Draft Newt movement highlighted in Congressional Quarterly article

Gingrich Remains a Speaker, But Won’t Say Until September Whether He’s a Runner
By Marie Horrigan
May 1st, 2007

Though former House Speaker Newt Gingrich continues to hedge about his interest in joining the 2008 presidential election — saying he will wait until late September to decide — he is in demand on the Washington, D.C., media and speaking circuits. The longtime conservative firebrand, who led his party to a takeover of Congress in the 1994 “Republican revolution” elections, remains loquacious, brainy, often controversial and seldom dull.

Complete article here

Draft Newt Campaign manager Steve Parkhurst's quote from the article:

"High school and college students have joined the draft movement, which has members numbering in the thousands, Parkhurst said. Most students signing up with DraftNewt.org developed an interest after hearing him speak, whether at their university, on C-SPAN, at a youth leadership program or in a Webcast on his new site, American Solutions for Winning the Future."

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Nothing like some good publicity :)

Posted by: Marshall Miller | May 2, 2007 8:49 PM