BREAKING: Gingrich to end White House bid

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) – Newt Gingrich will officially end his bid for the Republican presidential nomination and formally express his support for Mitt Romney next week, two sources close to Gingrich tell CNN.

While details are still being worked out, Gingrich is likely to hold his final campaign event Tuesday in Washington, DC where he will make the announcement surrounded by his family and supporters.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/25/breaking-gingrich-to-end-white-house-bid/

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Our FRiends must be in mourning at this point...

[AlbertCat]

1. WHO?

I guess now he'll write a book about it.

[zbdent]

16. well, he was on the book tour ...

wasn't he the one who established the statement: "If you want to sell a book, announce you're running for President."?

[Hissyspit]

2. Gingrich's campaign ended itself. nt

[LynneSin]

3. Anyone want to take bets on when he will repay his campaign debts?

My guess is NEVER. Tiffany's will see their money before his campaign debts are paid

[freshwest]

23. He better hope those bankruptcy law changes his crew pushed through don't bite his ass.

He has the nicest mansion of all of them, from the pictures I saw posted here a while back, it's a real classic. There may be an auction or foreclosure in his future. After all, the GOP was evicted from their office in MN for a measly $96,000 rent owed. Perhaps Newt will lay low a while.

[LongTomH]

4. Bye, Bye, Newtie!

Don't let the door hit ya, where the Good Lord split ya!

[lame54]

5. Must have left for a younger healthier campaign

[rurallib]

7. starting his run for 2016

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Duzy!!!

[samplegirl]

6. Good News

People are tired of paying his Secret Service Fee!

[crunch60]

8. the Newt has been out of his "bid" for a long time, his massive ego just wouldn't let go.

[DetlefK]

9. Maybe he's eyeing for VP

old guy <-> somewhat older guy
severely conservative <-> real conservative
famous for being flexible <-> famous for being hard-headed

Will Gingrich be Romney's Cheney?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. When asked to comment about Gingrich's news, Darth Vader had the following to say:

[Fearless]

11. Paging Sarah Palin... no time like the present to throw a wrench in the works!

[Fuddnik]

12. World's longest book tour ends.

[BeyondGeography]

13. But he still wants to debate

[Rhiannon12866]

14. Just last week, Carl Palladino said Newt was going to win NY

He said that we just love Newt here...

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Oh Noot.. You caved !! What a bummer - the endorsement. Woosie ! nt

[ejbr]

17. What about seeing if he wins Rhode Island?!!! n/t

[alp227]

18. I wonder if any states besides TX and KY will go for Ron Paul.

Paul represents a TX district in the house, and his son is a senator in KY. Freeper types will never accept Romney, so I wonder if some will vote Ron Paul as a desperation heave for true liberty despite being down 9 with 9 seconds left.

If not, expect Paul to drop out soon. (edit) also, another factor is that the big money interests like defense contractors and wall street are afraid of Paul bc of Paul's anti war and anti fed reserve positions.

[Jamaal510]

19. He should've ended it weeks ago

when Santorum was still in the race. Gingrich had to be delusional to think he was going anywhere. By him being in the race for this long, all it did was rob Santorum of the nomination from Romney. But then again, that's probably what the GOP establishment wanted anyway...it almost makes me feel for all the voters who didn't want the "Rominee".

[hayrow1]

20. The last straw must have been when he learned the penquins in the St. Louis Zoo

were on Romney's payroll.

[jonthebru]

21. We'll miss you Newty...

But don't let the door hit you in the ass as you leave.

[Enrique]

22. Americans will be SHOCKED

that Newt was still running.

[Mosaic]

24. Happy Dance

Good riddance to bad shit forever now.

[KansDem]

25. zzzzzzz...

[BadGimp]

26. Another Aborted Candidacy

[snicker]

[penndragon69]

27. Just like Palin,

this was all just a publicity stunt in order to sell old books that were sitting
in a warehouse and to increase his speaking fees. That is, for those
people stupid enough to want to listen to his B.S.

[alp227]

28. OK, I just went to the Dark Side and yes they ARE sobbing

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876339/posts

[Major Hogwash]

29. Wait until tomorrow, when he changes his mind again.

He can't quit yet, Faux Snooze doesn't want him back!!

Ha ha ha ha!!!!

[goclark]

30. We already knew it was over before you started running

What a slob.