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Newt Gingrich Has Climbed To The Top Of Donald Trump’s Vice-Presidential List
washingtonpost.com ^ | July 2

Posted on 07/02/2016 12:43:24 PM PDT by Helicondelta

The Republican National Convention opens in Cleveland — we are all witnesses — in exactly 16 days.

That means that sometime over the next two weeks or so, we'll find out whom Trump has picked to be his vice-presidential running mate. Trump and his team have said all sorts of things about the timing of the announcement, including sometime soon and in the midst of the convention.

Either way, it's coming. And coming soon.

Trying to figure out a) whom Trump will pick or b) whom he is consulting in deciding whom to pick is, well, tough. But we do have some insight into where we stand in the process thanks to my WaPo colleagues Bob Costa and Karen Tumulty. They wrote this week:

Donald Trump’s campaign has begun formally vetting possible running mates, with former House speaker Newt Gingrich emerging as the leading candidate

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To: Cobra64

“rom a strategic management perspective, Newt would be most effective as Trump’s Chief of Staff whose office is right next to the Oval Office.”

I second that.

IMO opinion Newt would be a big mistake for VP. His old loose cannon habit will keep popping up, the same one that alienated the conservatives who made him Speaker.

Jeff Sessions for VP


81 posted on 07/02/2016 2:49:26 PM PDT by Pelham (Obama, the most unAmerican President in history)
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To: Macoozie; ExTexasRedhead

“Too White”

Too White? WTF? We’ve had eough “color” the past 8 years to last a century. Obola, Lynch, Jeh Johnson, The “other Johnson who thinks Guam is in danger of capsizing,” the list of “criminal people of color “ is endless. I’ll take a “WASP” gladly. They believe in “The Real God,” The Constitution, and the rights of the individual being paramount. You want a “person of color” for your leader, move to a country where they’re in the majority! Best of luck to you in Kenya!


82 posted on 07/02/2016 2:52:25 PM PDT by vette6387
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In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Newt Gingrich for President is absolutely who we should support, Vendome wrote:

Record of Accomplishment and New Imperative to Return America to that Shinning City on a Hill

Well......

That's where a record comes in. Not just the record of votes, which is often a meaningless toll of positions taken for political reasons on bills that were always going to pass or were never going to pass, but a record of actions taken that actually mattered.

A record of actions taken that actually mattered.  Newt is the man who fits that description to a "T".

He can identify what is most important to the country, develop a plan to overcome that challenge, articulate the the merits of overcoming the challenge and why the plan will work.

I hadn't been for Gingrich initially and spent plenty of energy excoriating him, these last several years, for any number of sins he committed against the Republican/Conservative ideals.  He seemed a turncoat of sorts, particularly when he babysat Pelosi on the couch.

On reflection, Newt is an attention whore seeking relevancy for his ideas and I guess I take him at his word that he made a few mistakes in his life and he has at least some regret for those decisions.  God knows I am no angel and so I have to reflect on the man's ability to get things done.

Newt gave us the Republican majority, the Contract with America and completed 2/3rds of his agenda while in office.

He now has a new plan for America and with what is likely to become a Congressional Super Majority and a Senate Majority, if not Super Majority, I believe he will absolutely accomplish his agenda.

Say goodbye to ObamaCare the single biggest scam and travesty foisted upon a free people who, by right, ought to have been given the opportunity to read the bill and debate it.  Instead, a win at all cost, cheating agenda was developed and it was signed with most people never laying eyes on at least page 2 of this utopian dreck.

Executive Orders Positions:

The following are all within the executive powers to simply order and with the exception of securing the border within one year, they are all easily accomplished with the stroke of a pen and no way to challenge them in the legislature.

Keystone may be challenged in the courts but I think the Executive can order the EPA to approve, under National Security Priorities and it is a National Security issue, as well, a jobs issue.

As President, Newt, could actually have a very busy 1st week or month just on these initiative alone.

1. Eliminate the thirty-nine White House "Czar" positions created during the current administration. The president does not have the authority to appoint bureaucrats to power who are not accountable to the Congress.

2. "Mexico City Policy" of Respect for Life. Reauthorize President Ronald Reagan’s policy – also known as the "Mexico City Policy"— to stop tax payer dollars from being used to fund or promote abortions in foreign countries.

3. Restore conscience clause protections for Healthcare Workers.No American working in a medical environment should be forced to perform any procedure that he or she finds morally or ethically objectionable based on religious teaching. This protection should include, but not be limited to abortion. Existing conscience clause protections need to be strengthened.

