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Newt Gingrich: Keep Personal Lives Private
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is considering whether to run for president, said Tuesday the personal lives of White House hopefuls shouldn't be an issue in the 2008 campaign. In an interview with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson's radio program this month, Gingrich acknowledged he was having an extramarital affair while pursuing President Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Since the announcement, Gingrich said he's received a positive response from colleagues and others. "Most Americans are very positive and very receptive," the former Republican congressman from Georgia said before a speech at Vanderbilt University. "Overall, it's been remarkable how positive people have been."
Story Continues Below Gingrich said whoever the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees are, he hoped they would discuss issues in a bipartisan manner and at length - not just in short soundbites in the media. The personal lives of White House hopefuls so far is turning out to be an issue for some Republican hopefuls in the 2008 campaign. It's prompted frontrunner Sen. John McCain to recently call for keeping candidates' personal lives private, which Gingrich agreed with on Tuesday.
McCain's comments came the same week that chief rival former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani asked for privacy as he deals with strained relationships with his children following two divorces. Gingrich and Giuliani have each been married three times. McCain is divorced and has a second wife.
© 2007 Associated Press.
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