Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) announced yesterday that he would not seek the White House, citing campaign finance laws as the reason.

“We were informed yesterday morning that if I had any communication with American Solutions after I became a candidate, it was a criminal offense.” [MARY BRUCE - ABC News]

This may be for the better as there are already enough GOP candidates and Gingrich has more important work to do. And American Solutions, the 527 group Gingrich has worked hard to steer toward “Winning the Future,” has been hard pressed to focus media attention on its objective.

We were on the Solutions Day conference call last week with South Carolina media and about 90 percent of the questions were about Gingrich’s presidential ambitions. This announcement should help to silence that distraction.

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