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Subscribe to RSSWILMINGTON, Del. – Newt Gingrich hinted he may withdraw from the presidential race if he has a poor showing in the Delaware primary Tuesday – a state where he has been actively campaigning for several weeks.
David Duprey / AP
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a campaign stop in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, April 20, 2012.
"I think we need to take a deep look at what we are doing," Gingrich told NBC News in an exclusive interview on Monday. "We will be in North Carolina tomorrow night and we will look and see what the results are."
He acknowledged that he would have to "reassess" his campaign depending on how he fares in Delaware, a winner-take-all state with 17 delegates at stake.
"This has been a good opportunity for us, we have been here seeing a lot of people,” Gingrich said. “We have got really positive responses and I would hope we would do well here – either carry it or come very, very close."
Alex Moe/NBC News
Newt Gingrich is presented with a Delaware flag following a speech at the state GOP headquarters in Wilmington, DE Monday night, April 23.
Governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, is expected to turn the page in his election night speech in New Hampshire tomorrow and shift his focus to the general election. This, according to Gingrich, is a "mistake."
Slideshow: Gingrich through the years
"Gov. Romney is clearly the frontrunner but that doesn't mean he is inevitable,” Gingrich told a roughly 50 person crowd inside the Delaware GOP headquarters here. “It is very dangerous for frontrunners to start behaving like they are inevitable because the voters might decide that’s not so true. Frankly, I think it is a mistake for Romney to kick-off his general election campaign tomorrow in New Hampshire. He has about half the votes he needs to be nominated."
Speculation remains high that Gingrich will exit the GOP race this week, especially he rescheduled his trip to North Carolina several times.
Gingrich's future hinges on Delaware
The Speaker heads to North Carolina tomorrow for a tour of the Billy Graham Library. The campaign also added an "election night rally" in the Charlotte area, which Gingrich has not held since late February.
As Gingrich remains in the race, his Secret Service detail remains alongside him. As questions are raised about the cost to taxpayers while the Speaker continues campaigning with an entourage of agents, Gingrich says he sees no problem with it and finds it "goofy" that people question if he should get rid of the detail.
"I mean, I am a candidate. We have exactly what we are legally supposed to have. Nothing more and nothing less," Gingrich told NBC News.
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I DIDN´T SEE THAT ONE COMING! WOW!
I love how they all say "Drop From Race" when they really mean "Bought from Race"
Or kicked from...
Somebody needs to persuade Gingrich to exit stage left. His time is over and the GOP needs to rally behind Romney. Romney isn't the perfect candidate, but he can put the fight to Obama.
Secret Service $35,000 a day for him. This is as important as he'll EVER feel.
LOL... God you are an idiot Frank. The Secret Service is a non partisan agency devoted to the protection of ALL major elected officials including Mr. Boehner. Don't try and make this a slam on Mr. Obama. A few agents screwed up but it is not a partisan problem, it is an agency problem.
There seems to be a attitude of entitlement and screw the tax payer mentality in government under Obama's administration.
@UncleSam... I truly don't understand your point when Obama has been fighting for tax breaks for the 99% and only asking that the 1% pay their fair share. Please enlighten me to your thinking.
I didn´t see that one coming... wow! this changes everything!
Next stop "Hardcore Pawn!" say gooddbye to some of the gold Calista.
Scott Walker is an example of what will happen to our country if lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader, bankrupter and Etch A Sketch champion gets in. Walker, like most lying repukes whio have no clue, promised to create 250,000 new jobs. Wisconsin, under this lying right wing radical cracked teanut idiot has just about the worst job creation of any state in the country. He has been in office for 790 days and has created 0 jobs. Wisconsin has lost 16,000 jobs.
Do you just make this up as you go or do the unions send you the idiot liberal version of reality?
Walker has pulled the economy out of the crapper and has restored fiscal sanity. The other alternative was to lay off 100's of teachers. Teacher unions would rather screw all the teachers instead of helping an unsustainable situation. Zero job creation, even you should be blushing from a whopper like that. Business has been looking to come back to WI but not if he is not reelected. Unions only care about the members dues to feed the greedy bosses.
And the nation has 1 million jobs less since 2009...see the connection? Or can you understand cause and effect.
Vote for anyone but Obama.
Uncle Remus. Look up Scott Walker and his employment record on Google or anywhere you want and you find the truth. A person like you, Remus who is brainwashed and braindead because you onhly get by our news from Faux Lies, the wannabe comedy channel with Eric Bowleggs, David Asswipes and The Sludge.
Anyone buy another lying, criminal repuke.
Not sure of anything, you are a pathetic idiot. When Bush Bin Lyin and his criminal gang left office, we were losing over 750,000 jobs a month and growing exponentially. The true rate of workforce dropouts was about 22%. Obama now has it down to under 370, 000 a month with the true rate at about 16%.
So don't spread the absurd figures you heard on Fox Lies.
Total idiots like you ignore the gact that company profits are surging and the stock market is doing great, no matter how the lying repuke criminals try to spin it.
My 401K is doing great and Fox Lies can't tell me any different. So why would anyone want to go back to the criminal policies of the repuke liars.
