“We will now be moving from the role of candidate and candidates spouse, to the role of active citizens.” Newt Gingrich stated as he announced the suspension of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
With only two wins in the whole primary, and a doubt amounting up to $4 million, it comes at no surprise that the Newt has finally decided to step down.
Just like Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich is stating that he and Callista will remain active. Keeping the pressure on Romney and pushing the important issues that have been brought up throughout this long primary process.
He will be talking with Mitt Romney very soon and arranging a joint event between the two politicians so that Newt can make a formal endorsement for the presumptive nominee. Newt is already talking about supporting Mitt and working with him in defeating President Obama.
It seems that almost all of the former candidates are now taking up some sort of role in the 2012 election year, and it will be interesting to see if they all will work together.
Newt Gingrich has a long way to go to solving his own problems that his massive debt. This would have been easier to deal with if he hadn’t let it grow to this point and had his supporters help him pay it down like the Santorum campaign has done.
A lot of people believe that he has diminished his voice and presence that he gained through his years as the speaker of the House. Do to the fact that he stayed in to long and it wasn’t helped by the multiple events when he lost campaign staffers across several states.
Shawn_the_Writer
This again shows the difference between Rick and Newt. Rick’s campaign said specifically that his campaign debt is not going to be brought up Friday. Rick is a man of integrity and conviction.
By: sherene on May 2, 2012
at 8:22 pm
ABC has reported that the RNC and Mitt Romney’s campaign have offered to help settle some of Newt’s campaign debts.
Obviously, this type of thing has been done before. Newt has more than 4 million dollars to pay down. Hillary Clinton had more than 20 million dollars in debt. The Obama campaign made arrangements to help her with these debts. I can imagine there must be some promises made – in terms of election ‘help’, in order to get this debt retired.
Running for president is very costly. Tim Pawlenty from Minesota, stepped aside quite early, rather than go into debt.
By: Barbara on May 2, 2012
at 7:15 pm
He’s just a talking head for anyone who will give him a dollar.
By: jungleintherumble on May 2, 2012
at 3:54 pm