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Re-branding...hmm how about using a cattle branding rod for punishment to the American people for the past 8 years and that way no apology is necessary. And Newt Gingrich already has a brand, the liar and cheater, he branded himself.

this man is a joke... he can go away right now and it will be too soon.

Il like it when CNN uses photos making people look evil. Like the one they show of that black guy acting like POTUS

what can i say that hasnt already been said...

how about "keep up the good work you wonderful husband of a man, we all like the way you protect the sanctity of marriage "

you didnt make it out of the 90s for a reason... guess you havnt figured that out yet..

hysterical!

this old fart RE-BRANDING the GOP!? he IS the GOP
good luck with that, Mr Gingrich. and thank you for sinking the GOP further in the toilet!

Boy, that's the blind leading the blind! Whining, pathetic people who blame others for their mistakes and will never admit to any wrongdoing is what makes up the Republican party, and no matter how they sugar coat things for the public, we're not buying it!

The same ole Newt!

Gingrich is anything but new, send him away...

This just in....Kentucky Fried Chicken is going to "re-brand" itself by featuring a picture of an old, southern colonel on their buckets of chicken.

The LOT of them need to take a Summer's Eve ™ and have a LONG lie-down. Like FOREVER.

Did you ever notice that our former Speaker looks a lot like "CHUCKY". You know, the doll that was possesed and killed people. SOUND FAMILIAR?

Newt, Cheney and Limbaugh are the faces of the republican party. These are the same group that drove the GOP into near extinction. The have no new ideas, just old ideas re-packaged. The American public voted a resounding NO to the ideology and politics-as-usual of the GOP. The problem is that everyone knows it but them.

If you fill a silk bag with manure it remains a silk bag but the contents are unchanged as well.

Let me get this right.

Pelosi and Ried have to go because they are career politician, who are devisive and partisan.

To counter this problem, the GOP resorts to Newt. LMAO.

The GOP is wreck, looking for a train.

A new America, with the same players??? Laughable.

Gosh Newt, we don't want you. They don't want you, must really suck!

Meanwhile, these guys are such hardheads. How many times do we have to tell you: you don't need a new name for what you're selling, you need to change the product. Then get new sponsors, new ad campaign. You know, re-invent yourselves.

Yeah, this IS the face of the Republican party... another dredged up Reaganite with a holier-than-thou morality (uh huh) and stale, proven-wrong policies.

Can't the Party of No find ANY new ideas or faces? Are you really resorting to the losers of the last decade?

And Michael Steele said about 2 things 300 different ways today, don't you think.... you could have run a tape loop and it would have been more interesting.

He (and the GOP) are pretty much a tempest in a teapot, if you ask me.

Gingrich was the reason I left the republican party in the 90's. All he has been doing lately has just reinforced the idea that I made the right decision.

A face only a used-car salesman could love. Why would anyone listen to this guy, let alone vote for him?

Haven't they heard their leader the fat hate spewing drug addict said no and the spineless weasel cantor kissed his feet and announced they would no longer listen to people. Is there ever going to be anyone in this party besides rich white old men and religious fringe zealots? What is the new brand? Same old lies, hate, financial destruction, and culture warfare.

This is a sad bunch of people they have running their party. Do they not realize there only 21 percent of the american people who say they are republicans, dont they realize this will never get them in the white house.

Do they really think were Stupid why do the Republicans Insist on Insulting our Intelligence?

Gingrich is a has been, has no solutions for the future but make the rich richer and the poor poorer. I'm already rich, its time to give back to this country and its people. I hope this goon goes hunting with Cheney. He gives me the creeps. Anybody who cheats on their wife is a looser in my book.

Uh...we've seen Newt's particular BRAND of RE-BRANDING....been there done that...No Thanks!

The only way you can rebrand the Repub is become a Democratic and we are note hiring at this time. Sorry!

Look at that face-- would you let this face re-brand anything ?

The GOP doesn't need "re-branding," it needs to go back to honest conservatism–small government, fiscal responsibility, and respect for the rights of the citizens–and pitch the paranoid, self-righteous, bigoted, neo-cons that stole and perverted the brand.

I think many Republicans even think this is a dumb idea. Same people, same message. blah blah blah garbage

Re-brand with the same old brand. Not what the Republican Party needs right now. They don't seem to learn. This is why I stopped voting Republican in 1992, and haven't gone back.

Good Luck, gents. You are going to need it.

The one bellow? I never got chance. Where is the Zebra?

Skin Deep?

It's seriously time for a third party to seize the center. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative should do the trick. But what do I know? Have a nice day!

