Gingrich headed to NH

[Mr. Morden]

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/01/gingrich_to_the.php

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[Jensen]

Gingrich isn't a potential candidate.

[fezzyfestoon]

Gingrich isn't a potential candidate.

Uh...ok, how do you figure?  There's an absolutely 0% chance he runs?  I don't see that.

[Jensen]

Gingrich isn't a potential candidate.

Uh...ok, how do you figure?  There's an absolutely 0% chance he runs?  I don't see that.

He has no shot, and he's been gone from public office far too long. He has better things to do then run a losing campaign at this stage in his life.

[fezzyfestoon]

Gingrich isn't a potential candidate.

Uh...ok, how do you figure?  There's an absolutely 0% chance he runs?  I don't see that.

He has no shot, and he's been gone from public office far too long. He has better things to do then run a losing campaign at this stage in his life.

Where are you coming up with this?  How do you know what Gingrich feels like doing?

He does better than Palin in the polls, does that mean she isn't a potential candidate?

You can't say someone isn't potentially something.  He may not be a good one, but of course there's a chance he could be a candidate.  In fact there's a great chance according to his own actions.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Gingrich isn't a potential candidate.

Doesn't mean he's not going to try.

[Derek]

Gingrich would've run by now. He would have been the nominee in 1996, president in 2000, and could've been the nominee in the 2008 primaries. His times have come and gone.

[Joe Republic]

Good move. NH is where Gingrich will score his upset win that makes him a serious contender for the nomination.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Good move. NH is where Gingrich will score his upset win that makes him a serious contender for the nomination.

lol spoofing Libertas?

[California8429]

I still think he has one last shot...2012, unless of course he's picked for a cabinet position when he could have 2016, 2020 or pushing it...2024

[Psychic Octopus]

I still think he has one last shot...2012, unless of course he's picked for a cabinet position when he could have 2016, 2020 or pushing it...2024

LOL Gingrich would be in his 80s in 2024!

[TheGreatOne]

Gingrich isn't a potential candidate.

Uh...ok, how do you figure?  There's an absolutely 0% chance he runs?  I don't see that.

He has no shot, and he's been gone from public office far too long. He has better things to do then run a losing campaign at this stage in his life.

I wouldn't say that.  He's one of the only Republican canidate who can string along a coherent and intelligent thought, and he would be well liked in many of the big liberal states during the primary.  I'd certainly vote for him in the Republican Primary if the Republicans can't come up with anyone better.

[TheGreatOne]

Good move. NH is where Gingrich will score his upset win that makes him a serious contender for the nomination.

He would have to score an upset in New Hampshire.  One of his strengths might be that he is seen as a moderate Republican.  The vote during the election will split between many different hardcore Republicans, which will give him a very good oppurtunity to steal New Hampshire, South Carolina, Maine, and Florida.  Iowa will be lost to the religious right. 

[Mr. Morden]

Gingrich would've run by now. He would have been the nominee in 1996, president in 2000....

Uh, reality check here please....Gingrich had net negative favorability ratings throughout the late 90s of at least 20 points.  Heck, there was a period in 1997 when his net favorability rating was minus 40 points:

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/111909_PalinPoll.pdf

You do realize that the House GOP got rid of him in 1998 because he was wildly unpopular, don't you?

[fezzyfestoon]

Gingrich would've run by now. He would have been the nominee in 1996, president in 2000....

Uh, reality check here please....Gingrich had net negative favorability ratings throughout the late 90s of at least 20 points.  Heck, there was a period in 1997 when his net favorability rating was minus 40 points:

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/111909_PalinPoll.pdf

You do realize that the House GOP got rid of him in 1998 because he was wildly unpopular, don't you?

Which makes it all the more amazing that he apparently has the entire conservative media behind him.  Fortunately, I would think that would be pointed out during a campaign.

[TheGreatOne]

The President, VP, Speaker and leader of the House are going to get smashed by their opponents because they are very high profile characters in our government.  Whenever the GOP did something the American people didn't like, Newt got grilled for it more than alot of other senators and congressmen.

[Sasquatch]

Newt Gingrich is doing it for the lulz.

[milhouse24]

Yeah, I don't know how Gingrich is popular at all, perhaps because he has been gone for so long.  In the 90's he was seen as an extreme right-wing obstructionist. 

He's not a super-christian.  He might be angling for VP, but if he wanted to be president, he should have run for governor or senate because right now he has a very small political base.