Newt Gingrich Now Indicates It's Likely He'll Enter the Presidential Race
Give my colleague David Bernstein credit for predicting this all along: Newt Gingrich indicated in an
appearance on Good Morning America this morning that he's likely to seek the presidency.
Of course, he'll deny that's what he meant in the hours and days ahead.
But Gingrich can see the chaos on the GOP side and figures that there's
a huge gap -- waiting to be filled by him, naturally.
If and when Gingrich does get in -- probably around Labor Day -- it
will have a huge impact on the GOP race. What his announcement this
morning does for now is three things: It helps freeze the race on the
GOP side until his plans are clarified; it hurts Fred Thompson, who is
planning to enter the race himself soon, and it should fire up
Democrats. Gingrich is probably the most unelectable major
Republican contender around -- even though the GOP grassroots loves him.