Newt Gringrich, 2012 President hopeful

Former candidate of the house, Newt Gringrich, visited Morningside on Tuesday to do the one thing all politicians do, persuade and persuade some more. The audience was filled with middle agers, senior citizens, and quite a few Morningside students who sat restlessly awaiting the Republican, presidential hopeful. Arriving approximately ten minutes late, the crowd stood and applauded Newt. As he began his introductory speech it became clear that is wanted to follow in President Reagan’s footsteps.

In these footsteps that had been imprinted for him from the past, he wanted to cut taxes, work on the rules and regulation of immigrants, energy, and free enterprise. As Newt did his introduction and named all of his important steps, he threw in a few stabs at Obama, and tip toed across the idea about how, even though the other Republican hopefuls are his friends, he will be the best choice for President.  After he spoke he opened up the floor to any questions the audience had.

Questions is exactly what they had. Ranging from the idea of new job opportunities, abortion, energy, and cutting taxes. On paper he answered these question slowly but surely, however, it seemed as if he side-stepped all of his answers by not answering them directly. Like most candidates what is better then answering a question with another question, or better yet an example of what he hates about the current president. He made it clear how he felt about Obama and all of his changes in the government. His main point about certain changes made by Obama had to deal with the idea of food stamps versus Newt’s idea of paychecks. “America only works when Americans are working” a solid idea that he believes people of the United States should live by.

For more information regarding Newt Gringrich, and his future plans his website is newt.org.

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