mr. gingrich, first of all it san honor to talk to you. i want to thank you for all that you are doing with american solutions to try to help our country in these troubled times. i wanted to ask you -- and i know you probably won't say but i'm hopinghat you will cons running for office in 2012. we need somebody with your ideas, your experience and your faith. guest: first of all, thank you for that call. and my wife and i are looking very seriously and trying to get our businesses in order. we run for businesses and we ar trying to organize everything so next february or march we could make a decision. but i'm focused totally this year on the november elections. i believe these are amo the most consequential elections in american history and it is extraordinarily important that we have a huge turnout and have a very successful election. and i don't want to think beyond 2010 until we get the job done this year. host: what kind of work do you have to do to get your businesses in order? guest: we have a number of organizations that have been

mr. gingrich, first of all it san honor to talk to you. i want to thank you for all that you are doing with american solutions to try to help our country in these troubled times. i wanted to ask you -- and i know you probably won't say but i'm hoping that you will consider running for office in 2012. we need somebody with your ideas, your experience and your faith. guest: first of all, thank you for that call. and my wife and i are looking very seriously and trying to get our businesses in order. we run for businesses and we are trying to organize everything so next february or march we could make a decision. but i'm focused totally this year on the november elections. i believe these are among the most consequential elections in american history and it is extraordinarily important that we have a huge turnout and have a very successful election. and i don't want to think beyond 2010 until we get the job done this year. host: what kind of work do you have to do to get your businesses in order? guest: we have a number of organizations that h

mr. gingrich. and explain why the house is going in this session. guest: the speaker can have the house in pro forma session without votes. if you go several days you have to have a formal vote to adjourn. it's more complicated. and this is a standard procedure that could go down. host: it could go down to 30 seconds. guest: it could be, you have a prayer and speak. host: what do you miss about being speaker? guest: it was an honor to work with many of those people. host: newt, what is on your summer reading list? guest: i want to read nate hastings, and to read the book on lincoln. i just finished a book on lincoln and his admirals. and i am reading john stanford, he's a great mystery writer, and his new interest is called "stormy prey." he and robert parker are my two favorite mystery writers. i immediately read them. i have a firm rule, read light fiction first. read the stuff you enjoy first. host: to save america is newt gingrich's later book, next caller is bob, thank you for holding. caller: thank you. i want to make a short statement. two qu

mr. gingrich, first of all it san honor to talk to you. i want to thank you for all that you are doing with american solutions to try to help our country in these troubled times. i wanted to ask you -- and i know you probably won't say but i'm hoping that you will consider running for office in 2012. we need somebody with your ids, your experience and your faith. guest: first of all, thank you for that call. and my wif and i are looking very seriously and trying to get our businesses in order. we run for businesses and we are trying to organize everything so next february or march we could make a decision. but i'm focused totally this year on the november elections. i believe these are among the most consequential elections in american history and it is extraordinarily important that we have a huge turnout and have a very successful election. and i don't want tohink beyond 2010 until we get the job done this year. host: what kind of work do you have to do to get your businesses in order? guest: we have a number of organizations that have b

mr. gingrich and mr. clinton, president clinton working together. and then, jettison, not under your personal leadership, but the leadership of the republican party in 2001, 2002 and 2003 in which we said no, we don't believe paying for what we buy is the policy we are going to pursue. you didn't pursue. you created large deficits every year you controlled the house, senate, presidency, every year, without fail. so i tell my friend that we want to join together in real efforts. we're sorry in a partisan way pay-go was jettisoned. the commission that the president established by executive order didn't pass because so many of the colleagues who said they were for the idea to propose real restraint in spending, not only in terms of discretionary dollars but in terms of entitlement dollars that so many of your colleagues in the senate oppose that and as a result, we don't have a statutory commission, we have a presidently appointed commission. i'm hopeful they will make recommendations, our members and your members will join to make recommendations. mr.

gingrich brought up a good point. i think possibly the first conversation is not the one bill clinton had. and i think it's important to ask not only did mr. clinton have it, but were there conversations before that. thank you and have a great memorial day weekend. guest: i think you're exactly right. this is the point i was trying to make earlier. i think you said it a bit more directly. it's a bit galing in some regards senators raking executives over the coals when they do not have a reputation for that themselves. so that is a good point. and i think there's for better for worse is a good many americans that still for whatever clamties, corporations might bring upon us, you know, at least know that a lot of these corporations are somewhat accountable at least to the bottom line, which is not much but it's better than say what congress is. you know, as for the sess tack thing, you're right. another thing to keep in mind, and very few reporters have even asked about this which blows my mind. well, out in colorado there's a man who is running in the primary against michael bennett . the denver post reported last fall multiple sources con