Michael McAuliff, The New York Daily News, September 24, 2007
WASHINGTON – In the latest sign ofhow unsettled the Republican presidential race is, Newt Gingrich says he’ll run if supporters come up with $30 million in three weeks.
“I don’t see as a citizen how you could turn that down,” Gingrich said yesterday on “Fox News Sunday.”
The fiery and controversial former speaker of the House has been a polarizing public figure.
Still, he believes he can mount a White House bid just a few months before voting starts because the GOP faithful have yet to solidify behind a candidate. Rudy Giuliani remains the leader, at 30% in the latest Gallup Poll, just 8 percentage points ahead of already-stumbling actor Fred Thompson.
Gingrich has tasked longtime adviser Randy Evans with launching the ambitious fund-raising bid next Monday, and reporting back in three weeks.
Ha, ha! And what happens to the money if he doesn’t run, or if he gets knocked out after a few weeks/months? Would you give money to this ass? Republicans are even more gullible than Democrats. Fraud Thompson has been raising and spending money for months and has little to show for it besides a bunch of titillated Beltway boobs. On a more positive note, Americans ponied up over half a million dollars to MoveOn in the hours after Bush criticized their ad and the idiot Senate passed a resolution condemning it. Does that tell you America is looking for another high priced liar? I think not.
Comment by Joanne from WI — September 24, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
I’ll give him twenty to stay home and keep his adultering, hypocritical coup de tete face off my tv.
Comment by greyhawk — September 25, 2007 @ 10:21 am
Didn’t he realize that we wanted out of the Contract with America when voters handed Congress back to the Democrats?
Comment by idealistferret — September 25, 2007 @ 5:59 pm