin talks and people listen.)
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