Posted on 11/15/2006 8:39:52 AM PST by ConservativeMajority
Now that the 2006 midterm elections have almost all been decided, political observers are turning their attention toward the presidential sweepstakes in 2008. It will be the first race since 1952 that doesn’t have an incumbent president seeking re-election or vice-president looking for a promotion, leaving the field in both parties wide open. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards and John Kerry top the list of about a dozen Democrats considering a White House run and Mitt Romney, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani are the names most frequently talked about for the Republican nomination.
With the official end of the 1994 Republican Revolution coming just a week ago, some have been openly wondering if the architect of the Contract With America will return to the political stage to once again lead the conservative movement with a bid for the White House. After attending an event with Newt Gingrich last night, it appears that the former House Speaker is not running for president - he’s waiting to be asked to serve.
Gingrich was interviewed by a restrained Chris Matthews and revealed the depth and breadth of his knowledge of American history. Gingrich, once a college professor, lectured the audience about how leaders like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt might deal with today’s problems and political environment. Woven into his responses to the over-matched talk show host, was an unmistakable affirmation of conservative principles that were abandoned by the Republican Congressional leadership just deposed.
More striking was Gingrich’s outlook for the upcoming presidential campaigns. He suggested that the current lack of effective leadership in both parties is the result of negative campaigns that appeal to the lowest common denominator. Gingrich believes that real leaders will emerge when “things get bad enough” for Americans to stop responding to the politics of personal destruction and seek candidates with a strong, defined, inspirational message. The underlying premise is that those who seek power will be turned aside in favor of someone who seeks to lead a nation.
It is clear that Gingrich believes he is such a man, as do I. He’s not running for anything, but it seems that he is waiting for his country to call.
I'm sure he'll be wait quite some time.
Is he sitting by the phone?
I would gladly support Newt.
I 'll even help the candidacy out however I can - unless Rudy is sitting on top, in which case I will vote for whoever is his closest competition.
The underlying premise is that those who seek power will be turned aside in favor of someone who seeks to lead a nation.
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A very CLEAR shot at Hiltery, the power-mad Marxist Medusa.
SOMEONE CALL HIM!!!
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More arrogance. When Hell freezes over, I would dare say.
Run Newt, run!!!!
This reminds me of an old old country and western song.
It's called "when the phone don't ring, I know it's you."
He's divorced; unclean. Christ would never approve of him running. /s?
There's more, but that's my list of positives for now.
Little men with ambitious appetities but without vision, and with no way to appeal to any common Americans. Which is more elitist the Democrat or Republican Party? It might be a tie.
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I'm not sure Gannon did Gingrich any favours by writing the above.
BUT.... would sure like to see him within the RNC management.
Whether or not you believe Newt can win, he belongs in the race.
DC Chapter short list ping.
As far as I am concerned: he can sit by the phone the rest of his life before I'd call him....he's dirty.....
And the DemocRATS and other political enemies have put RF tags on that baggage.
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