The serial adulterer who lost the Speaker's chair and resigned from the House over an ethics scandal is going to "re-brand" the Republican party? This is a joke, right?

Does the old saying that a "leopard can't change its spots" apply here? I think so. So many of these old relics of the GOP are still living in the past. What can they offer that is new and credible?

bwa ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa ...............uggghhhh. This is just a joke, right?

If you re-brand crippled cattle.....the cattle are still crippled....

republicans are sounding more like a group of cub scouts with tree houses and secret passwords. . guys – it's over! Get over yourselves!

Newt in 2012! One of the many thing I find amusing about the left is this "change" mantra. Let's see, Hillary is Sec. of state, Bill is an ambassador, Gates is a holdover from Bush and most of the rest of Obama's cabinet are holdovers from Clinton. That's change? Oh, and Obama is a baby killer, no way to dance around that.

You go, Newt! Grab the bull by the tail and face the situation.

you can re-brand a piece of dung, but it will still be a piece of dung

Even though you change the name to the NCNA, it's still the same old republican leaders that had no success in their attempts to win office....and now they're trying to reinvent the wheel??? Common sense is you lost; now support our President and your constituents in order to make this country a better place!

Excellent...great idea...add the guy who was in charge 15 years ago when this entire Republican mess began to your pathetic effort!

Newt Gingrich is neither bi-partisian or Republican partisian. He is Newt partisian ........ meaning self leaning and self promoting.

He has been guilty of this methodology his whole political career and will not change. The only thing he is doing is grooming himself for another run for political office by staying controversial and in the news all the time.

loser, loser pants on fire.... move to the dems and you might get a listen.........

Read my lips–NO TO NEWT. I'm not listening to his insane ramblings of the good old GOP days when Wall Street was running a casino, and the White House was lying, firing judges, and torturing people.

No, no, and no.

How do you rebrand with the same Idiots in charge and the same assinine ideas...........that lead to this mess?

Newt Gingrich is a good speaker who slyly gets the GOP ideas into the mainstream......I'll give him a E, for effort, but that's about it.....Bill clinton whipped him in the the House, Obama will whip him when he becomes the GOP nominee for President!!

Rebranding with Gingrich? Seriously, this is a joke, right?

Newt? Rebranding the GOP? It's a "NEWT-HOOT" ... watching them try to find solid ground beneath their feet is better than watching a mud rodeo. I'll be ready for that new, third party of moderate conservatives sure to rise from the ashes, but in the meantime I'm delighted to watch them burn to the ground...

I think I would rater hear about Sarah Plain and her family instead of Rush, Newt , Cantor and others. This is growing so old. I am glad they are still talking bi-partism. LOL yeah thats a joke

LOL – what kind of rebranding sends out the same old and tired logos?

Someone please tell the republican party that we do not want a "new America" We just want to make the old America a better place, and that is not done by listening to Newt's partisan ideas or the republican parties divisiveness

Good luck folks, but the more I think about it, there will need to be a new moderate third party that is truly fiscally responsible (not conservative) and socially more liberal.

And no, it isn't the Libertarian party – their "anything goes" financial attitudes have been at the core of republican fiscal irresponsibility since Reagan.

Nothing ever changes. From the 1912 Progressive Party Platform of Teddy Roosevelt: "To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."

A tri-partisan party of No, Hate & War.

rebranding led by Eric Cantor and where was the foundation laid by Cantor???

In Vegas and in Britney's rotten arse – LOL!!!!!!

Go get all of these mudhapakkah's who are out to damage my party!!!
Only Megan OR Jindal can do it effectively – all of these old areses wouldn't move a thing for me

Hey Newt, your party is becoming a bunch if Right Wing Do Nothings. This by re-branding your opponent, it does not help you win any more votes, it just shows that you all are not adult enough to surpass the name calling.

So bringing back the old guard is supposed to revitalize a tired party? This adultering hypocrite has no place in a rebranded GOP.

So does Gingrich get to stay a Republican? What about the Club for Change? What goes Rush Say about all this? Does this mean Newt now has, officially, no clue like the rest of the NCNA? Or does he officially now have no morals like the CFC? What does Cheney say? What about Dick? Does this mean Newt's got a firm grasp on Dick? Or is it squat? I'm so confused! Who's running this show?

National Council for a NEWT America??
Hey GOP, wouldn't you think that the results of the election last November WAS a call for a new America...and NOT the one you envision!

Which political party will be the first to have the guts to name something like 'National Council for ALL Political Parties to Work Together'......evidently NOT the GOP.

Let's see if the in-fighting continues as the GOP tries to rebrand itself.