4. Respect Each Sovereign Nation’s Choice of its Capital. Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate its own Capital. Accordingly, the U.S. State Department should be instructed to respect the choice of each sovereign nation and place the American embassy in their Capital.  (Israel is the only country the United States discriminates against in this regard. The people of Israel have designated Jerusalem as their capital. Yet the United States retains its embassy in Tel Aviv.) 

5. End the Attorney General's Assault on the States. Instruct the Attorney General to withdraw all immigration-related lawsuits against states immediately, including those pending in Arizona and South Carolina. The Obama Administration refuses to enforce federal immigration laws, and instead sues states who are merely trying to enforce the laws that the federal government neglects. The Gingrich Administration will secure the border by Jan. 1, 2014 by any means necessary. 

6. The Keystone Pipeline

Unleash American Energy by Approving the Keystone XL Pipeline. Instruct the State Department to approve a Presidential Permit immediately for the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that will send 700,000 barrels of oil a day from Great Plains and Southwestern states to Gulf Coast refineries lower staggering energy prices, and create up to 120,000 American jobs.

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS

 Now we get into the details of an inclusive agenda that brings the people(you and me), through their representatives, into process.  The TEA Party and conservatives are going to have a majority in both houses.

Let’s elect an Executive who will absolutely fulfill the promise of our ideals.

Executive Summary

  1. Repeal Obamacare and pass a replacement that saves lives and money by empowering patients and doctors, not bureaucrats and politicians.
  2. Return to robust job creation with a bold set of tax cuts and regulatory reforms that will free American entrepreneurs to invest and hire, as well as by reforming the Federal Reserve and creating a training requirement for extended federal unemployment benefits to encourage work and improve the quality of our workforce.
  3. Unleash America’s full energy production potential in oil, natural gas, coal, biofuels, wind, nuclear oil shale and more, creating jobs,  stimulating a sustainable manufacturing boom, lowering gasoline and other energy prices, increasing government revenues, and bolstering national security.
  4. Save Medicare and Social Security by giving Americans more choices and tools to live longer, healthier lives with greater financial independence.
  5. Balance the federal budget by freeing job-creators to grow the economy, reforming entitlements, and implementing waste cutting and productivity improvement systems such as Lean Six Sigma to eliminate waste and fraud. Pass a balanced budget amendment to keep it balanced.
  6. Control the border by January 1, 2014 and establish English as the official language of government; reform the legal visa system, and make it much easier to deport criminals and gang members while making it easier for law abiding visitors to come to the US.
  7. Revitalize our national security system to meet 21st century threats by restructuring and adequately funding our security agencies to function within a grand strategy for victory over those who seek to kill us or limit American power.
  8. Maximize the speed and impact of medical breakthroughs by removing unnecessary obstacles that block new treatments from reaching patients and emphasizing research spending towards urgent national priorities, like brain science with its impact on Alzheimer’s, autism, Parkinson's, mental health and other conditions knowledge of the brain will help solve. 
  9. Restore the proper role of the judicial branch by using the clearly delineated powers available to the president and Congress to correct, limit, or replace judges who violate the Constitution.
  10. Enforce the Tenth Amendment by starting an orderly transfer of power and responsibility from the federal government back “to the states, respectively, or to the people,” as the Constitution requires. Over the next year, state and local officials and citizens will be asked to identify the areas which can be transferred back home.    

Newt gave us the three most important victories of the 90’s Welfare Reform, Balanced Budget and Reduced Taxes.  I hope I don’t need to describe the benefits of those victories.  They ought to be obvious to everyone by now.

Lastly, there have been some reports that Newt shouldn’t get all the credit.  Really?  Then perhaps we marginalize the accomplishments of Washington, Roosevelt, Kennedy and ….wait for it… Reagan.

Do we really want to go down the road with that kind of adolescent sophistry and parsing of what happened?

Newt is the guy who thought of these big things, proposed them and shepherded their implementation?

Newt has once again identified what is important to us now, at this time and described how we can get there with our representative majorities. He has done it before and I declare Newt Gingrich was then and is Now a leader.

We should elect Newt Gingrich to the Presidency of the United States

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83 posted on 07/02/2016 2:54:57 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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stupid formatting....


84 posted on 07/02/2016 2:55:25 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: lurk

I am on my 3rd. So far, so good.

She is beautiful, intelligent and a real sweetheart. She is why I bother to take my next breath, she is why my heart takes another beat, she remains my only fantasy. She is my guardian angel and my best friend.

She is the mother of our two successful and happy children, and grandmother to our 6 beautiful grandchildren.

She has helped me fulfill my every dream. She is letting me buy my dream car, a new 2016-17 Corvette Stingray coupe.

Oh, we continue our Honeymoon after being married over 44 years ago. It is doubtful that I will live another 6 years, but if I do, we are going to renew our vows and start all over again. When I look into her eyes, I see the 20 year old beauty I met so long ago. I could go on all day.

