Participate 2012: Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich hopes to party like it's 1998 on Tuesday night.

The former House speaker, who represented Cobb County in Congress for two decades, made an appeal for support to a friendly audience at a Cobb Chamber of Commerce breakfast Thursday at the .

The gist of his speech: The happy days of 1998 will be here again if the voters send him to Washington as president, including job growth, tax reform, and more affordable gasoline and energy.

“Working with Bill Clinton, how did we create 11 million jobs in the four years that I was speaker?” he said. “I just want to get back to where we were when I left the speakership. ... How do you do that? Cut taxes, cut regulations, develop American energy, and you praise the people creating jobs.”

Do you long for the days when Gingrich wielded power in Washington?

Acworth hasn't benefited from a visit from any of the four remaining Republican candidates for president. But as we approach the end of today at 5 p.m. and prepare for Election Day on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., we're bringing you highlights from rallies in nearby Patches.

Check out the Ron Paul rally , Rick Santorum's fly-by appearance at on Thursday and the visit of Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, to Alpharetta on Thursday and share your thoughts on these Participate 2012 articles:

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Remember that you can play your part in choosing Georgia's 76 delegates to the Republican National Convention by voting today or Tuesday. For early voting, the closest sites are , the at , and the of the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration in Marietta.