Why Republicans like Newt Gingrich
Washington P
Newt Gingrich made the claim that some people who receive government aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "take their food stamp money and use it to go to Hawaii." "More Americans now get food stamps therefore and we now give it Newt Gingrich in November 2011, asked what he told Freddie Mac when he [...]
Read MoreGingrich says his ascent in GOP primary has his campaign rethinking its operations
Washington P
His candidate, Newt Gingrich, had moved beyond scolding journalists to talking ideas and looking like a contender. But then Gingrich seemed to embrace a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. And Gingrey, who opposes amnesty like most conservatives, In an appearance in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Nov. 30, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich reiterated [...]
Read MoreMitt Romney preps Newt Gingrich attack
Politico
As his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has gained traction in recent weeks, Mr. Gingrich has said he expects increased scrutiny of his business activities since leaving Congress in 1999. Those activities Texas Congressman and fundraising powerhouse Ron Paul's campaign released an absolutely brutal web ad attacking current national frontrunner Newt Gingrich for serial [...]
Read MoreGinger White, latest Herman Cain accuser: Who is she?
Washington P
Ginger White is coming forward with new allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. She says she had a 13-YEAR affair with the man. On Monday afternoon news broke of an alleged consensual and long-term affair between GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain and an Atlanta area woman by the impossibly scripted name Ginger White. The [...]
Read MoreBarney Frank, a Top Liberal, Won't Seek Re-election
New York Tim
Upon his retirement, Barney Frank will be the subject of many glowing tributes. The Massachusetts Democrat's real legacy is creating the problems associated with empowering and then failing to control Fannie Mae and and increasingly we've seen that more and more states find themselves on the political map as potential battleground states and swing states.” [...]
Read MoreNewt Gingrich gains New Hampshire paper's backing
San Francisc
Current GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich referenced a popular (among right-wingers) but baseless attack against President Obama this weekend during a speech in Naples, Florida. Challenging the President to a series of GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich received the endorsement of the influential editorial board of the New Hampshire Union Leader today providing a major boost [...]
Read MoreNBA Reaches Tentative Deal To Save Season
New York Tim
Now that the lockout is over, and the 2011-12 season will take place, the 30 NBA teams will be hustling to get themselves together, signing free agents, putting together training camps, and getting ready to play in an abbreviated period. Dirk Nowitzki is well now but return later this year with the NBA Dallas Mavericks-winner [...]
Read MoreGOP Candidates in Four-Way Dead Heat
Bloomberg
Lazy campaigner Newt Gingrich has taken the lead in the GOP primary, a development we're sure he'll acknowledge with some retail politicking in the US Virgin Islands. Nerds at the San Francisco Fed predict the economy will get better right around when WASHINGTON — The most obvious interpretation of Newt Gingrich's sudden emergence atop the [...]
Read MoreGOP polls: Newt Gingrich surges as Cain slips. Is he the real anti-Romney?
Christian Sc
Newt Gingrich hasn't replaced Herman Cain, but he's leapfrogged Romney. Apparently, social conservatives think if you love straight marriage, you should do it as much as possible. Mitt Romney still hasn't figured out how to GOP polls show big gains for Newt Gingrich, ranking ahead of or even with Mitt Romney. One of the GOP [...]
Read MorePoll: Cain tops 3-way race with Romney, Gingrich
CBS News
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, whose campaign was left for dead months ago by many, is surging in South Carolina. Newt Gingrich has pitched himself as an ideas man his whole career, and now that he's gaining in polls, he suddenly seems smarter than his former top staffers who quit his campaign to work for [...]
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