Two days after hinting he wanted to try for the White House, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich decided he would not run for president, his spokesman said Saturday.

Rick Tyler said Gingrich realized he couldn’t run a political action committee — his American Solutions group — and form an exploratory committee to run for president as well.

“He will continue to bring the American people solutions to the challenges America faces through American Solutions, not as a candidate for president,” Tyler said in a telephone interview.

CNN

That’s too bad.  I really think he would have added a lot to the race and had he actually been able to get the nomination I think he would have given Hillary the smack down during the debates.

The junior Senator from New York is now proposing that every child born in America receive a $5000 bond.  The proposal would cost about $20 billion per year and include all children, regardless of their parents’ income.  Clinton offered no explanation of how she would pay for the idea.

Consider this a test for the American people, and for Republicans.  Will anyone ask or care about where this money will come from?  Will people make the connection between tax dollars and dollars spent by the government?  If she becomes President, how many Congressional Republicans will go along with the “free money” proposal?

In case anyone thinks this is a throw-away suggestion, consider this.  The President’s approval numbers are rock bottom.  Clinton holds a huge lead in every national poll among Democrats.  The Iraq war is unlikely to get much, if any, better by the elections.  Democrats are likely to pick up at least a couple of seats in the Senate, and House retirements could make it difficult for us to hold our own, never mind actually regaining the Majority.  That’s not to say that next year’s elections have already been decided.  It’s only meant to illustrate that this actually could pass.