Gary Busey Withdraws His Endorsement Of Newt Gingrich

It was, at the end, just too awesome of a thing to last. On Saturday, The Hill’s Emily Goodin reported that actor Gary Busey had decided to endorse Newt Gingrich for President, noting that he never met the GOP frontrunner, “but I know what he stands for.”

Wednesday afternoon, Busey issued a statement, announcing the withdrawal of his endorsement.

“It is not time for me to be endorsing anyone at this time! When there are the two final candidates, then I will endorse.”

When Goodin pressed Busey on the change of heart, the actor’s spokesman told her that while Busey “likes” Gingrich, he just didn’t want to endorse anyone at this time.

Busey isn’t the first actor with a cult-ish following to endorse a GOP candidate. In 2007, Chuck Norris threw his weight behind Mike Huckabee, making several appearances and surprisingly entertaining commercials on his behalf. For fans of Busey on edge as to when the field may be trimmed to just two candidates, recent history says that you’ll have about two months of anxiety: in 2008, Huckabee dropped out of the nomination race on March 4, leaving it a two-man (albeit one-sided) race between John McCain and Ron Paul.

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