Gingrich Planning To ‘Look Seriously’ At A Run For President In 2012
Gingrich Planning To ‘Look Seriously’ At A Run For President In 2012
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich is really enjoying his role as the GOP’s potential “Moses.” He has taken on the role of adviser to the congressional GOP leadership, creator of bold new ideas, Republican whip, and general GOP superstar. He frequently uses his platform to launch attacks at President Obama, and is now suggesting that the next role he wants to take on is U.S. president. Gingrich spoke to reporters on Wednesday, before his speech at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia:
“Calista and I will look seriously and we’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, probably in January, 2011, Gingrich told reporters during a sit-down interview before last night’s speech.
“We’ll look seriously at whether or not we think its necessary to do it. And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it. And if it isn’t necessary we probably won’t do it.”
Gingrich also predicted that his prodigy, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA), will become Speaker of the House someday, saying he “is a great, great leader emerging.” Cantor has said that he talks to Gingrich “every day.”
Ironically, Gingrich — who would be 69 years old in 2012, just a couple years younger than McCain when he ran for president in 2008 — said that he sees the Republican party “moving towards a whole new generation.”
Of course, this flirtation with a presidential bid may be nothing more than a ploy to increase his public stature. After all, when considering whether to run in 2008, Gingrich “joked with FOX News more than a year ago that his flirtation with a White House run was in part to sell books and give lectures, and to focus the debate on his issues.”
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Newt lies as much as Bush did.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:49 amwe’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren
Which wife is that and which family?
March 6th, 2009 at 10:51 amHas Rush signed off on this plan Newt?
March 6th, 2009 at 10:52 amAwesome! Rush can be his running mate!
March 6th, 2009 at 10:53 amBring it on Newt.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:53 amAnd once again, we’ll see the righteous fundies, who view it as a debasement of the Sacred Institution of Marriage to allow two men or two women to share in it, lining up behind a serial adulterer who actually served his first wife with divorce papers while she was recovering from cancer surgery.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:54 amA recycled, tired leader returns to lead the Republican Revolution 2.0. Yeah, that’ll play.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 6th, 2009 at 10:56 amDidn’t Mcain’s confused election campaign strongly suggest that this is now “No Country For Old White Men’?
March 6th, 2009 at 10:56 amplez newt, run! it would make prez obama’s re-election bid much easier.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:57 amNewt, like most lizards only come out from under their rocks when the sun is shining. Gingrich won’t run unless everything looks good for the Republicans and bad for the Democrats. He won’t run if he might actually have to fix something, only if there is something to take advantage of.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:57 amThe Grinch and Ben Franklin? GIVE ME A BREAK! Franklin was a GENUINE thinker and inventor.
*He had actual rather than recycled ideas [Poor Richard's Almanac, a lot of the Constitution];
*he made genuine discoveries [proving that electricity existed and could be harnessed];
*he produced tangible inventions: the stove named for him, bifocals, electricity, improvements in typesetting, a catheter for men with bladder stones];
*he promoted education [founded UPenn, wrote and studied extensively];
*he practiced statesmanship rather than politics [vital negotiations with France, much of that work at his own expense];
*he exhibited both wit and intelligence [see above].
Grinch? Attack, slam, deceive, mislead, flaunt, bloviate, smirk, pose, preen, pontificate. . . As Ron White would say, “I don’t think so, Scooter.”
March 6th, 2009 at 10:58 amLOL Sounds like Newt may have another book ready to hit the market.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:59 amHe’ll lose !! Whether he looks serious or not!
March 6th, 2009 at 11:00 ambring it on Newtie. You’ll find that President Obama is much tougher than the Dems you punked in the 90’s. That’s assuming you survive the primary race where your own party will go after your immoral behavior.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:00 amtelestai2,
Franklin Mint heirloom collectibles (not available in any stores). You forgot to mention those. :D
March 6th, 2009 at 11:00 amAnyone who is talking about running now is just blowing smoke. This is not the right time to launch a Presidential campaign. First, you’d be running in the midterms against a wildly popular incumbent. Anyone who actually wants to be President will wait until the field is open in 2016. Second, it’s way too early. We’re hardly even thinking about midterms yet. Having your campaign peak three years before the election is not a good idea. This is all posturing.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:03 amwho’s calista?
