WI Newt Gingrich runs for President in 2008?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Political_activity

Between 2005 and 2007, Gingrich expressed interest in running for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.[111] On October 13, 2005, Gingrich suggested he was considering a run for president, saying, "There are circumstances where I will run", elaborating that those circumstances would be if no other candidate champions some of the platform ideas he advocates. On September 28, 2007, Gingrich announced that if his supporters pledged $30 million to his campaign by October 21, he would seek the nomination.
However, insisting that he had "pretty strongly" considered running,[112] on September 29 spokesman Rick Tyler said that Gingrich would not seek the presidency in 2008 because he could not continue to serve as chairman of American Solutions if he did so.[113] Citing campaign finance law restrictions (the McCain-Feingold campaign law would have forced him to leave his American Solutions political organization if he declared his candidacy), Gingrich said, "I wasn't prepared to abandon American Solutions, even to explore whether a campaign was realistic."[114]

So what if he had run? Would he have gotten past McCain?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich#Political_activity



So what if he had run? Would he have gotten past McCain?

I think McCain would have been a tougher opponent than Romney.So
I don't think he does as well as this year. I am, however, having a fantasy about Gingrich as the Republican nominee in 2008. Id say Obama 57 percent Gingrich 41 percent. Obama wins Arizona, Montana,North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, South Carolina and best of all Georgia for an additional 53 electoral votes.
 
He'd be facing the sames issues he is now, perhaps stronger due to his ties to those responsible for the economy.

Obama would wipe the floor with him; but I'd love to see Hillary running against him :D

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