Posted on 05/09/2011 6:14:37 PM PDT by xjcsa
ATLANTA (AP) --- Newt Gingrich, the House speaker who led a national GOP resurgence in the 1990s before facing ethics questions and resigning, is running for president.
Gingrich's announcement, made on social networking websites Monday, came after months of public flirting with a bid. He enters a slow-to-form GOP presidential field that has left some Republicans craving more options as they search for a nominee strong enough to credibly challenge President Barack Obama.
The former Georgia congressman, well-known to most Republicans, brings to the race a years-in-the-making political machine with ties to early nominating states as well as a network of supporters and donors. But his personal baggage --- he's acknowledged marital infidelity and has had two divorces --- could hinder his chances of winning the party's presidential nomination more than a decade after leaving the House.
Still, he spoke confidently of wide support.
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what is Sarah Palin waiting for????????????
come on girl...get with it...
As soon as she gets cancer.
His current ex-wife was a very sweet and gracious lady. She was down-to-earth enough to carry-on a conversation with me while he was speaking to the crowd at one of his rallies. She was a real peach that he should have been content to grow old with. What a shallow and pathetic fool he must be.
No. But it’s too late now. I done done it.
are there any talented or charismatic leader's in the GOP ?
it's not looking real good for America ...tough choice come election time "weazeldik marxist" or some version of "socialist light nerd"...hmmmm tough choice
Are they running together on the idiots ticket?Pass.
Goody goody goody. Pardon me if I don’t jump for joy. Bad back, you know.
What a colossal waste of time and money. The man has no chance. There is already a useless "academic" in the WH. Who needs another one?
Porky needs to go bedea bedea bedea b-back to Georgia and play g-g-golf.
Could he be that clueless that he think it’s his two divorces that makes him a Rino? Hey Newt, how’s Dede? How’s Pelosi? I remember your words “The Reagan Era is Over” as you spoke them with your friends Jeb and Mitt.
No Newt is good news!
So are the people who won't vote for a dedicated to her her family and patriotic woman like Sarah Palin going to vote for a man no one can trust?The sad fact is many may argue he would be a better choice.gag.
Has she run for anything since quitting the governor's office?
I love how he makes sure to insert Callista’s name into every interview, as if that makes him the ultimate family man. Who the heck else mentions their wife by name in a news interview?
Of course, he’s usually plugging some new book or DVD from the two of them.
Ugh.
President of NBC? ABC? CBS?
Same ole, same ole. The GOP just doesn’t get it.
Good grief, isn’t that man past his political expiration date yet?
That’s what I’m saying. No no no no no no.
Newt is a Third Wayer
Newt won’t get beyond the ‘12 GOP Presidential Primary, thanks, mostly, to all of his personal baggage and all of his political baggage.
Three words: Ad Block Plus
Now that my retinas are burned out, I’ve banned that picture from my computer forever. :)
He was proposing those rules for all GOP primaries, I believe.
Yep, just what we need, another president who spends more time under his desk than working at it. *Sigh*
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