The Hill News

A few of my favorite items of interest from the slow-starting but thoroughly entertaining 2012 GOP presidential field this week:

1) Newt Gingrich said he is only prepared to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination because he stepped down as Speaker of the House in 1999 and spent all these years relaxing. At an event in Milwaukee, Gingrich said, “I’ve had a chance to renew my energy and thoughts,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

No matter that Gingrich’s departure from Congress was a result of the shameful revelation he was carrying on an extramarital affair with a young staffer, after becoming a prominent voice against President Clinton during his impeachment. Recharging, along with the acquisition of wisdom that comes with maturing, was clearly what readied Newt for his moment.

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