The politico has the story here:
http://www.politico.com/...
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will open a website by Monday in an effort to round up the $30 million in pledges that he says would be his ticket to entering the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
Apparently, election rules dictate that he cannot accept actual donations at this point (until announcing, presumably); but what the heck is a "pledge"?