From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro
The big 2012 news that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced today in Georgia?
That he has launched a Web site, http://newtexplore2012.com/
As expected, Gingrich did NOT announce the formation of an exploratory committee. But it appears he's set on running.


The truth, Safeguard, is that newt gingrich will never be the man that President Obama is today. Regardless of your personal rhetoric, I lived and worked in newt's district (Carollton, GA) and solicited his office for services more than once. Newt was a Republican whip until he put all that to the wash with a record of abuse of power. Newt was instrumental in covering up a toxic spill to the Tallapoosa River. He sideswiped the EPA and made sure the business was protected and not the people. Newt cheated on his wife with an intern (abuse of his position as a politician, "custodial authority") and went on to be a prolific hypocrite; that is what he is now, a hypocrite and a fraud. I can assure newt that we will be voicing his track record to the public in the strongest way if he runs for President. He's already established his track record as a usurper and abuser of his position to the detriment of his own constituency. With regard to "evil rich", we could care less if you're rich. If you're screwing your fellow Americans over to get rich, that's when we have a problem. So, Safeguard, take your foot off of the gas and ease it onto the brake until you have some truth and some direction, good luck.
Well said MIKE. Nice to hear the TRUTH about Newt. It is to his detriment, that he feels he can run for president with all the baggage he has to drag along. You know that old saying, he thinks he is " a legion, in his own mind!"
And while we are talking about cretins, am I the only one who thinks Mike Huckabee looks like Gomer Pyle? I am waiting for him to say, "Well golly, Goober!"
Nothing but a dirt bag. Is this the BEST the Republicans have to offer? From what I see Huchabee, Palin, Pawlenty, Paul, the Gov. from Mississippi, Haley Barbour, Chris Christie, and the rest have NO CHANCE!! As for what's going on in WI... all that Walker did was awaken a sleeping giant. THERE WILL BE NO REPEAT OF 2010 IN 2012. We are onto the TP, Republicans AND ALL BIG BUSINESS.
Hannah: I agree. Americans believe in fairness. Walker has been so heavy handed and deceitful. He pretty much showed, were his loyalty lies, when he thought, he was talking to his rich benefactor, David Koch. I wonder if any of those numb nuts, read our posts.
Cracks me up with the same old LIBS posting the same rhetoric. According to the Lib talk no one can beat Obama, after all to them he is Jesus H. Christ himself! lol
Ok lets take a look at this, Obama's name was nothing a year prior to the election. So with that stated a nobody from the GOP side can come in and start winning primaries.
You have a chunck of Libs who thought Clinton was the man. He cheated on his wife in the White House. Hillary lived in the White House at the time, but Libs are cool with that. Now you have a current president who wrote several autobiograhies discussing his cocaine habbit, attended the radical church of Rev. Wright (only to disassociate himself from him, during the election) for 20+ years. A man who prides himself with being a community organizer, was a senator breifly voting 'Present' most of the time.
Newt would embarrass Obama in a debate, to the point where his teleprompter wouldn't know how to respond! (Yes libs that is funny, it's ok you cracked a smile) :) Newt would put Obama in a corner while debating and Obama wouldn't know what to say, or would say something to bite him later.
But lets take a look at the past 2 years. Is America better off than it was then? No question he is a big Lib spender and the American people don't care for that very much. He has put a tremendious debt on his watch. (Yes Libs, more than Bush in 8 years) I said that only to prevent the libs who cant handle a conversation and have to revert it back to Bush somehow! :)
The stimulas package (1.2 trillion dollars) was supposed to keep unemployment under 8% with shovel ready jobs. Libs come on, you can't defend it was a success. Also, don't give me speculation that it would of been worse when you cant back that up. The facts dont lie! The answer is really easy, we are not better off in the past 2 years with the inexperience of Obama......You can spin it anyway you would like, but thats all it is...SPIN!!!!
I believe most LIBS know Obama is going to lose in 2012 and they want to disassociate themselves from him. Personally I believe letting Hilary run for it would be the better option. Though I disagree with her on many issues at least I know where she stands.
Good job, James. I think you almost have yourself convinced that you guys have any shot in 2012. Unfortunately for you, the fact that YOU believe it isn't going to make it happen. But, hang on to that childlike optimism...it's cute, and at least it will get you through the next year and half before your dreams are crushed again.
James: Watch it, you are talking about my lord. Oh, I forgot, only you Republicans and Tea Parties, have acces to the "Bible." And Jesus tell you he is on your side. Have you been watching too much Charlie Sheen? Or are you just ingesting his dope.
Newt is certainly out in front of the pack for being two faced. Blasting President Clinton for his moral failings and pushing for impeachment, while he was cheating on his ill wife with one of his interns (whom he later married).
