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Newt Gingrich Has Never Been More Serious About Pretending to Run for President

Newt Gingrich is really thinking hard about running for president in 2012, he said today in Iowa, the perfect state for saying such things. “I’ve never been this serious,” Gingrich claimed. “It’s fair to say that by February the groundwork will have been laid to consider seriously whether or not to run.” It’s a good thing Newt is dragging out this decision process for so long — it will give the media an excuse to pay any attention to him despite all the insane things he says, which will help the sales of his book! It’s the exact reason that Gingrich advised Indiana governor Mitch Daniels to be coy about running for president, according to a recent Weekly Standard article.

At dinner Daniels admits as much. “Newt [Gingrich] told me, look, quit saying you’re not going to do this. If you don’t run, you don’t run. But say you’re leaving the door open, and the national press will pay a lot more attention to your viewpoint.”


Call us when you’re running, Newt.

Newt Gingrich: ‘I’ve Never Been This Serious’ About Running For President [AP via HuffPo]

Newt Gingrich Has Never Been More Serious About Pretending to Run for President