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March 6th, 2009 at 11:03 amNewt is looking for as much fact time as Rush is getting.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:04 amNewt stuck his finger in a socket and “discovered” electricity.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:06 amI can’t wait for those primary debates.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:06 am*shudders*…God can the Grand Old Perverts be this desparate?
March 6th, 2009 at 11:07 amOh and please! Benjamin Franklin?! His experiments with electricity went way beyond the kite story we’ve all heard. He actually named “positive” and “negative” charges and did a lot of good science. On top of that he was an excellent writer, one of the leading thinkers of his day, and a renowned statesman, not to mention a founding father.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:08 amYeah, Gingrich is just trying to maintain his profile and relevance. He’ll face opposition even within what’s left of the GOP.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:09 amHis resume is actually very thin; he had one ’success’ which was the ‘Contract ON America and then got booted out of Congress and he doesn’t connect with the hard-core base the GOP has been pretty-much reduced-to. Overall demographics are against him too.
UTTERLY hysterical.
All the GOP has are right wing extremists. So, I’m thinking, Utah and MAYBE TN for them in 2012.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:12 amAll over America people are “planning” to “look seriously” at cleaning out their garages.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:13 am“We’ll look seriously at whether or not we think its necessary to do it. And if we think it’s necessary we’ll probably do it. And if it isn’t necessary we probably won’t do it.”
Yeah, I think I would bet the farm, that as election time approaches he will find the public humiliation of an electoral @ss-whipping, totally unnecessary.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:14 amHow can the Republicans be “moving towards a whole new generation” when the same old guys are running the show and they have no new ideas?
Pathetic.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:17 amNo one could have predicted…
ROFLMAO
March 6th, 2009 at 11:23 amlike most of america,
i want to know,
who is calista?
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March 6th, 2009 at 11:28 amjoe cantwell Says:
like most of america,
i want to know,
who is calista?
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Either his 3rd, or mebbe 4th wive, or perhaps Newtie’s latest intern squeeze…
Who can keep track? You need a scorecard for the Newtster…
March 6th, 2009 at 11:30 amHe’s a Newtron bomb !
March 6th, 2009 at 11:31 amJust what is the criteria for Newt to determine it’s necessary for him to run? It sounds as though he’s the only one that can come to our rescue and only if we really need it.
I hope someone in the media asks him what does he mean by that.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:35 amjoe cantwell Says:
like most of america,
i want to know,
who is calista?
Funny Salon piece on the evolution of her and Newt’s relationship.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:35 amWell I’ve always heard that Franklin was a bit of a randy old fellow, so Newt could be like Franklin in that way.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:40 amNewt would be the best thing to happen to the Democratic Party. I think the rethuglicans need to refresh their memory and get over whatever glory they think they had during his hayday. Newt left congress disgraced to say the least and his leadership spilled over into the Bush administration which never said no to W for anything. Newt is a joke.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:41 amPhoto caption: “Is that Rush in the back row?”
March 6th, 2009 at 11:43 amAs a Troll, I must at least say that Newt is about the best thing going for the R’s at the moment. That in itself is a revealing statement about the disarray the GOP finds itself in that it must look back to someone whose sun set in the Clinton era. But he is about all they have at present.
Yeah, he is a serial adulterer. As I said, he is a Clinton era throwback. It doesn’t matter to me as far as his ability to serve goes, and the Fundies are all hypocrites anyway.
What else do the R’s have? Romney ? Maybe if the economy stays rotten. Palin? GOD forbid.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:44 amThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
joe cantwell Says:
like most of america,
i want to know,
who is calista?
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Either his 3rd, or mebbe 4th wive, or perhaps Newtie’s latest intern squeeze…
Who can keep track? You need a scorecard for the Newtster…
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well ok then.
“closer to benjamin franklin…”?
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franklin was married to deborah read rogers until her death in 1774.
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gingrich married jackie battley and divorced her in 1981.
months later he married marriane ginther. they divorced in 2000
after his attorneys acknowledged gingrich’s relationship with his current wife,
callista bisek, a former congressional aide more than 20 years younger
than he is.
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i’m not seeing the franklin/gingrich connection here, are you?
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 11:46 amHow many EX-WIVES on a campaign platform at a time??
We need RULES . .
