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To: pompsander who wrote (4634)	5/14/2007 3:35:41 PM
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Gingrich may jump into presidential race By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday there is a very good chance he'll get into the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, but he won't decide until after September. "I think right now that it is a great possibility," Gingrich said. "I don't want to get into all this stuff. I want to focus on what we have to do to make America successful." Gingrich said he plans to hold a workshop on solutions facing the country in September, after which he'll make a decision on whether to launch a presidential bid. He made the comments Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America." Gingrich left Congress when Republicans lost seats in the 1998 elections after a campaign that highlighted then- President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky. Asked about former first lady and Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House prospects, Gingrich said: "I think she has a very good chance of winning the presidency. ... I think unless Republicans are as committed to very fundamental change in Washington that they will almost certainly lose the election." ___ TETERBORO, N.J. (AP) — Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) received the backing Monday of two prominent New Jersey mayors, including Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Obama said, as he arrived in New Jersey for a round of political appearances, that his campaign will be judged on how hard he is working to deliver on issues such as health care, affordable housing and mass transit. "The campaign will be won or lost based on the strength of my message," Obama said, speaking at Teterboro Airport with Booker and the mayor of Jersey City, Jerramiah Healy, who also endorsed the Illinois senator. The Newark mayor said over the weekend that he also would be part of Obama's campaign leadership in New Jersey. Booker has been linked with Obama as part of a new generation of black leaders. "It's time that we have a national leader that's going to raise us around our highest common ideals and remind us that we have more in common as a people than we do that divides us," Booker said Saturday. Several other high-ranking Democrats in New Jersey have already announced their support for presidential candidates. Senate President Richard J. Codey is supporting former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, while Gov. Jon S. Corzine has endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton. ___ BOSTON (AP) — While Republican Mitt Romney is hawkish on the presidential campaign trail, none of his five sons has served in the military and one of them says it troubles him. "I feel guilty not having done it," Josh Romney, the 31-year-old middle son, said amid a profile of his father broadcast Sunday on the CBS News program "60 Minutes." Matt Romney, at 35 the second eldest son, also told interviewer Mike Wallace, "I hope to be able to make a sacrifice of that caliber at some point in my life." Ben Romney, 28, the second youngest, said: "I've seen a lot and read a lot that has made me say, `My goodness, I hope I never have to do that.'" All five of the Romney sons, who now range in age from 37 to 26, served two years as church missionaries, a practice within their Mormon faith. Mitt Romney himself also served as a Mormon missionary, which enabled him to receive a draft deferment from the Vietnam War. In addition, he received a college deferment. When he finally was draft eligible, he received a high lottery number and never was drafted. On the stump, Romney argues for a robust national defense. He says he wants to add 100,000 troops to the U.S. military and commit 4 percent of the gross domestic product to funding the armed forces. He also has defended the current all-volunteer military, saying he doesn't envision the need to return to a Vietnam-style draft.