Thread: Newt Gingrich to launch presidential bid Wednesday

May 09, 2011

Newt Gingrich to launch presidential bid Wednesday

11:20 AM

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday will formally launch a bid for president via Facebook and Twitter, according to his spokesman.

Gingrich spokesman Rick Tyler said today that the new media announcements will be followed by an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on Wednesday night. Gingrich, a former Georgia GOP congressman, will give his first public speech about his candidacy at the Georgia Republican Party Convention on Friday.

In a Facebook post on Monday, Gingrich thanked supporters for the encouragement to run.

"I have been humbled by all the encouragement you have given me to run. Thank you for your support," Gingrich wrote. "Be sure to watch Hannity this Wednesday at 9pm ET/8pm CT. I will be on to talk about my run for President of the United States."

Gingrich announced a "testing the waters" committee in March, a distinction that falls short of a formal declaration.

Gingrich, who served in the House's top job from 1995-1998, has already launched his campaign headquarters in Atlanta. He did not participate last week in the first GOP presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle, held in South Carolina.

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Oh God, please no.

Originally Posted by SicNTiredInSoCal

Oh God, please no.

ditto

another loser coming out newt has a chance about like i do

Originally Posted by duckman

another loser coming out newt has a chance about like i do

Unfortunately Newt has name recognition. I won't support him but a lot of Americans don't research the candidates like I and many on ALIPAC do. If they did, we wouldn't have ended up with someone like Obama in the White House and John McCain as the runner-up.

I do research the canidates i vote for person not party.Voted for bush twice and been sorry of it but at the time he was the best one running.Voted for Obama last time because McCain cant stand for nothing and Sarah was a joke.So now im waiting to see what REP.comes out of the wood work i can support right now they have nobody yet.I do study and research i promise you that.

Originally Posted by duckman

I do research the canidates i vote for person not party.Voted for bush twice and been sorry of it but at the time he was the best one running.Voted for Obama last time because McCain cant stand for nothing and Sarah was a joke.So now im waiting to see what REP.comes out of the wood work i can support right now they have nobody yet.I do study and research i promise you that.

Bachman and Pawlenty, while not perfect, are a lot better than Obama, McCain, and Palin.

Good or bad...I LOVED this speech!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtjfMjjce2Y

This RINO won't get far. All they have to do is bring up his extra marital affairs when he was a Congressman and he's toast.

Originally Posted by dman1200

This RINO won't get far. All they have to do is bring up his extra marital affairs when he was a Congressman and he's toast.

There was a time your assessment would have been correct, but I'm not so sure these days. For example, look at Bill Clinton.