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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."
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"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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The debate I would have liked to watch was Newt and Joe Biden. After it was over Biden would have said What the F... I did not start yet, I did not understand the first question. Wait for me!
He should have left a long time ago....what a waste of money.....hard to believe the ignorance and vanity of some folks
Newt was a hoot ....
And fun , to boot ....
For an older coot ....
Newt was a hoot ....
And fun , to boot ....
For an older coot ....
bigben
Who had a sugar daddy in Vegas that he could "Loot"
Hey, that ryhmes; Oh "shoot"
His campaign was over a long time ago!
So, the jackass is finally figuring out that this political system as NOTHING to do with ideals nor ideas, but with hype and popularity. Not that he had any ideas anyway but only arrogance, so if he wants to throw his money away, then why not throw it my way?
NO NEWT ! SAY IT AIN'T SO!!! we're REALLY F**KED now!
I wish things had gone differently for Newt - it just wasn't in the cards for him - I think he is smarter than any of the candidates - I hope that he will drop and join forces with Mitt ... we need Obama out so badly.
Good for you Newt, now go take your wife Calypso sailing in the Bermuda triangle.
Newt's a pig.
Oh Lord, we humbly beg that thou
not set thy jaw, nor furl thy brow,
but deign, in mercy to allow
us to be THROUGH with GINGRICH now.
the marxist Obama needs to quit. he has done enough destruction to this country and liberty. his values are un-American, to covet and hate the 'rich', which exploding the lazy worthless bum welfare gimmee society. the welfare president, the worst in history, un-American values start to finish, and his defenders share no less the same blame. 6 tillion+ added to the debt is immoral. the leftist dream is an exploding balloon spitting on liberty.
This is about Gingrich, concentrate if you are able and try to stay on topic.
Hey Smitti,
you again about meal. "Food Bank".... You kidding? We already the fattest nation in the world. Accordingly CIA Report we are 50th in the World for the length of the life after the developed countries. That election money should be invested into the health research "how to stop eating so much".
People giving Newt a hard time about the secret service detail and their cost. Where are all these people on the GSA waste? On the Solyndra loans? On the other "green" loans that have gone bad? Give me a break, it is just because it is Newt that these clowns are going off on cost. They don't really care about the costs, just the fact that he gets the coverage.
I hate to break this to you but Solyndra was not the first company that received billions from the government and went bankrupt. Some of them even happened on Republican POTUSs' watches. It even happened during (be prepared to gasp in horror) Ronald Reagan's presidency. In fact, it's pretty common since, you know, a lot of these companies get money for emerging and non market-tested technologies and industry. I know it's shocking. I know you'll [mostly] all be too lazy to research it for yourselves. The truth is out there my friends; you just have to look for it, find it and verify it through multiple sources. Now would you give it a damn rest already?
The government wastes our money. We get it. The problem comes from the fools that think that this @!$%# just magically started happening when Obama was elected. Get real or get bent.
the stupid marxists who post insults about Newt show how they obviously overpaid to get their marxist leftist 'higher' education. the debt they are in from overpaying for 'college' is clearly well deserved.
Do you really think there are Marxists left in the world? Or is it another one of the meaningless rightwing terms that act as a catch-all for people the AM radio tells you are bad.
ricar"duh"- Thats gotta be the most stupid @!$%#ing comment I've seen all day.
Being a Marxists must have been the talking point on Faux News last night.
Newt... Stop wasting everyone's time and stop pissing away money that people are stupid enough to contribute to your dead campaign. You aren't helping anyone but Obama. Even by some miracle you pulled this off, you don't have a snowball's chance in hell against Obama.
I couldn't agree more!
Does this really surprise anyone? It is very disappointing that the the republican party has no one that can run against, win and remove Obama. It is people like Gingrich and Romney who are just as arrogant as Obama and out of touch with the hard working people of this country who make the USA what it is. We are stuck and the troubles we have now will only be that much greater in another four years. One can only imagine what the cost of fuel will be and how many others will be out of work at the conclusion of the presidents next term in office.
Aaron...Do you even understand free market? The cost of gas generates from the free market. You cant have it both ways, you cant complain that the gas prices are Obama's fault and want free market. Its one or the other or you are talking out both ends of your arse.
I understand it, it just frustrates the heck out of me when I see my taxes continuing to go higher, the cost of living continues to sky rocket, etc and it becomes a challenge to stay ahead of the game. I do agree with you about the free market. It was nice of you to state your comment in such a way that you were not rude about it. Have a nice day!
Gingrich is still in?
Don't give up Newt. lyin Willardo is worse than you are.
Why should Nut Gingerhead or Ron (Puke) Paul concede until lyin Willardo the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader and bankrupter proves he can win. Drain all of Willardo's funds. Get to the brokered convention. See which right wing nut can win.
Lyin Willardo may be the worst one of all. This guy has yet to provide his tax returns for the last 5 years. It should show how much he has evaded in taxes and how much unreported income he has stashed away in Cayman Island and Swiss bank accounts. He is your typical right wing thief.
There have been many rumors going around that little lyin Willardo was seen in a baby carriage in Tijuana. with a bottle of Corona Light in one hand and an Etch A Sketch in the other. The side of his carriage had the name "Little Lyin Willardo" on it. So when we see the long form of his birth certificate and it says Willardo on it and not Willard, we will know something is wrong.
Isn't it funny, that his new buddy Fox Top Trump never asked lyin Willardo for a copy of it?
What a joke. Less and less of the stupid right wing nuts come out to back lyin Willardo, the Mexican Mormon Moron tax evader and bankrupter and they rave about it. As most people know, the evangelicals consider the mormons an evil anti-christ cult. The mormons have been converting dead jewish people, without their knowledge to become mormons to enhance their religion. They baptise them when they are dead. These sick aholes were caught when they tried to convert Anne Frank to be a mormon. The Church of the Latter Day Saints has now ordered these mormon priests to cease this immediately.
These repuke dunces best bet is to bring back Herman (9Kampf) Cain, the dress slitherer. He can draft Jerry Sandusky for V.P. Who cares what they have done in the past, they are against abortion, that is all that counts.
CAIN/SANDUSKY 2012. The true repuke family values candidates.
Never saw a "dead horse" try to ride itself! Guess there is a first time for everything...
Newt tried to ride Calypso, didn't he?
"Frankly, I think it is a mistake for Romney to kick-off his general election campaign tomorrow in New Hampshire."
Frankly Newt, GIVE IT UP, it's over, Romney is the next President!!!
It's about damned time! Good riddance!
Up Uranus - Great Avatar
Cheaters never prosper... I for one will only vote for someone I can trust & respect (period).
Breaking News: "Newt thinking about dropping out of Presidential Race."
Duh...
Secret Service protection? Really. Wouldn't America and the republican party be better off if Gingrich were "offed"?
My grandfather (may he rest in peace) used to watch cspan back in the day, and when people like Newt Gingrich were on, he used to say some unpleasant things about them.
Many years later, it has become evident that Newt thinks he should be president, much like Al Gore thought he should be. Both are so full of themselves that they excrete from every orifice, but of course, they are just a few examples of many out there that have too much money, too much power and not enough reality to keep them in check. I am sure if you would ask such people (as if you could get a real response) if they think they are US royalty, the answer would... well figure it out for yourselves. While the rest of the country has been brought to it's knees. The ultra-rich only care about two things - money and power, but fail to recognize how they got there. I am not asking for anything from them, except to make this a better country for all. That is where they fail every time.