Factoring in Gingrich (Newt-in-the-box)

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Newt’s expected entry into the race will unsettle the GOP field.

Read the entire story here. Here's one of four reasons listed why Newt will get into the race:

THE STANDARD HE’S SET FOR GETTING INTO THE RACE IS EASILY MET According to columnist Robert Novak, Gingrich has said he’ll get into the race if Fred Thompson’s candidacy doesn’t take off. Of course, it’s Newt who’s going to do the deciding as to Thompson’s success, but there are early signs that the Thompson effort may already be faltering. Sure, he’s done well in the polls — though not well enough to unseat the current front-runner, Rudy Giuliani. And the early buzz on Thompson is that he’s no Law and Order’s Arthur Branch on the campaign trail.

Moreover, Gingrich is counting on the fact that, once voters learn more about Thompson’s extensive record as a lobbyist, and about his campaign staff — which is full of GOP veterans, including former Dick Cheney advisor Mary Matalin — he’ll look a lot less like the breath of fresh Tennessee air that he appears to be now.