Gingrich: Obama will win in Iowa

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Gingrich Predicts Obama in Iowa

Share November 27, 2007 9:03 AM

ABC News' Ed O'Keefe Reports: Newt Gingrich predicts Barack Obama will win the hotly contested vote in Iowa, saying the junior Senator from Illinois will motivate more energized supported than the former First Lady.

"My guess is Senator Obama's going to win Iowa and that he's going to win it by a surprising margin," the former Speaker of the House told ABC News' Diane Sawyer on "Good Morning America".

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Obama, D-Ill., and Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., will soon roll out the "charisma brigade", dispatching mega-surrogates Bill Clinton, campaigning for his wife, and Oprah Winfrey, making a first and rare foray into the political arena on behalf of Obama, whom the talk superstar has endorsed.

"I think Oprah Winfrey is a remarkable figure," Gingrich told Sawyer, "I think she brings a, not just a celebrity status, but there are millions of people who trust her judgment."

Pressed on whether the Oprah-factor would "tip" the nomination toward Obama, Gingrich replied, "I think it's a significant asset to (Obama) and he's not married to her."

"I think there's a double-edged sword when President Clinton shows up because he also reminds you, do you really want two presidents in the White House? And do you really want Mrs. Clinton to have to rely on President Clinton to have to win?"

In the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, shows a tight race in the Hawkeye State with Obama at 30 percent over Clinton at 26 percent, and both former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., and Governor Bill Richardson, D-N.M., trailing with 22 and 11 percent respectively.

Perhaps more significantly, ABC News' Polling Director Gary Langer points out that the poll also showed "most Democratic likely voters in Iowa, 55 percent, say they're more interested in a "new direction and new ideas" than in strength and experience...a help to Obama, who holds a substantial lead among "new direction" voters."

"I have a hunch," Gingrich told Sawyer on "GMA", "that the emotional energy that Senator Obama's building is more powerful than the emotional energy Senator Clinton's building."

The former House Speaker said he has "great respect" for Senator Clinton and the Clinton "machine" but went on to add, "It just seems to me right now, in Iowa at least, Senator Obama's building a really heavy steam."

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I sure hope so. Time will tell.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Does anyone else find it peculiar that so many Republicans have come out and made predictions about the Democratic Primaries? Rove, Bush, now Gingrich. What do they have to say about the Republican Primaries?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The GOP lineup is a nightmare. Obama is a genuinely good candidate, would be good for America.

[no name 1]

Does anyone else find it peculiar that so many Republicans have come out and made predictions about the Democratic Primaries? Rove, Bush, now Gingrich. What do they have to say about the Republican Primaries?

[JohnK 0]

I'll vote for anybody as long as I don't feel like they represent the status quo.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The GOP lineup is a nightmare. Obama is a genuinely good candidate, would be good for America.

word

[mawilson 2,133]

Does anyone else find it peculiar that so many Republicans have come out and made predictions about the Democratic Primaries? Rove, Bush, now Gingrich. What do they have to say about the Republican Primaries?

They need to know whom to attack.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Does anyone else find it peculiar that so many Republicans have come out and made predictions about the Democratic Primaries? Rove, Bush, now Gingrich. What do they have to say about the Republican Primaries?

They need to know whom to attack.

Granted, but I think there is a bit of them trying to influence the outcome to their benefit, which is fine...it's just why be subversive about it?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Does anyone else find it peculiar that so many Republicans have come out and made predictions about the Democratic Primaries? Rove, Bush, now Gingrich. What do they have to say about the Republican Primaries?

They need to know whom to attack.

Granted, but I think there is a bit of them trying to influence the outcome to their benefit, which is fine...it's just why be subversive about it?

It's called politics. What seems never is.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Does anyone else find it peculiar that so many Republicans have come out and made predictions about the Democratic Primaries? Rove, Bush, now Gingrich. What do they have to say about the Republican Primaries?

They need to know whom to attack.

Granted, but I think there is a bit of them trying to influence the outcome to their benefit, which is fine...it's just why be subversive about it?

It's called politics. What seems never is.

[Sister Fracas 5]

The GOP lineup is a nightmare. Obama is a genuinely good candidate, would be good for America.

I wish I could believe that America would be willing to even consider someone other than a white male.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The GOP lineup is a nightmare. Obama is a genuinely good candidate, would be good for America.

I wish I could believe that America would be willing to even consider someone other than a white male.

America is considering it. Whether America will go for it or not... is an open question.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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[Sister Fracas 5]

The GOP lineup is a nightmare. Obama is a genuinely good candidate, would be good for America.

I wish I could believe that America would be willing to even consider someone other than a white male.

America is considering it. Whether America will go for it or not... is an open question.

fair enough... but you know what I mean.

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makes me sick!