So, how are you and your best friend doing?


85 posted on 07/02/2016 2:57:13 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Go Trump, Go! Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍 &#1)
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To: Helicondelta

Newt as Chief of Staff would need a Deputy CoS to actually run the Oval Office and the Cabinet. Newt was reportedly a horrible day-to-day manager and always was most intrigued by the last idea he heard. Well-staffed, he could probably head up a very good CoS team with terrific access.


86 posted on 07/02/2016 2:57:47 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: Helicondelta
I'll make a prediction that at least one big name NeverTrumper makes an appearance on stage in Cleveland and endorses him.

Maybe this guy?


87 posted on 07/02/2016 3:00:16 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Helicondelta

If so, the deal should be that he cannot bring Calista to anything. Got so tired of looking at her.


88 posted on 07/02/2016 3:00:39 PM PDT by my small voice (A biased media and an uneducated populace is the biggest thre at to our nation.)
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To: Helicondelta

Trump could pick Pee-wee Herman as his VP and I’d still vote for him.

This election is for all of the marbles...if Trump fails, our country is gone, completely gone.

It is Trump that simply must make it all work, so I will respect his choice of partner and I will refuse to bash his choice even if I don’t like the choice. There is one exception, but I flat don’t see him picking the exception that would concern me - even then, I would have to learn to live with it.

Go Trump, Go! Go Trump, Go! Go Trump, Go!


89 posted on 07/02/2016 3:09:02 PM PDT by Gator113 ( Go Trump, Go! Just livin' life my way. Don't worry, everything's gonna be alright. 👍 &#1)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The only bad thing about Newt is he’s older than Trump.”

And his temper tantrums. And the global warming thing. And his tawdry personal life. And his erratic behavior.

And yes, he’s also too old.


90 posted on 07/02/2016 3:16:15 PM PDT by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I remember Trump saying he wanted a seasoned person, so I believe he won’t be choosing a governor or a first term congress person. Who knows though. We got to stand behind our candidate. I think a lot of thought with good minds will go into this selection.


91 posted on 07/02/2016 3:18:35 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: Theo

We get the idea. You hate Trump, but don’t have the guts to say so.


92 posted on 07/02/2016 3:28:29 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Helicondelta

Gorilla dust. It’s a diversion, and the media dumb-dumbs are eating it up!


93 posted on 07/02/2016 3:29:41 PM PDT by Blacklisted (SP4VP)
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To: kiltie65

I could accept pat as long as not involved in foreign policy or defense where I believe he’s both weak and frankly dangerous. He is a very smart guy and I think he could cotribute a lot in some other capacities


94 posted on 07/02/2016 3:30:42 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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To: Helicondelta

I would rather see Newt as his Senior Advisor -

He would, ipso facto, then be the President - as “Val” is now.

Trump is a CEO - the presidency is a
‘business’ - and Trump runs his businesses by putting the right people at the front desk -

I think Newt’s brilliance and experience would be wasted in the VP position.

Pence might be a good bet for VP - and still young enough to move into the presidency next.

UNLESS, as someone wondered, would Trump put in Newt as VP with the idea that he’d only serve one term and then turn it over to Newt?

Trump didn’t get in the race to win - never thought he’d b e where he is now - his aim was to shake things up and make Americans WAKE up. I doubt he’s thinking he wants to be anchored to the Oval Office for 8 years...but he knows how to find and install the right people in the right spots...


95 posted on 07/02/2016 3:46:50 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (A Christian is as a Christian does - "By their works...")
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To: Helicondelta

Not really?


96 posted on 07/02/2016 3:48:04 PM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

this isn’t needed


97 posted on 07/02/2016 3:48:45 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (A Christian is as a Christian does - "By their works...")
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To: Helicondelta

God I hope not—Newt is a complete opportunist. Bob Dornan said Newt was the most corrupt member of the House he ever served with. Started as a country club republican—then a conservative—lost his position in the house—then ran for President in 2012 as a puppet of Adelson—invade the world invite the world..then suddenly supports Trump—No thanks. Plus the crusty old white man from Georgia brings nothing to the table.


98 posted on 07/02/2016 3:49:57 PM PDT by Fast Ed97
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To: ozzymandus

I didn’t say that. I’m simply saying that those who don’t vocally and wholeheartedly support him are traitorous RINOs.


99 posted on 07/02/2016 3:51:27 PM PDT by Theo (No tagline for now.)
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To: Fast Ed97

im in agreement with you on Gingrich, Ed. no go. Establishment guys a loser for Trump.


100 posted on 07/02/2016 3:53:44 PM PDT by uncitizen (Gloves OFF! Go Trump!)
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