Gingrich’s Potential Run for the Presidency

The Jan. 16 story, “Gingrich Writes Act 2 of His Political Life,” sells Newt Gingrich far too short. Taint by the power of elective office notwithstanding, former Speaker of the House Gingrich is probably the most qualified person in America to be president. After wresting the 40-year control of Congress from the Democratic Party in the 1994 election, carrying out the “contract with America,” going along with the Clinton administration’s plagiarism of Republican ideas and temporarily withstanding relentless assaults by political enemies, Gingrich did the honorable thing and stepped aside for the good of his country.

Undaunted, Gingrich continued his work developing nonpartisan domestic ideas and solutions for government. And, having a thorough understanding of history as a professor in the field, Gingrich knows what needs to be done in foreign policy matters and how to win the struggle against terror. The Republican Party would do well to support Gingrich’s efforts, take his advice and nominate him for president for the 2008 election.

Daniel B. Jeffs

Apple Valley

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So Gingrich is tanned, rested and ready, huh? This is the best news a demoralized Democrat has had in months!

I can’t wait for a discussion on family values and moral character from a guy who dumped his first wife while she was undergoing chemotherapy treatments and then left his second wife for another woman while excoriating Bill Clinton for the president’s personal peccadilloes.

David Perez

Pasadena