So ol' Newt finally realized that everybody hates him? Duh.

Newt had his chance with the Contract With America 1994. He masterminded the Republicans takeover of the house and senate and then reneged on almost every point in the "contract".

Good. Once less stereotypical conservative Republican hypocrite in the race. The guy that was slamming Clinton for his affair, was, as the exact same time, commiting adultry himself.

Newts critics here are whistling past the graveyard.. Their time would be better spent praying that Giuliani does not pick him as a running mate. He would destroy any democrat in a serious head to head debate.

It's a real shame. I'm a Dem, but I love Newt because he is substance over PR-speak, unlike every other candidate. And Scott is right-he would DESTROY any other candidates in the debates. So, get ready for another snooze-fest of the uninspired, for the apathetic, in 08.

Too bad. Newt and Rudy would have made a good "moral values" ticket. At least they could have counted on 6 votes, the cumulative total of their wives.

I don't understand why Newt would do this to us! Doesn't he understand how easily he could win the White House, especially if he runs against Hillary? Everyone in the country would remember all the good times, with him as Speaker of the House, facing off against a Clinton. Just like old times, we would wistfully yearn for the nostalgia of yesteryear.

Look we Republicans need to have the distraction of a new candidate every couple of weeks to take the stench off the giant pile of manure we call the pool of Republican Presidential Candidates. Since Fred Thompson doesn't seem to have made that pile smell any more like lilacs, and Newt isn't joining

Hard to imagine that a Republican did a smart thing.

Newt may be making a WISE choice here... finally.

Newt Gingrich is still alive? Isn't this the same Newt Gingrich who resigned in shame as Republican Speaker of the House? The same Newt Gingrich that was having an affair with an intern while leading the witch hunt against Clinton for doing the same thing? The same Newt Gingrich that informed his wife he wanted a divorce while she was laying in a hospital bed dying from cancer? THAT Newt Gingrich?

Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, D-Ga.,

When did Newt switch parties?????

This is a godsend. Newt is not running. He finally gets it. No, you are not the best to best Hillary. Women hate you. Write another book!

Of course, given the level of discourse here, and the reasons people give for not liking Newt, he's really too exceptional of a person to be our president. We need a moron more representative of the American public. This country is dying from a celebration of ignorance, political correctness, and greed.

Whew! That's one less exorcist needed for 2008.

Of course the US isn't going to stick with the hard right in 2008. The US is still recovering from the mistakes that W has made. Hopefully, these guys will be gone for good.

Republicans thinking Newt is electable is the same as Democrats thinking that Hillary is electable. Both parties like their own. But outside the party, neither has any support.

Sorry to hear this. He is brilliant, a good policitian and the only man in DC since Reagan who has guts enough to stand up and tell it like it is. Americans simply do no want to face the truth.

That's OK. It will be a landslide for Giuliani or Romney against a Hillary / Obama ticket. What a joke that will be.

Maybe the GOP could beg Larry Craig to run, since he just flip-flopped again and won't be leaving the Senate. He's one of the best Republicans out there.

That makes two smart things Gingrich has now done in his life. The first was leaving Georgia before his constituents ran him out.