He is your standard, I will say anything, do anything that will make me a flavor of the month politician. Republicans have better to choose from. He has no moral standing to run for president as far as im concerned.
What do you expect. Newt is aptly named! He changes colors like a salamander!
And Gomer Pyle is right behind. He preaches the ten commandments on Sundays and breaks "thou shalt not lie." the rest of the week. Maybe on Sunday, too! AND maybe more than one commandment. He a Republican!
No, No, No to Gingrich. Toxic goods that couldn't win a seat in a Georgia House race. Stay with the lobbying firms. GOP need new face. There must be one person, hint Colin Powell, that masses of people would support. One term would be okay.
Newt is one of the few politicians that I believe is actively evil. And he always seems to be ANGRY about something!
If you had a name like " Newt ", you would be angry all the time too. :)
Gingrich is such a looser-looser as a politician -looser as a human being-looser as a Christian-if his goal is to make a total fool out of himself ,at that he will succeed! America doesn't need another charlatan in office.
Greetings SAFECRACKER. I do have a piece of advice first stop being so SPANKYISH. Secondly when you open your mouth change feet. Never ask a question you do not know the answer to SPANKY oops I mean SAFECRACKER.
Make sure it doesn't scare Obama Newt cause you made him look so @!$%#in stupid that he does need military power to deny it.
I wonder if the GOP has given any thought to asking a Democrat to run for them? With the crop of total losers they have stepping up Obama will win by a HUGE landslide
President Obama,
I hope you gave my negotiated surrender of your war time powers over US citizens favorable consideration.
After four years, sometimes even I forget that it should not be my job to fight for my life, under the weight of the strongest assumptions and most perverted technology, and program the pathetic mind of the most powerful man in the world with wrinkles from my little computer room all without ever exploiting all the juicy @!$%# that came from never having a security clearance.
Having said that, every animal fights for its life and you do not know what the triggers are for the other wrinkles already and unknowingly set in motion and passing through your head.
I expect the surrender of all your war time powers at 1PM EST tomorrow at said locations.
Rich-Dude the babble? Go get your mellon checked. And don't address the President he's busy.
Whatever, Americans don't want another Racist Bigot in office, besides it would only lead to Newt committing Adultery again.
Doesn't matter who the GOP has run, they have opened the can of worms in the mid-west big mistake.
In 2012 we will open a can of whoop a — _.
I is the perfect storm. Newt is a buffoon, who has nothing resembling Presidential qualities, or a personal life that would make him a likely prospect. He is just another republican liar, thief of the middle class.
Obama would eat that goof alive in a debate!!
This is going to be a funny election to follow.
republican Vote bought and paid for by two people, as thousand of Republican wake up and realize that they where fooled in the 2010 Election, Republican Women bring stripped of abortion right, funding removed for birth control pills, republican Police officers and fire fighters stripped of Collective Bargaining right in Ohio, yes the Republican Voters can see how the Koch Brother's Money pay for the things that Beck and Rush spew out at the republican voter, yes finally the Republican Voter realizes that 98% of them are poor and effected directly by the policies that leader John Boehner and Republican Governors across the country has imposed on them (in there paycheck), the Koch Bothers, the Insurance and Banking Industries have bought and paid for the Republican Party and now control them with Money, they use rush on radio and fox new on tv to pump out negativity to hold on to there base by using divisive tactics like Abortion, immigration, and where the American President was born, as if the background check by the CIA, FBI, and the NSA is flawed or something yes finally the Republican Voters is beginning to realized the bullS$#t the Fake As#!@ tea party and the Current Republicans in office is pulling on them ...... or do they !
It is un-American to try and kill the middle class. We cannot stand for it. The heroes now today are the Wisconsin 14. What they are doing is provocative and beautiful at the same time, as it is working.
We are watching an undeserving Gov. meltdown in front of our eyes.
He is a bad choice with a corrupt agenda, he should be recalled!
Gingrich isnt going to run for president. He just wants your donations and maybe sell some of his books. He'll just put the money in his own pocket.
If you go beyond the fact that he's a hypocrit, serving divorce papers on his wife while she was hospitalized and having an affair even as he tried to gt Clinton impeached for a blow job, you should look into his scam for getting money out of people. What is important to him is that he appear to be a possible candidate so as to maintain some political stature, that way his con jobs that are making him rich can go on.
Thank you to all the liberals that have posted on this so far. I was having a bad day and now that I have had a spectacular LAUGH at all of your hillarous comments, my day will be so great.
GO NEWT.
If this idot we have running this country has any guts, He will do what another republican did to strengthen and turn the economy around and that was Nixon when he froze the gas prices in the 70's. He needs to freeze now or this country is headed to the worst depression we have ever seen and we will not recover. FREEZE GAS PRICES NOW.