Newt Gingrich Loses Big Tuesday, Says He'll 'Look Realistically' at Future

 gucci shoes outletAlthough Newt Gingrich lost the Delaware primary by an overwhelming 29 percent to Mitt Romney, the former speaker of the House still did not announce the suspension of his presidential campaign Tuesday night.Gingrich, who simultaneously lost to Romney in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania on Tuesday, said earlier in the week that if he lost the winner-take-all state of Delaware - where he focused his campaigning - he would "reassess" his presidential bid. On Tuesday night a more subdued and somber Gingrich told a small crowd in Concord, Delaware that while he still wants to take the conservative fight "all the way to Tampa" to the Republican National Convention, he also wants to be pragmatic."Over the next few days, we're going to look realistically at where we are at," Gingrich said.Possibly hinting that he will be returning to regular life as a non-candidate, Gingrich told the crowd at Concord's Vintage Motor Club that he wanted to stand together to defeat Obama."So we want you to know that as citizens, we are going to be right there standing shoulder by shoulder with you and that as we think through about how we can best be effective citizens over the next week or two - we are going to rely on you for help and you for advice," Gingrich said.One man shaking Gingrich's hand on the rope line pleaded with him to stay in the race."I think there's a point where we have to be realistic about what you can accomplish. But as a citizen, I'm not … I'm going to stay at it," Gingrich told the man.

 gucci outletAnother telling sign the Gingrich campaign was possibly moving on Tuesday was that Callista Gingrich's stump speech, which has not varied much since she began introducing her husband, left out a key component: she did not refer to him as "the next president of the United States."Gingrich told the crowd he wanted to be clear that he was going to continue to campaign in North Carolina as he evaluates his place in the GOP race."We have, I think, 23 events all together here in North Carolina this week. We will be at 23 events here," Gingrich said.Gingrich conceded that Romney was "going to have a very good night.""It is a night that he has worked hard for, for six years. And that if he does end up as the nominee, I think every conservative in the country has to be committed to defeating Barack Obama," he said.Gingrich told one reporter that he would not make any decisions before Sunday.The Secret Service announced Tuesday that two more agents connected to the embarrassing Cartagena, Colombia prostitution scandal had chosen to resign and that the agency was moving to fire a third.The news came shortly after President Barack Obama, taping an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," blamed the uproar on "a couple of knuckleheads" in an otherwise "incredible" agency.Assistant Director Paul Morrissey from the Secret Service Office of Government and Public Affairs announced the latest personnel news in a written statement that also specified that two other agents had been cleared of serious wrongdoing and would face "administrative action." A U.S. government official familiar with the situation told Yahoo News that could mean anything from a verbal rebuke by a supervisor to a few days of leave.

 gucci handbags outlet"The Secret Service's investigation into allegations of misconduct by its employees in Cartagena, Colombia, continues," Morrissey said in the statement.Two more employees have chosen to resign in connection to the scandal, in which agents preparing for Obama's visit to an international summit in Cartagena allegedly brought prostitutes back to their hotel.The agency is moving to permanently revoke the security clearance of one other individual, a process that allows that person to appeal. If the appeal fails, the employee "must separate" from the agency, Morrissey said.If that happens, the number of agents who will have resigned, retired or been removed over the controversy will reach nine. Three have been cleared of serious wrongdoing, meaning the agency has addressed the status of all 12 employees under investigation."The Secret Service is committed to conducting a full, thorough and fair investigation in this matter, and will not hesitate to take appropriate action should any additional information come to light," Morrissey said.CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Add this to the list of ways the President of the United States woos young voters in an election-year: He slow jams the news.Obama, appearing on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" show, joined the comedy host in a popular feature of his program. The president, looking in the camera, talked earnestly about student interest rates as The Roots, Fallon's hip house band, laid down a rhythm. Then the camera cut to Fallon in the foreground, where he punched up the message in his own way."Now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people," Obama said. Then Fallon: "Ohhhh yeaahh. You should listen to the president." The episode was taped during Obama's appearance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.