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Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader
The Hill ^

Posted on 11/16/2008 11:40:56 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader By Alexander Bolton Posted: 11/16/08 01:05 PM [ET]

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination.

Palin energized the Republican base after GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) tapped her as his running mate and she has tried to preserve her high public profile since Election Day.

But Gingrich, an architect of the Republican revolution of 1994, took Palin down a notch, asserting that she would not become the party’s leader, as some have predicted.

“I think that she is going to be a significant player,” said Gingrich during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation”. “But she’s going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She’s not going to be the de facto leader.”

Since the defeat of the GOP ticket, Palin has pursued an aggressive media strategy, scheduling a full slate of interviews to keep her face on television.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alexanderbolton; gingrich; gop; newgop; newt; newtgingrich; palin; sarahpalin; waronsarah
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To: Sub-Driver
Smile for us, Newt...


61 posted on 11/16/2008 12:01:24 PM PST by TADSLOS (McCain Courted Socialism and Brought Us Marxism Instead)
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To: Sub-Driver

PALIN 2012


62 posted on 11/16/2008 12:01:33 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: St. Louis Conservative
The headline is not misleading.

Newt said:

She’s not going to be the de facto [actual] leader.
Newt is trying to become relevant again.

Now by picking on a girl.

He had his chance to push conservative ideals and blew it

63 posted on 11/16/2008 12:01:37 PM PST by Syncro (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Sub-Driver

As usual, the editors get it wrong and come up with a headline that mis-characterizes what Mr. Newt actually said. Mr. Newt said: “She’s not going to be the de facto leader.” Of course she isn’t the de facto leader of the party. She has to earn that and she’s in a better position to do so than any of the MSM’s favorite RINOs.


64 posted on 11/16/2008 12:01:56 PM PST by Redcloak ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: sonic109

Jindel looks good next time around...his VP?? Hmmmm


65 posted on 11/16/2008 12:02:40 PM PST by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: texican01

theres one thing that make me less enthused bout palin, that is, she support the bailout.


66 posted on 11/16/2008 12:02:42 PM PST by 4rcane
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To: mtnwmn
We didn’t pick McCain...the Republican leaders picked him!

Actually that is not entirely accurate.

First the MSN and the liberals and the democrats picked him.

Then the Republicans picked him.

67 posted on 11/16/2008 12:03:23 PM PST by Syncro (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Redcloak

Agreed. She has recognition now and 4 yrs to do great things.


68 posted on 11/16/2008 12:03:34 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Sub-Driver

But last week Newt was on Sean Hannity radio show and when Sean asked Newt if he would consider running for president in 2012 Newt said he would see if there was a groundswell of support for him to run. So, of course, if he is considering running for president in 2012, he will not be supporting HIS CHIEF OPPONENT for that job!


69 posted on 11/16/2008 12:03:48 PM PST by buffyt (Obama advocates a "Civilian National Security Force" He is so Hitleresque!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: LS

I agree with you that the reaction to Newt’s comment is overdone.

Palin isn’t the “de facto” leader.

She is a potential leader. She hasn’t inherited anything as a result of her riveting run with McCain. She has to go forth and do, and earn it just like anyone else.

I want to look behind what Newt said, though, to what I think is partially motivating his statements. Sure, he’s right, but he has a vested, expressed interest here.

Hannity ask him last week if he were interested in being RNC Chairman, or perhaps in being a candidate for President in four years.

He said “no” to the first, and a very candid “yes” to the second.


70 posted on 11/16/2008 12:04:02 PM PST by txrangerette (Just say "no" to the Obama Cult.)
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To: muawiyah

Obama plans to take YOUR money and give it to the deadbeats who didn’t bother to finish school or look for a decent job. Those who refuse to get up early in the morning and go to work. He plans to give them YOUR money. That is his plan.


71 posted on 11/16/2008 12:05:00 PM PST by buffyt (Obama advocates a "Civilian National Security Force" He is so Hitleresque!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Dead Dog

Yes, he did. Those ads with Pelosi did him in....
Bye now Newt.


72 posted on 11/16/2008 12:05:00 PM PST by JaneNC (I)
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To: Sub-Driver

Can the GOP get rid of retreads, like Newt?


73 posted on 11/16/2008 12:05:34 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: 4rcane

Did anyone stand against the bailout besides the guy I voted for in 04? Louis Gohmert


74 posted on 11/16/2008 12:05:43 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Sub-Driver
To me, Newt is showing his good 'ol boy side. Newt is an insider. Newt seems content on keeping the system alive. I WANT TO BLOW IT UP!

We DO NOT need any more Republicans to telling us we need to preserve the status quo. It seems to me that Newt is working to preseve the country club RINO status quo.

No more, "It's my turn to run" Republicans! We've had Bob Dole. We've had John McCain. ENOUGH!

No More RINO's

We Want Sarah Palin!

75 posted on 11/16/2008 12:06:04 PM PST by Obadiah (NOMR! - Not One More RINO!)
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To: Sub-Driver

I’m not sold on Palin yet. She seems pretty sophomoric at times and needs a sharper edge on the issues. She does have 3 years to make a second impression on me, though.


76 posted on 11/16/2008 12:06:17 PM PST by Azzurri
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To: sonic109
I trust Palin and I like her politics but she’s not what I see as dynamic presidential material.

I would rather have that in a president than one I don't trust and who I disagree with politically.

77 posted on 11/16/2008 12:06:39 PM PST by CindyDawg (Lord, please bless America)
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To: Syncro
Then the Republicans picked him.

McCain got the nomination by default, look who he was running against, all atrocious.

78 posted on 11/16/2008 12:07:01 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: mathurine
Palin will easily blow away the usual crowd of Republican suspect sadsacks in the primaries, and Newt and the boys better start getting used to the idea immediately

We have a long time to go, and lots can change. But you are right that as things stand right now none of the current batch of clowns stand a chance against her.

RINO, wannabe conservative candidates, journalists, Democrats all have a personal interest in seeing her wiped out. The perfect storm.

She has a LOT of headwinds and it may be hard for her to find establishment money. But she has the people and if she puts together a "Dean/Obama-like" financing scheme then she will win. Oddly enough, a "Dean/Obama-like" financing scheme is exactly what the party needs.

She may surprise.
79 posted on 11/16/2008 12:07:19 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: Sub-Driver
she’s going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She’s not going to be the de facto leader.

Show me somebody better or shut up Newt.

80 posted on 11/16/2008 12:08:16 PM PST by McGruff (Read my lips. No new bailouts!)
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