While all but conceding the GOP race, Gingrich said Sunday he won't give up on trying to influence the party's platform that emerges going into the general election.
"I think platforms matter in the long run in the evolution of the party," the former House speaker said. "And the party is more than just a presidential candidate -- it's Senate candidates, House candidates, state legislators."
Gingrich also said he has already talked to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus about working in the fall "to help defeat Obama any way I could -- whatever the team thinks I can do to be helpful, I would do."
Beyond that, he said he wouldn't want to serve in a Romney administration and would rather "go back to a post-political career."
Initially, I thought, "What a jerk! Is he that spiteful that he wouldn't work for Romney if he's elected?" But then it occured to me, if Gingrinch would rather "go back to a post-political career," what does that really say about the seriousness of his presidential bid? If you've really paid attention to what Gingrich has said consistently at every GOP debate, his main purpose for being in the race has been to prop himself up as "the only candidate who can debate President Obama and defeat him". Really? If that's the only reason he's really in the race, he may as well follow the lead of Huntsman, Perry, Cain, Bachman and now Santorum and just stop the madness.
