Newt Gingrich: Sarah Palin 'personifies courage'

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Interviewed at SRLC by CNN chief political correspondent Candy Crowley, Newt Gingrich had some good things to say about Sarah Palin:

"Sarah Palin is tremendously important right now, I mean for maybe 40 percent of the country, she personifies courage, clarity."

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"She's attractive, she's articulate, she has energy... Watch the size of her crowds…And I think whether that translates into something bigger later or whether she's just a very significant person for the rest of her life, she is a real player, nobody should underestimate her."

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"I think she has the potential to fill a niche for a very long time, particularly in an age of cable television and talk radio when you can build your particular market and your audience, and they can love you and come to your meetings and do things with you, and she's done, I think the last couple months she's been very impressive..."

The full Gingrich interview will air Sunday on CNN's "State of The Union."

- JP