Gingrich Nearing Decision On Running in '08
WASHINGTON, May 14 (AP) — Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, said Monday that there was a good chance he would enter the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, but that he would not decide until after September.
“I think right now that it is a great possibility,” Mr. Gingrich said, adding, “I want to focus on what we have to do to make America successful.”
Mr. Gingrich said on “Good Morning America” on ABC-TV that he planned to hold a workshop in September on solutions for the country’s problems, after which he would decide whether to seek the presidency.
Mr. Gingrich, of Georgia, left Congress after Republicans lost seats in the 1998 midterm elections after a campaign that highlighted President Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica S. Lewinsky.
Asked about Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s prospects for the White House, Mr. Gingrich said: “I think she has a very good chance of winning the presidency. I think unless Republicans are as committed to very fundamental change in Washington that they will almost certainly lose the election.”
As much as Republican voters are clamoring for a Conservative candidate, I don't think Gingrich is the answer. I think his "bi-partisan" work with Hillary Clinton on a universal healthcare program will come back to haunt him.
He may have been Speaker of the House, but he wasn't the Conservative everyone makes him out to be. I have read several instances where House members had to force him to be more Conservative.
I think the job best suited for him is something like head of the Republican National Committee, an advisory role, or Secretary of State.
