A little about Newt Gingrich and what he stands for

Education He supports public school prayer. He feels that schools should compete for students just like businesses compete for customers. He feels teachers should have to compete with each other too. Gingrich feels education is one of the keys to getting the country back on solid ground.

Taxes Gingrich feels we should have low taxes. He is opposed to increasing taxes on the rich, and he feels the corporate tax rate in the US is too high. He wants to do away with the corporate tax rate, and he also wants to eliminate the inheritance tax. For conservatives and Republicans that favor lower taxes, they like what Gingrich stands for on these issues. 

Government Gingrich is all about limited government. He feels that the government intrudes in our lives too much, and he feels that we should get the government out of our lives as much as possible.

Environment On the environment, Newt Gingrich is in tune with the issues of the day more than most of the GOP candidates. He used to teach an environmental studies class at West Georgia College. He also co-authored a book with Terry Maple called A Contract With the Earth. He is a strong proponent of green technology and energy conservation. He also feels the government should incentivize people with monetary prizes and tax incentives to come up with new innovative ways to generate alternative energy sources. He does not believe man is responsible for climate change, but he would support carbon emissions regulations.

Health Care What does Newt Gingrich stand for on healthcare? He is against Obamacare, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. He feels Americans should have the right to make their own decisions on their healthcare needs. He believes ObamaCare is unconstitutional and should be repealed by the US house of Representatives. He feels everyone should have to contribute to the healthcare system in some form.

Jobs To help stimulate job growth, Gingrich supports major tax cuts including a 50 percent reduction in payroll taxes, a 12.5% jobless rate, and several other taxes too.  He also wants to stimulate job growth by providing other market incentives to businesses to encourage growth in the United States economy.  If you want to know what does Newt Gingrich stand for, just look at his long history in the United States government. His views have not changed, as he still supports many of the same positions he held in the 1980s working with President Ronald Reagan. He would be a good candidate for the GOP, but he has a lot of personal baggage from his failed marriages that could hold him back against President Obama.

Cain leaves the campaign trail.

Herman Cain suspends his campaign for 2012 GOP presidential nomination.

Why am I not surprised..? I had a feeling this was coming.  


The brief but dramatic campaign of Herman Cain ended on Saturday in Atlanta when he said the relentless attention on accusations of his sexual misconduct had become too much to bear.
Cain again denied allegations of sexual harassment and an extramarital affair, while declaring, “I’m not going away.” But, he said, after “a lot of prayer and soul searching I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family.” Cain also cited difficulty in raising enough money to remain competitive.


Cain gave no indication on Saturday who was his second choice for president, but he said he will endorse one of his former rivals “in the near future.”

In a Republican nominating contest that has see-sawed from one frontrunner to another, Cain, 65, was perhaps the unlikeliest to rise to the top of the pack. A former pizza executive with no political experience, little campaign organization to speak of and a schedule tailored more to selling books than winning votes, Cain nevertheless captured the hearts of Republican voters with a clear message, confidently delivered.

“I’m upset. I feel like the other side won, their dirty tricks,” said Marelli Gardner, a health-care coordinator and tea party activist from Cummings, Ga., who drove 45 minutes and waited two hours to hear Cain speak on Saturday. She left before his remarks were over. “A lot of people had a lot of hope in Herman Cain.”

The question now is where the rest of Cain’s backing goes. Asked in an interview in Iowa last week if he would pick up Cain’s supporters, Gingrich responded: “Oh, sure.”

The Gingrich campaign moved quickly to appeal to Cain supporters on Saturday, praising his ideas immediately after he announced the suspension of his campaign. Gingrich himself lauded Cain a short while later at a Staten Island event, saying that he “deserves credit for having the courage to talk about big ideas and focus on the economy.”

But there is also evidence that Romney could benefit from Cain’s departure. A Pew poll conducted before Thanksgiving showed that Cain supporters split evenly between the former Massachusetts governor and Gingrich when asked for their second choice.