If Gingrich gets the nomination, I defy anyone here to question the existence of God . . lol
March 6th, 2009 at 11:48 amGreat. He’ll have a lock on the “family values” vote…
March 6th, 2009 at 11:48 amLizCoro Says:
If Gingrich gets the nomination, I defy anyone here to question the existence of God . . lol
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Well, Sh*te… I defy anyone here to question the existence of SATAN if Newtie gets the nomination.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:49 amBen Franklin wanted the Turkey as our National Bird and Newt is one of our National Turkeys so that’s one possible link.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:51 amtweed,
thanks for the blast from the past!
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 11:52 amjoe cantwell Says:
i’m not seeing the franklin/gingrich connection here, are you?
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Ummm… both of them have/had reputations for womanizing?
It has been rumored for years that Ben was still knocking ‘em up when he was in his 70’s. Perhaps this will give Newtie something to shoot for, literally, in his dotage, which must be rapidly approaching.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:52 amhellinabucket Says:
Ben Franklin wanted the Turkey as our National Bird and Newt is one of our National Turkeys so that’s one possible link.
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***Eerie music in background***
Scully: the truth is out there…
March 6th, 2009 at 11:53 amTwo words: government shutdown.
March 6th, 2009 at 11:54 amOkay… here’s another possible link…
Franklin is on the hundred dollar bill and perhaps that’s the standard price Newt allus pays his pages for a Clinton?
March 6th, 2009 at 11:55 amyou know what would be cool?
if newt dumped calista and
married marta. that would be cool.
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March 6th, 2009 at 11:55 amrmwarnick Says:
Three words: WTF???
March 6th, 2009 at 11:55 amBlah, blag,blah. Hey Newt! No one is listening!Go home!
March 6th, 2009 at 11:59 amShayne Says:
I can’t wait for those primary debates.
Actually, I agree.
Think about it. Take his personal life out of the equation. Yes, I know, that is something the Fundies can’t do, but we aren’t Fundies so just play along.
Who is he up against? Palin? He’d shred her. Huckabee? His guitar playing aw shucks routine is worn thin already. Romney? Well, maybe Mitt could hold his own against Newt, and he is probably the odds on favorite for Repub Heir Apparent. But then, he is a Mormon. Is that a bigger poison pill than adultery in the Fundie world? Who knows, ask a Fundie.
The efficacy of Newt in the race would be large for the Rs. It would be cathartic if nothing else. But in the end, just like Obama won 08 because of the economy, O. will either win or lose in 12 based on the state of his success or failure with New Deal II.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:02 pmanother REPUB with family values……
bring it on Newt!
March 6th, 2009 at 12:05 pmPresident Sir Newt Nit-Twitt-er…Social Darwinist Extraordinaire…Go for it Newt!
what a piece of work this guy is….
March 6th, 2009 at 12:06 pmKeltoi Says:
Shayne Says:
I can’t wait for those primary debates.
Actually, I agree.
Think about it. Take his personal life out of the equation. Yes, I know, that is something the Fundies can’t do, but we aren’t Fundies so just play along.
We don’t need to even touch his personal life:
March 6th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
keltoi, you pompous ass,
you asked for it:
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Keltoi Says:
misshusseinmolly Says:
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Before we get all worked up about how much it costs taxpayers to keep George and Laura safe, could we have a comparison of security expenses with the Clintons, George HW and Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, the Carters, and Betty Ford?
I remember in 2001 when Bill Clinton left office, the wingnut blogs went crazy over the price tag for Secret Service and other security protection for the Clintons. It seems to me that ANY ex-president (or his widow) will cost a fair amount to protect, regardless of what party that president was from, or what kind of job he did in office. It’s part of the package.
Thank you, as always missmolly, for a dose of sanity.
Also, how have we extrapolated an annual cost after a month? If there is a security gate going in place, what other measures are being taken that will reduce manpower requirements?
It is actually kinda funny watching the Left go through Bush Hate withdrawl, though….
February 20th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
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and then, on cue, the very next comment from bert:
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BERT CONVY Says:
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GAD! The Rapist and Chief and Her Thighness bought a mansion with the scam they did with the Secret Service after they carpetbagged their way into New York. We are actually paying for their palace and you demulous-porkulous-stimulus libby-loons are still throwing the mother of all hissy-fits about GW? Pull them panties out of that bunch and get over it.
