Below The Beltway

In the modern era, waiting until September of the year before a Presidential election to start a campaign may seem like a really bad idea. After all, between now and then, the people who have declared will be able to amass campaign staff, bring supporters into their tent, and, most importantly, raise money. Newt Gingrich, [...]

Newt Gingrich says he’s not running for President yet, but he sure sounds like he is:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 ? Newt Gingrich is not running for president, at least not yet. He has set his sights much higher.
Mr. Gingrich?s mission, as he sees it, is to save American civilization from the gravest crisis it has confronted [...]

Fortune Magazine has an interview this week with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who reveals quite alot about what exactly he’s planning for the 2008 Presidential race.
WASHINGTON (Fortune) — Even a crisp Guinness stout can’t chill the note of exasperation coming out of Newt Gingrich’s mouth. “You still don’t get it, do you?” he asks.
The [...]

Much has been written, and much will continue to be written, about what happened on Tuesday and why the Republican Congressional majority that was created in the revolution of 1994 crumbled so quickly in 2006, but I don’t think anyone has said it better than the man who led that revolution twelve short years ago:
After [...]

Newt Gingrich appeared on Bill O’Reilly Thursday night and called the cease fire deal that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war a defeat for the United States and Israel, and a victory for terrorism:
O’REILLY: Continuing now with FOX News analyst Newt Gingrich. Nobody I know thinks that the United Nations force and the Lebanese army is going [...]

Newt Gingrich spoke before the Young America’s Foundation in Washington and outlined more of his thesis that we are in the beginning parts of a Third World War:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) painted a grim picture for a group of young conservatives Monday, telling them that unless terrorism is defeated overseas [...]

Newt Gingrich certainly seems to think so:
Gingrich said in the coming days he plans to speak out publicly, and to the Administration, about the need to recognize that America is in World War III.
He lists wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, this week’s bomb attacks in India, North Korean nuclear threats, terrorist arrests and investigations in Florida, [...]

In today’s Washington Post, E.J. Dionne writes about the upcoming battle for the soul of the Republican Party that is destined to occur prior to, and likely as a part of, the 2008 Presidential Race:
As it looks beyond the elections of 2006, a Republican Party known for ideological solidarity is on the cusp of a [...]

You can tell its summer in Washington not only by the 90 degree temperatures, by also by the amount of column inches that get devoted to elections that are more than six months away. In this case, there’s yet more speculation about 2008 Republican race. In this case, the candidate of the hour is Newt [...]

Newt Gingrich is getting closer to becoming a candidate for the 2008 Republican nomination:
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) expects to run for president in 2008 if the contest for the Republican nomination still seems wide open late next year, he said yesterday.
In remarks that were critical of both parties’ recent performance, Gingrich told a [...]