I have had the pleasure of being a guest on Jamie Johnson’s radio show in Iowa numerous times on the Faith and Freedom network. He was at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) at the keynote speech given by Newt Gingrich and had this to say:
OUT OF THE WILDERNESS
By Jamie Johnson
www.IowaNewsTalk.comAt the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) March 1-3 in Washington D.C., many Republican presidential candidates received applause somewhere on the scale of “polite†to “exuberant.†But the largest, loudest, and longest ovation by far was for the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich.
When he was introduced on Saturday afternoon as the final speaker of the conference, the 6,000+ attendees in the ballroom gave him an ovation for the ages. Rising to their feat, standing on their chairs, screaming themselves hoarse, they raised the decibel level in the Omni Shoreham to that of a 747 jumbo jet. And the ovation wouldn’t end! Both the length of it and the number of people pressing toward him just to touch him made Rudy Giuliani’s welcome seem rather mild. I have been to political events for nearly 30 years, but I have never seen anything like what I witnessed at CPAC when Newt stepped into view.
I too had the honor and pleasure of introducing the GOP presidential candidates at CPAC (Tancredo, Hunter, Brownback, Giuliani, and Romney). But it was clear to me that they are all on the junior varsity squad. Newt is definately the captain of the varsity and candidate who most resembles Reagan ideologically and philisophically.For whatever it is worth, I predict that he will announce his candidacy on the anniversary of the “Contract with America” around Labor Day and will defeat Hillary in the general.