*Yippie-Ki-Yay Democrappers
*Bert
February 20th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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keltoi, the self centered dick head troll.
(link here, comment #46)
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March 6th, 2009 at 12:13 pmgood to know you “actually agree”,
jerk.
:)
March 6th, 2009 at 12:13 pmI have to say I see at least two valid comparisons between Newt and Ben.
Ben Franklin was the “old man” in the circle of founding fathers, Newt is an old man trying to lead a new circle of young Republics out of the wilderness (good luck with that BTW) and secondly Ben Franklin was NEVER the POTUS.
Do you think that Gingrich is sub-letting some of Rush’s GOOPers or does Rush just let him borrow some of them on the weekends?
March 6th, 2009 at 12:23 pmgummitch Says:
Special Counsel James M. Cole concluded that Gingrich violated federal tax law
Hm. Yeah, good point, maybe he could be Romney’s Treasury Secretary :0
I have said before Newt has too much baggage to be a serious candidate, but I would like to see him run all the same just to act as a foil for the next crop of GOPers. He is very good in debate, beating him would be a good play-off round for whoever comes up through the ranks.
Who is that person? Who knows. Could be anybody. What was Obama’s resume in 2004? As Hillary said, “a speech.”
A Newt for Prez campaign isn’t real likely to happen though, this probably is all about selling books and keeping his name recognition up for the speaking/talk show circuit.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:34 pmKeltoi Says:
I have said before Newt has too much baggage to be a serious candidate, but I would like to see him run all the same just to act as a foil for the next crop of GOPers. He is very good in debate, beating him would be a good play-off round for whoever comes up through the ranks.
Who is that person? Who knows. Could be anybody. What was Obama’s resume in 2004? As Hillary said, “a speech.”
Shortly after the election I was out drinking with polisci professors and a pollster. At the time, of course, Palin was polling huge numbers with Republicans, but the pollster informed me that four years previously, the Democrat with the highest polling numbers was Joe Lieberman.
I would guess that the most likely Republican candidate isn’t anyone currently on anyone’s list.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:37 pmOh please let Newt run and give his ex-wives, especially the one served with divorce papers in her hospital room in the oncology wing, this enormous opportunity for payback. Oh, and there are the children abandoned along the way as well.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:39 pmgummitch Says:
I would guess that the most likely Republican candidate isn’t anyone currently on anyone’s list.
Yep. And given the scope of Obama’s ambition for the economy and the size of his spending, 2012 will be a referendum on Obama; so long as the R’s don’t run Palin, they will either sink or swim based on the electorate’s assessment of the last 4 years.
Also, all kinds of crap could break loose. Gods forbid, it could be a National Security election. Who knows what Fate has in store?
March 6th, 2009 at 12:45 pmooooooo — look at the pretty trial balloon! I wonder how long it will last until it’s shot down? Two bullets headed right for the balloon — the Republican Party and Gingrich himself.
If the Republicans want to rise phoenix-like from the ashes, they will have to do it with a fresh face, not one of their tired, beat up warhorses. Remember in 1980 that their return to power after Watergate happened with Reagan, not with any of the Washington fossils. If the GOP chooses Gingrich to be their standard-bearer, they’re essentially admitting they’re still clinging to the old GOP nobody wants anymore.
If Gingrich is serious about keeping the trial balloon aloft, it can only be because he has forgotten all about his 2008 trial balloon. That was quickly shot down because of revelations of his adulterous activities during Clinton’s impeachment, causing him to withdraw himself from consideration using a sour-grapes lame excuse.
And, unless Obama starts diddling with interns in the Oval Office, Gingrich’s past sex life and wife-dumping activities WILL be an issue — especially compared to Obama’s squeaky clean family life (McCain and Giuliani are Exhibits A and B). Even if it shouldn’t be. Yes, every candidate’s sex life should be irrelevant, and voters should only consider his/her job qualifications, experience, leadership qualities, positions on the issues, and ideas. But we all know the world doesn’t work that way.
I suspect that Gingrich knows he has a snowball’s chance in a fire. But this is a way he can stay in the news and continue to convince himself that he’s relevant.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:49 pmWas Jindal already thrown under the bus?
March 6th, 2009 at 12:50 pmhellinabucket Says:
Was Jindal already thrown under the bus?
Kinda. He was universally panned by the chatting class for his Repsonse address, save only by He Who Cannot Be Named For Fear A Thread Will Emerge Fixating On Him.
