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Subscribe to RSSROME, GA -- While his Republican presidential rivals await voter returns from Michigan and Arizona, Newt Gingrich is continuing to fight for his political life in the South while on a bus tour across his home state of Georgia.
Evan Vucci / AP
GOP presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign rally Tuesday in Rome, Ga.
“Georgia is the biggest group of delegates up on Super Tuesday so this is a big deal. And it really, really matters,” Gingrich told an overflowing crowd this morning in Dalton.
The lyrics, “I am a real American. Fight for what's right, fight for your life!" from the popular Hulk Hogan entrance song -- “Real American” -- blasted through the speakers as the former House Speaker walked off stage from both of his events Tuesday.
See related: Gingrich says you won't like Santorum the next morning
Many believe Gingrich must do well in the primary in the Peach State next week in order to continue his campaign.
The state has the most number of delegates out of the 10 states that vote on March 6th to be awarded. While Georgia awards all of its 76 delegates proportionally, if a candidate can win 50% of the statewide vote, all of the delegates will be awarded to that candidate.
The Speaker is so “deliberately focused” on Georgia, and the Southern states, that he forwent campaigning in Michigan and Arizona, letting Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum fight it out in the states instead.
“We decided not to compete in Michigan because we thought it would be important to focus here [Georgia] and to focus in Tennessee and in Oklahoma, in Idaho, and Ohio and the states that are going to be on Super Tuesday,” he said.
But the Gingrich campaign, as the Speaker even admitted today, needs help financially. “Ideas” and “people power” – the two secret weapons Gingrich says he has to capture the nomination – can only go so far until funds dry up.
Keeping with Gingrich’s pitch of lowering gas prices back to $2.50 a gallon, gas cans were turned into donation buckets at his campaign events Tuesday.
“We really have a broad based grassroots campaign. And so using Facebook, using the internet, using twitter, using emails – all these things really help and they’re really, really low cost,” Gingrich said. “We’re going to have some buckets out back – actually gasoline pails that we’ve cut open to collect money. So if any of you want to help us collect this message, we’d love to have your help cause every penny’s going to go right back into advertising this week to help win the primary.”
Gingrich wraps up his four-day bus tour in the state he represented in Congress for 20 years Friday before heading to the one Super Tuesday state above the Mason-Dixon line that the campaign hopes to compete in – Ohio.
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Better then some blond bimbos butt I guess...
Is Hermie gonna join Newtsie while he
pimpspanders to GA voters?Just a couple of wild & crazy guys! lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH9sAENQNV8&feature=player_detailpage
Atleast this will be the last of Newt we see...he's broke and out of moves. Relying so heavily on a single state to boost his status for the upcoming events held Tuesday hasn't done anything but lose the interest of the majority of his party.
Now he's just begging for money...time to pack it up Newt.
Maybe his casino owner will come through with more millions and use his contributions to Newt as a "charitable donation" write off.
Georgia is going to be of no help to Newt: Gingrich is spiraling down the drain. He is running a poor third in a four-horse race and the first two nags are lost. If you cannot establish a commanding lead among this sad gaggle of imbeciles, you should just hang up your spurs and call it a day.
Chester12
I think you need to show YOUR education transcripts.
Chester12
You are absolutely right about Obama. I can't believe people were dumb enough to vote for that idiot in the first place. The ONLY thing he has proven during his time while in office is that he isn't capable of being a president. The citizens of this country REALLY needs to open their eyes and see him for what he really is, a fake that is destroying our country. That has been his goal since he decided to run for office.
We need a leader that will get us and our country back on track and it certainly is NOT Obama and wife.
Someone help out ol' Chester. He seems to be blind to the facts that;
1. President Obama is the incumbent with a strong voter base that includes the moderate voters whom the GOP has abandoned in its enthusiasm for cultivating the support of right wing extremists, plus...
2. Gingrich is a loser
3. Santorum is a loser, and...
4. Romney is a loser
If you so believe Obama is not capable, in the face of all he has accomplished these past 3 years, why are you not running for the office yourselves?
Gingrich eyes Super Tuesday states
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Ever on the lookout for the perfect pecan roll.
Using gas cans to collect gas money for his bus ... too cute.
Gotta keep that Newtmobile runnin'.
Ha, the pecan roll comment made me laugh. Perfectly situated in a story that features that darkened and rotund profile.
xxx
Newt the historian.. Now just history
Nice Logo...You should replace the elephant with the American flag, that would be accurate.
No, I think he has it right. Think about it. It'll come to you by November...
Maybe when he loses yet again Newt will get the message that people don't want a scum bag as president.
"Newt Gingrich is continuing to fight for his political life"
Now, that's funny!.......Newt's political life ended a long, long time ago.
Maybe "resurrect" would be a better description of what Newt is trying to do.
Back from the political graveyard!.....Nah
They already have one - with a bitter, nasty wife...
