Hotline Blog: Gingrich planning surprise attack in Iowa

The Hotline Blog commented on an article in the Washington Post about Newt Gingrich's 2008 election strategy.  Instead of announcing his candidacy early, the former GOP Speaker of the House will wait until late and then orchestrate a four-month sprint to the finish leading up to the Iowa Caucuses:

It's an interesting gambit considering that most of the '08aspirants in both parties are going to crawling all over each othertrying to announce first. But as we learned in the '04 WH Dem primary,some of the early frontrunners had burned out by the fall of '03 whichgave a candidate like Wesley Clark an opening.

Gingrich is a well-known figure and doesn't need to raise the same amount of cash that a Romney, Allen or even a McCainneeds to raise. And Gingrich doesn't doesn't necessarily wear well in along campaign, but he could be very intriguing in a four-month sprintin Iowa. Both primaries are going to be in need of "new blood" by thefall of '07. On the Dem side, there are two candidates who could employNewt's fall '07 strategy: Al Gore and Barack Obama.

Speaking of Obama, the Chris Matthews Show spent a segment discussing the possibility of the Illinois Senator running for president.  If I have time, I will try to get that video up sometime within the next few days.