Jindal is popular in his home State….probably too young yet, however.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:54 pmI’m hoping for Mitt to get the nomination. Then we should all pitch in and send DVDs of HBO’s “Big Love” series on Mormons to all voters. Anybody who gets the chance to watch it should.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:56 pmOf course watching all those crackers go apesh*t over Piyush Jindal would be pretty entertaining. They don’t know the difference between Hindus and Muslims.
March 6th, 2009 at 12:59 pmIs he going to get all his families and girlfriends involved? At least we know what we have before he gets started…a philandering, hypocritical, wingnut.
March 6th, 2009 at 1:24 pmNever forget that this economy tanked in September, 2008. What the new president inherited belongs to whoever the wingnuts run against him. The GoP is hosed.
March 6th, 2009 at 1:27 pmOMG! Please bring it on! This gets better and better! ROTFL! Palin/Gingrich or Palin/Limbaugh or Palin/Joe the Plumber?!
March 6th, 2009 at 1:34 pmCalista and I will look seriously and we’ll probably get our family totally engaged, including our two grandchildren, probably in January, 2011
He should get his two ex-wives involved as well. And he should also be quite open about the fact that he was having an affair with Calista at the same time that he was excoriating Bill Clinton about his extra curricular marital activities. I understand that Republicans are VERY interested in that sort of thing… namely the sex lives of their leaders.
March 6th, 2009 at 1:44 pmGREAT!! NEWT’S CLOSET IS COMPLETELY FULL OF SKELETONS!!!! IS HE REALLY THE BEST CHOICE FOR THE GOP???????
March 6th, 2009 at 1:58 pm.
T.P. Wrote:
Why, so that he can let a few terrorist attacks happen so as to remind the Americans why our Government keeps us safe?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5lmje_newt-gingrich-bush-should-allow-rem_news
Or to allow the CIA the ability to operate in the shadows, outside the bounds of the Law?
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:15 pm#63 hellinabucket,
Why yes he was thrown under the (R)ushpublickin’ LimpBUS.
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March 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pmIs Newt, like Franklin, a nudist?
March 6th, 2009 at 2:31 pmThere are some things too terrible to contemplate.
Let him!!!! Who would vote for someone like him? Let him be the GOP’s candidate!
March 6th, 2009 at 2:34 pmSyphilitic chancre: The primary sore of syphilis, a painless indurated, eroded papule, occurring at the site of entry of the infection
Most frequently observed these days on Newt Gingrich’s diseased wedding tackle. Although, if Mr. Gingrich is indeed considering a run for the presidency, This could be indicative of:
Neurosyphilis
Neurosyphilis refers to a site of infection involving the central nervous system (CNS). Neurosyphilis may occur at any stage of syphilis. Before the advent of antibiotics, it was typically seen in 25-35% of patients with syphilis.General paresis, otherwise known as general paresis of the insane, is a severe manifestation of neurosyphilis. It is a chronic dementia which ultimately results in death in as little as 2-3 years. Patients generally have progressive personality changes, memory loss, and poor judgment. More rarely, they can have psychosis, depression, or mania. Imaging of the brain usually shows atrophy.
March 6th, 2009 at 3:09 pmWe’re praying for you, Newtie.
Caption Contest:
“I can see my integrity from here.”
March 6th, 2009 at 5:33 pmIn a recent interview with Matt Bai, Gingrich said, “I think I’m closer to Benjamin Franklin than to George Washington. .
Really? Ben Franklin, ay Newt?
Well ok, but just remember what he said in 1775.
March 6th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
This guy is the scum in the bottom of the bucket after you pour off the water from washing your floor.
Newt knows he can’t possibly win – doesn’t have a chance in hell, in fact. He’d only do it for the attention, temporary soapbox and the money – figuring they would leave him in a powerful bargaining position after Obama’s bus ran over him.
March 6th, 2009 at 10:38 pm*
Newt believes he’s super-smart and a man of “new ideas”. He has a gift for demonizing his opponents and that’s about it.
March 7th, 2009 at 8:02 pmKermit the frog won’t be able to run in 2012 unless he practices apologizing to Rush in the mirror every day so when he has to grovel to His Greatness after opening his gaping pie hole he can deliver the crow eating with a smile.
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