Gingrich: Why Announce Now?
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday in Oklahoma City he is still eyeing a run for president and can't explain polls that show him ranked near the top-tier candidates for the Republican nomination although he has not formally announced.
"It's sort of frightening sometimes," Gingrich said. "Sometimes the guys who aren't running are doing better than the guys who are running. Why would you want to start running if you're doing better by not running than you would if you were running? I can't explain it."
Polls in some states show Gingrich, speaker from 1995 to 1999, running behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but ahead of U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Fred Thompson, an actor and former U.S. senator from Tennessee.
Gingrich said the 2006 elections in which the GOP lost both houses of Congress are a sign of disappointment among Republicans, and that his relatively high poll numbers may indicate that many people remember the 1994 Contract for America that he co-authored and his highly publicized spats with former President Bill Clinton over cutting taxes and balancing the federal budget.
Gingrich, 63, said he will not decide whether to enter the race until October following a nationwide Solutions Day workshop on Sept. 27 - the anniversary of the Contract for America.
"It's sort of frightening sometimes," Gingrich said. "Sometimes the guys who aren't running are doing better than the guys who are running. Why would you want to start running if you're doing better by not running than you would if you were running? I can't explain it."
Polls in some states show Gingrich, speaker from 1995 to 1999, running behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but ahead of U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas and Fred Thompson, an actor and former U.S. senator from Tennessee.
Gingrich said the 2006 elections in which the GOP lost both houses of Congress are a sign of disappointment among Republicans, and that his relatively high poll numbers may indicate that many people remember the 1994 Contract for America that he co-authored and his highly publicized spats with former President Bill Clinton over cutting taxes and balancing the federal budget.
Gingrich, 63, said he will not decide whether to enter the race until October following a nationwide Solutions Day workshop on Sept. 27 - the anniversary of the Contract for America.
Labels: 2008 Presidential Race, Newt Gingrich
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