Posted on 03/06/2009 8:43:18 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Newt Gingrich Eyes 2012 Run
Susan Davis reports on politics.
Newt Gingrich is keeping an eye towards 2012, the former speaker of the House told reporters Thursday evening before a speaking engagement at Randolph Macon College.
Gingrich said he and his wife, Callista, “will look seriously and we’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, probably in January 2011, and we’ll look seriously at whether or not we think it’s necessary to do it,” he said, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch.
“And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it. And if it isn’t necessary we probably won’t do it,” he said.
At the Feb. 28 annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., Gingrich garnered 10% in a straw poll of potential 2012 candidates. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won—for the third straight year—with 20%, followed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal with 14%, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin—both of which received 13%.
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which party?
I’ll pass.
Let’s take care of 2010 first.
Newt is so yesteryear.
dear God no.
Newt is a JOKE.
Haven’t we suffered enough?
Global warming advocate.
Clearly not a conservative, so I guess he is going to try and unseat Zero for the Democrat nomination.
PING! WEAK AND LATE!
“And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it.”
Which means if he runs, he’ll be another Fred Thompson. If Newt really doesn’t want the job, the competition will weed him out pretty fast.
Which Newt?
The conservative one, or the global warming one?
For amnesty ( a couple years ago) or against it?
No more retreads!
That includes Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.
Go away for the good of the party and the good of the Nation!
Please, let’s limit the draft dodging adulterer candidates to the other party.
Just what we need, another big-government Republican muddying the waters for 2012.
No. Please no.
I wouldn't bother involving your wife for a couple years, Newt - you might have divorced her by then.
Let’s just hope the Pachyderm Party has sufficient memory to not go for the over-the-hill, squishy-moderate candidate again in the next round.
What, does he think the democrats are going to run Sarah Palin?
Gawd, no.
f’gettaboutit.
Gingrich said he and his third wife, Callista,
Please newt go away....
Gingrich said he and his third wife, Callista,
Please newt go away....
“Just what we need, another big-government Republican muddying the waters for 2012.”
Indeed. That’s really what happened with the last primary, wasn’t it?
Newt floats this trial balloon every 3 months or so.
Don’t bother, Newt. You wouldn’t even get as many electoral votes as McCain did.
Nah. He ain’t no global warming guy. He pays lip service. He isn’t in favor of an auctioned cap and trade or a carbon tax. He pays LIP SERVICE.
He would be entertaining in a debate, but the personal negatives and marital past make him an unlikely candidate. Then again, who would have predicted a President Obama? Or an Obama-McCain race in 2008.
No Newt is good News. Can we stop putting Methuselah at the top of the ticket?
We do need an articulate, highly principled candidate who can explain our views with some force while being charming. I just don’t think Newt’s the man because of the charming part. But who will it be? I don’t see anyone out there.
The Green (new red) Party.
Newt - you went astray on Gorebbel’s Warming. The jig is up for you.
and all we have gotten since RR are mostly retreads...
I’d rather see John Bolton run. At least he’s got a pair.
Is he going to get a speech coach to teach him how to formulate sentences without the word “fundamentally” in each and every one?
Michelle Bachman/Sarah Palin?/Duncan Hunter/Tom McClintock/Tom Tancredo
“Gingrich said he and his third wife, Callista,”
One would think he’d shut up about his wives. Of course that’s Newt’s main problem, he can’t shut up.
Gingrich wouldn't be considered a draft dodger, he was already married by 1962, already had children by 1963 and had his Bachelors degree by 1965 and his PHD by 1971. Even in 1971 he was diagnosed by the draft board as having flat feet and nearsightedness. He isn't someone that was ever a part of the draft dodger efforts.
Open primaries next election?
Michelle Bachman/Sarah Palin?/Duncan Hunter/Tom McClintock/Tom Tancredo/John Bolton
Proof that narcissism is not the sole province of the Democrats....
“Open primaries next election?”
That’s one I’m torn on. I lived in a state where the Dems closed out everyone but Dems. The R’s had open. They gained many voters for years that way. But this last election...with many Rino’s running didn’t turn out so well with everyone being able to pick the ‘R’ candidate.
spare me. I think the issues are zipper control and blowing in the wind on most issues of the day.
Global warming party
Thanks but no thanks, Newt.
This party needs new blood, not recycled candidates.
I won’t vote for Gingrich, and don’t expect him to be the nominee. If he is the nominee, hey, the damage is done, I won’t be voting in 2012. Or at any time thereafter, because, as I said, the damage is done. And I don’t like saying that, but Gingrich has been and would be a disaster, and we don’t need to take credit for the Obama disaster — since the best case scenario would be, Gingrich would win the White House in 2012 and then be cornholed by all his good friends across the aisle in Congress.
Gingrich came up with a great winning strategy in 1994, then squandered its results, and IMO *knew* that he was doing just that. He’s one of those nice third-rail type politicians who will reinforce negative stereotypes against Pubbies and conservatives, and sell both categories down the river in his hunger for power.
Two words.....
NEW BLOOD.
All of these “Has Beens” including Mr. Newt are yesterdays news.
lol
He’ll get my vote. He’s more conservative then you think he is. Yes, the Pelosi commercial was a bad idea, but at least he can go toe to toe during debates.
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