We Political Junkies know that Newt's aim is to do some serious damage to Flippy Floppy Mitt
He wants to punish Mitt and thats the only reason he is staying in.....in fact the only one Newt is hurting is wacko nut ball Santorum
Goes to show how clever the Marshmallow Moon man is
time for FAT WEASEL to bring Barbie home and retiree
chester and ranger must be FAT WEASELs also
Bye Newt. Nice knowing you. Hit the gym, take a walk, you've got plenty of bucks......get out of politics.
Newt eyes Tuesday,why is it 2 for the price of one at the cheesecake factory.
Newt will stay in as long as his benefactor comes up with the money. You can bet newt will skim $ off the top faster then Callista can rip off newt's 1970s sock garters.
Newty's beginning to sound like a Chicago Cubs fan: "Wait until next year!" Apparently Republican voters, who won't like Santorum tomorrow morning, don't even like Snewt tonight! Time to reassess your campaign, Snewt, and take Callista back home for some more hairspray. Bye, bye Snewty.
Whoever wrote this must be a fan of Newt's, they keep calling him speaker. At best he is a former speaker, but he's an ex-speaker, ousted speaker or the speaker who was forced out of that position on ethics charges or the speaker who quit his job. Throw in all the commandments he's broken and I don't see how anyone could vote for this person and I'm being nice to call him a person. I really hope the good people of Georgia will send him a message that even his home state doesn't want him running for president.
Why don't you read up on THE FACTS: history shows that all but 1 of the 84 charges brought against him were dropped - because they were false accusations. Congress just wanted him out because he wasn't letting them get away with whatever they wanted to do - and you know how corrupt Congress can be.
Newt should go back to selling snake oil, something he has done well in the past!
All the name calling doesn't change the fact that President Obama would not stand a chance in a race with Speaker Gingrich. The President wants to re-wwrite history and change the USA into Europe. Speaker Gingrich knows history and could change the direction this country is headed.
You all sound like a bunch of kids.......with the name calling.
Grow up and start thinking like adults...... think about the future of our children and grandchildren.....
God Bless the United States of America!
Blindman@ #15---- Must not be many people who think like you or Gingrich would be in first place instead of being in last place. Open your eyes (if you have any) even Ron Paul beat Newt by a lot of votes. Can you believe even Ron Paul beat him. Amazing.
I TOTALLY agree with you!
All the name calling doesn't change the fact that President Obama would not stand a chance in a race with Speaker Gingrich
BS. Bill Clinton kicked Newt's ass all over the nation and Obama would make Clinton look like a minor league bench sitter. But --- none of this matters because the Newt will never get the chance to debate President Obama. The best Newt can hope for is getting his gig at Fox back.
I often wonder what the critics of President Obama mean when they say ----wants to turn us into Europe? Do they mean those awful Irish-English-Italians-Greeks-French -Poles-Dutch-Swedes-Danes-Russians-Fins-Germans-etc,etc. Maybe it s because their crime rate is lower and they live longer. Dunno,just wondering.
It's FOX network news fodder crap. They are referring to everything from the debt to health care and the Obama "socializing of health care" as a European model. The 15.5 trillion debt is not all his, in fact almost 11 trillion can be attributed to the famous George W.Bush(who the GOP debaters have not 1 time referred to--wonder why??) Losing are special health care we have where 45%of Americans cannot afford health care and of us that do, when one MRI is done it takes someone like me 3 pay periods to pay the freakin co-pay back!! And that's great health care!! It's typical conservative propaganda terminology used by Carl Rove's and Shaun Hannity types.
Newt should just quit, He is making a mockery of the elections along with that anti American ron paul. They are done and should just face it that they are done.
Range wolf you are RIGHT. If the only the people who contributed to this country were allowed to vote, there would not be anymore Obamas.
Newt Gingrich is a FAILURE across the board. He FAILED as a history at a 2nd rate college in Georgia. He FAILED twice as a candidate running first as a Rockefeller Republican. He FAILED as Speaker of the House being kicked out by his own people. He FAILED as a husband and he is a FAILURE as a presidential candidate. Even Fox fired him.
I don't think Gingrich can win at this point. His momentum has been gone for so long that it would be too late in the game to get it back. Romney has this one! He will win and face off against Obama!
one of newts ethics charges was that he was trying to set up a FAKE Dept. of Agriculture job for his ho so he could bone her on the side on the taxpayers dime...that is a fact..thats why his records are sealed...release the records newtie!!!
Also if you want a pasty POS and a CERTIFIED HO as Potus and first "lady"...move to the moon
On this forum, some people continue to bash politicians from right and left, I really think this reeks of immaturity. Even if we disagree with their policies, methods, manners of speaking or we have absolutely nothing to believe about them, I would really think it best to disagree with respects due leaders. Granted, everybody has this freedom of speach and expression, but this freedom should not be construed as a license to hurt, slander or disrespect another human being and especially those trying to lead the best they know how.
I'd love to see him win 4 states, I wan't to watch the News people go ballistic. On the other hand he might struggle in Georgia, on the other hand, who cares, Newt's finished, he was finished a month ago.
Newt as a born again Catholic would be a good choice for Ambassador to the vatican.