America wants different and all the GOP can come up with is the same tired old thoughts and the same shriveled leadership.

New leadership exists, but the old guard doesn't want to let go. Meghan will have her day yet. She's the Luke Skywalker of the republicans.

Ohh...now we get someone whose willing to put POISON LIPSTICK ON THE PIG! Hahahahahah! Still a pig, Newt! It's still just the same, tired, narrow-minded, evil-hearted, pig that it has been for 30 years! But you go ahead and slap on a coat of RNC Revlon, if you think it'll do you some good!! HAHAHAHAHA!!

One question, Newt? Why in hell do you think you guys LOST??? You might just wanna chew that one around for a bit, before you answer.

Gingrich = Regurgitation not Re-branding, Ha

Re-Brand, my foot, these are the same old greedy fools that bankrupted middle class America. Now, they want to tell us a new bunch of lies so that they can get back to the looting of America!

No, republican can be trusted to help either the lower class or middle class Americans, they are the party of the rich – PERIOD!

Gingrich signs on to GOP re-buking effort.

"Re-branding?" Sounds a lot like "spin control." The Republicans might as well stick with Karl Rove for their image makeover. He's the only man on the planet who could have gotten George Bush and Dick Cheney elected.

Wow... they sure are getting some new blood in there. With fresh ideas, no doubt. Way to go GOP!

I know who will play Sarah Palin in the SNL skits, but who will play Newtie Bear?

How is it considered rebranding when its the same old people are spitting out the same old message?

Is Gingrich, Limbaugh, Palin and Cheney the best the republicans, no wonder they are losing elections. When you have a large group of people who think the earth is only 6000 years old, You have a group who should not be put into power!!

Re-branding?

How appropriately cynical for the right wingers! Give it a new name and say it is improved, even if only the package looks different. We all know inside it is the same stuff. Hypocrisy, lack of intellectual thought, lack of concern for anyone not like "them".

What a joke.

Central to any real GOP re-branding effort is getting rid of deadweight garbage like Newt Gingrich!

All I see are angry white men and this country has had enough of angry white men.

First re-branding assignment for the GOP: Get rid of Gingrich

Newt Gingrich "rebranding" the GOP? Oh, that's rich. ROTFL

Give me a break. That's more of the same ol', same ol' nonsense.

OUTSTANDING! Because everyone remembers what a success his "Contract with America" was. Not to mention his marital fidelity. (credit card bills anyone?) Yeah. Let Newt plug the holes in this sinking ship. The rest of us will enjoy the laugh.

Newt is nothing more than a fire hydrant in a dog park.

What is this the OG fan club? Get over yourselves

I bet their new image is going to involve cutting taxes. Recycling political ideas doesn't count as going green.

I thought the GO:P had already "re branded" themselves, into the "party of no" or is it the "party of obstructionism".

Of course with Limpbaugh in control, they really are the "party of bluster and buffoonery".

The more the merrier, fine with me. Add one more paragon of virtue, honesty and integrity to the group. These people are just as bad as Nancy, Harry and the rest of the Democrats. Time to do away with both major parties.

The GOP really does need input from all parts of the party, left to right. Why would the Repubs decide to focus on using the name Grand Old Party? Grandly Old is right. I say this and I am a card carrying member. I'm tired of the party of "no". 1854 AD. We stood for the right things back then. Now we're more flaky than the cereal with the tiger.

Haven't they tired that once before and failed? Remember "Contract on America?

So it's re-branding how exactly?

If the GOP was really smart, they'd get Meghan McCain, but since they're not... I'm up for a good laugh.

I can only describe this guy's face as "baggy" – weird, isn't it?

The GOP re-branding idea is synonymous with the new GOP re-branded logo, the red, white & blue cockroach.

Great, now if we can coax Karl Rove to help. We will have two great minds.

If all the same people from/who endorsed the GOP are joining the re-branding effort I don't see how the party is going to be any different. Same old, same old. They are at a cross-roads. The most important decision is whether they want to remain with the same base of voters and essentially have their policies dictated by that base, or do they want to win national elections by shunning the base and open their party up to mainstream America.

So, what the Republicans want to do is take a "new symbol", turn the cow around and brand the very same cow with it and tell the American people it's a new cow.

Oh my god. Just what the GOP needs. Another former repug 'star' with a tainted background and skeletons in his closet. I remember the Contract with America, the legislative effort and the actual book that he authored. There is no way he should be allowed to stand up for the GOP, not in any sense. He lives in a glass house and rocks are flying.

LOL...... Re-Branding?!?!?! With all the same guys who brought you the last 8 years. Wonderful. Stupid, but wonderful.