It's a problem though. He will split the conservative vote and push McCain further along to the nomination, who I happen to think is the most electable Republican.

I am not so sure that Gingrich will be running this year or is now trying to set himself up to run in 2012.  Had Thompson not declared I think that he would have but now there may not be enough room for him.  He may be talking up the $30 million as an excuse to not run.  In addition, I read somewhere that he said something about it taking 5 years to get a grassroots effort together to change the kind of vicious partisanship we are currently experiencing (of course he never said that he started it).  That would fit right in to a 2012 candidacy.  In addition, he may believe that after 4 years of a Clinton Presidency Republicans will be willing to back him despite his high negatives.  I hope he does jump in now but wouldn't mind him popping up in 2012.

RUN NEWT, RUN.  I sure hope he gets the nomination.  This could be a blowout reminiscent of McGovern, except that Newt will carry most of the south, instead of just 1 state.  But there is a good chance that he will carry only one state beyond the south.

 Can somebody define BLOWOUT any better, and I am also talking about the other elections with NUTE at the top of the Repug ticket.

Absolutely amazing that all of candidates for the "family values" Repugs is divorced except Romney, who is a Mormon( which the chrisianistas consider a very low form of their religion(?))!

I dont think Gingrich would be a terrible candidate. Yes, he'd definitely lose because of all the inescapable personal baggage, but if you listen to what he's saying, he's calling for total reform within the GOP. The Republicans have outlived their usefulness in their current, fact-denying borderline fascist party. Their most useful role is as a small-government, market-oriented party. None of the current GOP candidates can win because their all preaching an orthodoxy that the electorate has finally, emphatically rejected. What they need is someone to offer fresh ideas on their side... unfortunately for them, neither Ron Paul or Newt Gingrich has what it takes to be that person.

please run Newt.....even Hillary would crush him.

Run, Newt, Run!

Alan Keyes needs the company!

don't trust anything you read in the washginton times. it is run by that crazy south korean, and manufactures reality on a daily basis

I don't think this story means much, given the source. However, the prospect of a Gingrich seems very real to me; when asked about it last week, former Gingrich spokesman Tony Blakely responded by criticizing the rest of the field as lacking bold ideas.

Whats most appealing to our side about the prospect of Gingrich running is that he's made clear he intends to run against the White House and against the Republican leadership. So that it would help polarize the republican field, forcing them  to defend Bush's policies -- which to this point, only Paul has been willing to do.