** FILE ** In this Sept. 27, 1994 file photo, then-House Minority Whip Rep. Newt Gingrich, D-Ga., addresses Republican congressional candidates on Capitol Hill during a rally where they pledged a new "Contract with America." As Republican head into the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Sept. 1, Gingrich said the GOP must position itself" as a broadly center-right party that achieves the goals of the American people" in a time of soaring costs for energy, health care and other needs." (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)