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| Gingrich to Quit White House Race |
| 2012-04-26 |
| [An Nahar] Newt Gingrich ...former Speaker of the House, author of the Contract with America. Gingrich gave the country welfare reform and a balanced budget and the Publicans a landslide House victory in 1994. On the downside, he has a roving eye and a loose fly, he's opinionated, and he's abrasive despite his ability to work with the other side of the political aisle... has decided to quit the U.S. presidential race, U.S. media reported Wednesday, paving the way for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ...whose real first name is actually, no kidding, Willard, was governor of Massachussetts and is currently the front-runner for president on the Publican ticket. He is the son of the former governor of Michigan, George Romney, who himself ran for president after saving American Motors from failure, though not permanently. Romney's foot is in an ideological bucket because of Romneycare, a state-level experiment that should have been a warning against Obamacare if anyone had been paying attention. Romney's charisma is best defined as soporific, which is probably why he is leading the Publican field... to be crowned the Republican nominee. Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, is expected to hold a final campaign event in Washington on Tuesday May 1, formally ending his White House bid and throwing his support behind his former opponent. "When he says he is transitioning, what he means is that he is trying to determine as a citizen how he will pro-actively help Mitt Romney become president," CNN reported, quoting its source on condition of anonymity. A source told Fox News that Gingrich, 68, would "more than likely," endorse Romney, a multimillionaire businessman and former Massachusetts governor, when he either suspends or ends of his own campaign next week. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 I hope, and it looks like it might be so, that Romney learned from Gingritchs attack Obama strategy because holding back and sticking to the high road leads to loss of message and elections. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2012-04-26 14:33 |
| #6 Brooklyn Bridge? Sorry, all my money is tied up paying for a home in California. But I guess that makes me a sucker too. Well, you get used to politicians saying one thing on the stump and when they get into office they do something else. Newt balanced budgets. I'll always remember that. For a few years there in the 90's anyway, he walked the walk. I don't see that in many other politicians. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-04-26 14:03 |
| #5 I hope Romney has sense enough to listen to some of what Newt had to say Wanna buy my shares of Brooklyn Bridge, Ebbang? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-04-26 12:03 |
| #4 C'mon, you guys. Newt was brilliant in the debates. I understand about the baggage but I hope Romney has sense enough to listen to some of what Newt had to say. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-04-26 11:54 |
| #3 Thank goodness. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-04-26 10:43 |
| #2 I think Newt got into it to sell books and was surprised by the wind that appeared at his back for awhile as the not-Romney candidate. Hopefully he sold a lot of books and will just go away now. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-04-26 08:43 |
| #1 And if Newt somehow manages to backpedal enough to cobble together a heartfelt endorsement, maybe Mitt can cover his campaign's debts. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-04-26 02:27 |