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Newt On the Campaign Trail for the GOP
Newt Gingrich is showing he still knows how to campaign, and he's a highly requested GOP campaigner for candidates around the country. Newt will be in Indiana campaigning a number of Republicans. The seats in Indiana are seen as some of the most vulnerable in the country.(
Newt Gingrich is showing he still knows how to campaign, and he's a highly requested GOP campaigner for candidates around the country. Newt will be in Indiana campaigning a number of Republicans. The seats in Indiana are seen as some of the most vulnerable in the country.(source)
Newt was also in Ohio to stump for Ken Blackwell. Newt championed Blackwell's commitment to tax cuts and pointed out that Democrats are undoubtedly in favor of higher taxes. "Gingrich said Blackwell's Democratic opponent, Rep. Ted Strickland, has a record of voting for higher taxes. "The gap between Strickland's record of consistently voting for tax increases and against tax cuts and Ken Blackwell's consistent passion for lower taxes and more economic activity and more job creation, more opportunity, could hardly be wider," Gingrich told reporters at the Dayton Wright Brothers Airport in this Dayton suburb before accompanying Blackwell to a fundraiser."
Newt also noted that Republicans appear to be making a comeback in the wake of the Foley scandal. "If we get two more weeks of movement the way we've gotten over the last week, we'll keep the House by six to eight seats," he said.
Newt still will not confirm if he's running for President, he said he will decide next September on whether he will run in 2008.
Cross Posted at Newt Gingrich For President 2008
Can Newt Save the GOP?
Newt's Contract With America in 1994 paved the way for GOP domination that we have experienced for the last 12 years. In effect it also lead to lower taxes, smaller budgets, less waste, and more efficiency. Taking these benefits together also resulted in a better and stronger overall economy for America.
Gingrich's decision to step down as Speaker of the House still evokes anger among many who were close to him at the time:
Current research of that time mostly assures us that Gingrich's plunge in popularity was largely a result of his showdown with President Bill Clinton, which forced a "government shutdown," and, subsequently, Gingrich's alleged irritation at having to exit Air Force One from the rear of the plane when it returned from Israel.
Sure, the media transformed the shutdown into a caricature of Gingrich as being coldhearted. But it was Clinton's unwillingness to negotiate on tough budget constraints pushed by the Republicans that led to the short shutdown of government operations. http://www.newt.org/backpage.asp?art=3685
Gingrich's plan to cut capital gains taxes was a key factor in the 1990's economic boom that Clinton and other Dems so often take credit for according to Matt Towery of the Gwinnett Daily Post.
Gingrich got a raw deal in many ways, although his personal failings outside of politics probably added to his political misfortunes. Nevertheless, Gingrich has reinvented himself and is widely recognized as one of the most (if not the most) politically savvy people in America. His historical knowledge, political instincts, and grasp of the current reality in conjunction with his ability to articulate what needs to be done could set him up as the GOP front runner in 2008.
I surely hope so.