Newt Gingrich,  President 2008

Newt Gingrich Will NOT Run for the Presidency

Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks, as he kicks off three days of policy workshops, at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in Atlanta.

Gingrich Says No to White House Bid

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will not run for president in 2008 after determining he could not legally explore a bid and remain as head of his tax-exempt political organization, a spokesman said Saturday.

“Newt is not running,” spokesman Rick Tyler said. “It is legally impermissible for him to continue on as chairman of American Solutions (for Winning the Future) and to explore a campaign for president.”

Gingrich decided “to continue on raising the challenges America faces and finding solutions to those challenges” as the group’s chairman, Tyler said, “rather than pursuing the presidency.”

This was inevitable.

Gingrich’s statement that if $30 million could be raised that he would consider a run for the Presidency against a field of candidates many of whom have been campaigning for over a year was ludicrous.

So, who benefits with Newt out?

Rudy and McCain. Is Fred Thompson even campaigning?

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