Will Newt Gingrich Run For President?

The long and short of it: Yes. I totally believe he will.

He has been spending a whole lot of time in Iowa laying a good foundation for the “first in the nation” caucuses as well as lending his clout to nominee’s for the House and Senate across the nation.

via Chicago-Sun Times:

Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he’s seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year.

Gingrich, 67, said he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm elections in November, then decide in February or March whether to seek the GOP nomination.

“I’ve never been this serious,” Gingrich said.

“It’s fair to say that by February the groundwork will have been laid to consider seriously whether or not to run,” he said.

Gingrich predicted President Obama would be a one-term president. Obama’s poll numbers have dropped below 50 percent, and Gingrich predicted they would continue to fall, making him vulnerable in 2012.

Unlike President Bill Clinton, who rebounded from first-term problems by pushing for welfare reform and budget balancing changes that pleased moderate voters, Gingrich argued that Obama shows no inclination to move toward the center.

“He’s not like Bill Clinton,” Gingrich said. “Bill Clinton was an Arkansas, Southern Baptist, sort of understood middle American. While he had some Yale overtones being liberal, the truth is Bill Clinton was quite happy to move to the right.”

If you are unfamiliar with Newt Gingrich he was the Speaker of the House for much of President Clinton’s administration and as remained a political operative since resigning from Congress in 1998.

If he runs he will be a serious contender and if Obama’s polling numbers continue to hover around the 47-48 approval percentile he will be vulnerable come election time.

As an added bonus here is a video of Newt questioning Obama’s knowledge of where America is at right now: