"You can't bring all your good ideas if you don't have the resources to communicate."That's the rhetoric Newt Gingrich dangled before reporters as he made his intentions known to possibly enter the presidential race. The former House Speaker with the good fortune of being the faceplate waverider in the '94 Republican government tide said he still might run for president if supporters will pledge $30 million by November.
How many "good" ideas do we get for just $10 million?
The whole thing sounds suspiciously like the televangelist pleas for money...as if either God or politics depend on your hard earned dollars. The only thing missing was a weepy, mascara stained Mrs. Gingrich and the threat of divine retribution. And when reporters are surrounding you at a Washington breakfast, you have no issue whatsoever with the resources necessary to communicate. I bet a dozen people can tell you exactly what he ate.
If the pledges come in as hoped by November 1st, Gingrich will consider running. He didn't say when he would decide, but quickly noted that Nov. 6 is one year before the 2008 presidential election and that it was November 13th when Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy in 1979.
Not that I think he will raise the money (even though there are enough idiots to pony up), but really America, could we ever have a leader whose name sounds like a rejected character from a Harry Potter book? If your parents make your name sound like Dr. Seuss made a typo, you ought to change it up if you have Oval Office aspirations. Just look at 1876 presidential candidate Lurp Krundleglish.
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