"Gov. Romney is clearly the frontrunner but that doesn't mean he is inevitable,” Gingrich told a roughly 50 person crowd inside the Delaware GOP headquarters here.
what a real knee slapper! Ron paul has been pulling thousands at every single state/rally/university. People stood in the rain this past week over flowing to see him speak in philly.
newt has been lucky to pull 300 grey haired rhinos to one of this "rallys"
bye newty
Say it ain't soooo. Leno, Letterman and I want you to stay in we all need a good laugh everynight. Ole plastic face Romney is no fun, he has no personality ,all he does is tell a lot of lies and flip flops, but he's not humorous like you are. Please please please stay in even if it is just for a good laugh for us.
omg =obama must go
VOTE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT 2012
LastChance. Leno knows that the repukes are a total joke.
good, i think i'll go whack off
Jeez, he was still IN the race?!?
This is news? LOL!
This is the only guy that might be able to beat Obama, but when the repukes got done lying about him, you might think he was Satan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udzymvKOyCY&feature=related
He was just in the race to wright a book about it and sell it to a bunch of foxbots anyway.
VOTE FOR ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT 2012
OMG=Obama Must Go
Uncle Remus. Anyone but lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader, bankrupter and Etch A Sketch champion.
Like Nut Gingerhead and the Pope's boy said: Lyin Willardo is the worst person ever to run for president, he will destroy the country and can't be trusted.
You right wing cracked teanuts would be better off bringing back Herman (9Kamp) Cain, the dress slitherer and draft Jerry Sandusky for V.P.
Who cares what these guys did in the past, they are both against abortion.
CAIN/SANDUSKY in 2012.
gingrich has all the rights to stay in the race for as long as he considered he has a shot at it.
what in the world happen with the American spirit of true competition???
if Romney is going to win...let him win, but not before the competition is over.
Why in the world do we have to wait on each and every game to end in order to know the final score???
I thought so!!!...
...`I think we need to take a deep look at what we are doing'.....Sounds like Newt `needs' to have big mirror on a big stage somewhere and have a debate with himself. His contention is that he is such a good debater maybe between his `I' and the other `We', he can figure it out.
Now all we need is Romney to get good 'ol Jeb Bush as his running mate! Bye bye Newt! Don't let Callista's hair-do hit you in the arse on the way out! Obama 2012!
that would be political suicide, sorry man. Mitt will have a hard enough time convinces disgruntled dems to vote for him and independents. Not sure if you forgot, but most people were fed up to their gills with the last Bush, lol jeb?
Let's be realistic here.
I wont be voting for Mitt or Obama no matter what. If Dr. Paul isn't on the ticket, I will either stay home that day, or write him in, granted it's not legal in my state to do a write in, so it wouldn't matter. Not that our vote really counts anymore the way this system has been corrupted from the ground up..
I gather another 4 years of Obama is in the works, it's the truth. Mitt really don't have a chance, it will be close, but O will get it again. Just to many people on welfare and other entitlements to vote for...oh well wait mitt wants to expand those programs..so maybe he will clinch it.
Matt... guess you missed the memo, more republicans are on welfare than democrats.
Another page of "history" for someone to right about, or perhaps write about.
This is one sorry jackass that doesn't ever need to be sent to Washington again. All that damage this clown has done to this country. A total scumbag like his student... John Edwards...and I'm a republican...
He thinks? He just wanted to get back into the headlines, he is irrelevant the GOP picked Mittens months ago. Bye bye moon man, go back to faux noise, and tell everyone how great mittens is! LOL
Obama/Biden 2012
Newt was only in the race in "his" mind... not in anyone else's. It is a bit sad to say goodbye to one of the clowns in this Barnum and Bailey Circus act! I just loved the way he wouldn't let something go... held on tight like a little old weasel with a dead rat. One less annoying "voice" in the mix... good riddance Newt!
Really? Quit? Why ever for when you can continue to burn the hard earned money clueless people throw at you by the millions?
Finally, Newt's ego has caught up with reality. His campaign was over long ago, but it took him several extra months to figure it out. When his main funding source stopped supplies weeks ago, it was time to stop. He's reassessing due to a funding shortage. His Tiffany's bill, Calista hair treatments, and supporting two ex-wives his finances are coming up short.
Dah !! not the belief - the experience counts ?
Mark M 24.3 stop listening to Fox News(not). They are just feeding you a bunch of garbage. SSI is safe until 2037, than small fix is needed to keep it working. Stop with the republican scare tactics, stop believing everything they say. The world is not ending tomorrow. Republicans are the party of NO, Filibuster, and the 60 vote rule. Nothing gets done. 2012 Congress is the worse in History of this great Country. Only 10% approval. 9 out of 10 people say they are not doing their Jobs they were Elected to Do. Come November there is going to be a one way trip to Gitmo, welcome all republicans.
This from a person who supports the party of No Idea...like creating a budget...you know the fiscal road map to keep us out of the ditch. Your party has not even bothered to show up with a budget since 2009 and you call that leadership?
No comprehension again.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012.
There's talk that Obama will drop Biden and pick Romney as his VP or PALIN a sure winner :))