Newt Gingrich's Political Team Clarifies Former House Speaker's Goals

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Newt Gingrich's political team
rushed to clear-up the former
House Speaker's goals late
Tuesday after multiple news
organizations reported that
Gingrich planned to announce
the establishment of a
presidential exploratory
committee during a trip to
Georgia on Thursday.

Joe Gaylord, Gingrich's
political adviser, shared
with the Des Moines Register
that the establishment of an
exploratory committee is a
certainty.

"It is exactly that, an
exploratory committee,"
Gaylord explained to the
newspaper. "But you can't say
that this is tantamount to an
announcement of candidacy. It
is the announcement of an
exploratory committee that says,
'is it really feasible for me to
do this, and let me check this out
in the next six or seven weeks,
because I want to find out if it's
real before I do it."

Gingrich spokesman, Rick Tyler,
circulated a statement to reporters
Tuesday night contradicting Gaylord's
statement.

"Gingrich is not traveling to Georgia
to announce that he will form 'an
exploratory committee' as stated in
the Des Moines Register," Tyler refuted.
"To be clear, while Speaker Gingrich
is in Georgia on Thursday, he will not
announce the formation of an
exploratory committee."

It's not clear if Gingrich will
explore a presidential bid.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20110302073742writ.nb/topstory.html