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The Water Cooler Title: Gingrich Cozies up to 2010 Tea Party Crowd LAS VEGAS -- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich brought his road show here Thursday night to boost Republican Sharron Angle in her competitive race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and in the process attempted to further endear himself to the tea party faithful as he considers a presidential bid in 2012. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has long been considered the favorite national politician by the tea party movement, but Gingrich heaped praise on tea party activists and like-minded GOP candidates, revealing the beginnings of a possible attempt to woo involved activists for his own national campaign. Asked by a reporter after a rally for Angle if he thought the presence of tea party candidates could damage the GOP's chances of taking back control of Congress, Gingrich scoffed. "They're going to have five or six or seven tea party members in the Senate, and you're going to have probably 30 tea party members in the House, so they're already a force," he said. "They are a populist reform movement that represents a real desire to return to the Constitution and a real desire to return to limited government." Gingrich said that he does not yet know what effect the movement will have on the 2012 elections. "If President Obama decides to stay on the hard left, and fight as he said he would in hand-to-hand combat - that was his term - I suspect the tea party movement will keep growing," he said. The former speaker is actively considering a bid for the White House in 2012, but aides say he won't pull the trigger unless there is a very clear pathway to victory, that he has no interest in launching a vanity bid. They suspect that party control of the House next year could have an effect on his decision and ability to set up a contrast. One noted that the bump he could get after boosting candidates through his American Solutions' training program will also play a role. He opened his remarks at the rally for Angle with: "Before we get to 2012, let's focus on getting to Nov. 2." Gingrich received a full minute-long ovation when he was introduced, and attendees in the crowd shouted at him to run for president. He acknowledged in a press conference after the rally that the political environment is different than when he pondered a presidential bid in the past. He also reiterated that he'll make his decision about whether to run in February or March. "Clearly, there is an opportunity to draw a contrast with a radical administration that creates a very real choice for the American people about what kind of country we want to be," he told reporters. The former speaker has begun to slim down this year, a sign that he is gearing up to run. He will not reveal how much weight he's lost until after he's reached his goal, an aide joked. Asked if he was on a campaign diet, Gingrich said simply, "I'll let you decide." He flew to Iowa immediately after the Nevada rally for events in that state. He intends to wrap up his American Solutions tour in Greenville, South Carolina and has a large rally planned the night of the election in Washington, D.C., at the Reagan building. Subscribe to *Tea Party On Parade* Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 8. Gingrich Cozies up to 2010 Tea Party Crowd Whoever the Tea Parties decided to back for GOP Presidential nominee in 2012 will be the only candidate that will be able to compete effectively against RINO Romney, who already has the establishment vote locked up. Gingrich recently came in far below Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, and Ron Paul in a Tea Party Presidential straw poll. That was a big wakeup call for him.
#3. To: jwpegler (#2) Gingrich recently came in far below Chris Christie, Sarah Palin, and Ron Paul in a Tea Party Presidential straw poll. That was a big wakeup call for him. Christie doesn't toe the social conservative line enough and supported Mike Castle in DE. If the tea party were an actual group of fiscal conservatives rather than socially conservative Republicans, he might have a chance.
#4. To: go65 (#3) Christie doesn't toe the social conservative line enough You really need to come up into this century, GO65.
#5. To: Badeye (#4) You really need to come up into this century, GO65. Do you really think that a guy who told the GOP to quit overreacting to the Ground Zero Mosque has a prayer of winning? Go look at what your fellow Freepers say about him: ------ DENT - Thanks for pointing out another imbecile we should avoid listening too. Christie is NOT CONSERVATIVE !
6 posted on Wed Oct 20 2010 20:43:25 GMT-0400 (EDT) by onona (dbada) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies] ------------
no thank you. Christie has a real rude streak when it comes to attacking some conservative positions and that really bugs the hell out of me. He’s got issues with guns, he insulted those that don’t want the NY mosque, he ENDORSED Mike Castle and he’s favorable to illegal immigration.
11 posted on Wed Oct 20 2010 20:51:32 GMT-0400 (EDT) by spacejunkie01 ----------- oh heck no. Not another northeastern pro-amnesty RINO 2 posted on Fri Oct 15 2010 22:08:22 GMT-0400 (EDT) by GeronL ----------- Add in Amnesty, Ground Zero Mosque, Support of firing the sap who burned the koran, regional greenhouse gas initiative, etc. NOT MY CANDIDATE !
28 posted on Sat Oct 16 2010 02:55:38 GMT-0400 (EDT) by onona (dbada)
#6. To: go65 (#5)
I wasn't talking about any political figure, I was talking about your assertion related to 'social conservatives'. Its not 1992, GO65. As for citing posters at Free Republic, spare me. It has 30 - 40 thousand members at any given moment, cherry picking from it is a waste of time, bandwidth, and has zero bearing on my viewpoint. Sheesh.
#8. To: Badeye (#6) As for citing posters at Free Republic, spare me. It has 30 - 40 thousand members at any given moment, cherry picking from it is a waste of time, bandwidth, and has zero bearing on my viewpoint. So I'm supposed to believe that a guy who pushed back against GOP criticism of the ground zero mosque, who opposed increasing state government role in combatting illegal immigration, who said that illegal immigrants shouldn't be treated as criminals, who said that he wouldn't push his abortion views on the state, and who's state chairman chaired a pro-abortion rights Republican group, and who supports gay civil unions has a chance to win the GOP nomination for President? Seriously?
Replies to Comment # 8. As for citing posters at Free Republic, spare me. It has 30 - 40 thousand members at any given moment, cherry picking from it is a waste of time, bandwidth, and has zero bearing on my viewpoint.
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