Gingrich Suspends Campaign

"Gingrich Exits"
The Washington Times

Bill Smith, Editor:  We all knew the this decision would occur but now it's official.   
Newt Gingrich bowed out yesterday as a Republican presidential candidate and has suspended his campaign.  However, Newt acted as he always does with Newt pointing the finger at Newt.  

Evidently, he must not have gotten the deal he had hoped for in negotiating with the Romney campaign.  This is evidenced by the fact that Newt did not come right out and endorse the present presumptive* Republican nominee.  Instead,  according to The Washington Times ,Gingrich said "I’m asked sometimes, is Mitt Romney conservative, and my answer is simple: compared with Barack Obama?" Mr. Gingrich said. "This is not a choice between Mitt Romney and Ronald Reagan. This is a choice between Mitt Romney and the most radical leftist president in American history."

One thing is certain, Newt Gingrich also could not have completed with the likes of Ronald Reagan.  Newt's historical reflective comment did create an interesting comparison.  If Mitt Romney is taking on the "most radical leftest president in American History," then that would mean that Newt was saying that Ronald Reagan had a much easier race taking on a lesser "worst president" in American History - namely Jimmy Carter. 

We don't know where Newt Gingrich is headed except back home and then most likely he will be seeking bookings with organizations willing to pay so he can begin to pay off "millions in campaign debt" which apparently the Romney campaign must not have been willing to help cover.  Let's hope Fox News will alsolimit  Newt Gingrich's continual appearances.  But then again, Newt can always try for a laugh on MSNBC as the "moon man."  By the way, another guy Newt has tended to slight slight on occasions has a  lot of surplus cash.  Previously, Ron Paul suspended his 2008 campaign with $4 million in surplus which he then used to launch Campaign for Liberty.  I am sure he surrently has lots of cash on hand in his 2012 campaign coffers.

*As a closing note  Mitt Rommey is most likely the presumptive Republican nominee and is expected to be the official Republican nominee when the final state primary elections are over.  However, I find it very disrespectful for the media to continually declare him to be the "presumptive winner" when several states (with lots of delegates) have yet to vote.  The voters are being basically dismissed, not by Mr. Romney, but by the media and even the National Republican Committee.

This situation is expected to be  far worse on Nov. 2nd when the media (both news services and  network and cable TV channels seek to be the first to declare the winner immediately on the closing of the polls based on their limited exit sampling.  Their actions  influence the voters in states which are still voting hours later.  The lame street media has become rabid about being the first to report conclusions even when those claims are not based on the actual final voting results.  Their actions on election night have become a  issue of  predetermining winners and losers ahead of the final results and then creating bias and by influencing voters who have yet to vote.  Here is a novel idea, why not permit  the American people to vote on election day and then report on the results after the polls close at least in the continental USA.

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