As Newt Gingrich ends his run for the White House, he shows us what real fiscal conservatives look like: Newt Gingrich ends his White House dream today with his political committee facing a mountain of debts — owing about $4 million to scores of businesses and campaign workers around the country who fear they will […]
As the trial starts, get ready for a lot of talk about John Edwards: CBS News) With opening arguments in the trial of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards set to begin on on Monday, a CBS News/New York Times poll shows that public opinion of him has plummeted since he was a […]
Newt Gingrich says he will stay in the race all the way to the National Convention, but his finances might dictate otherwise: GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich might fail to appear on the Utah primary ballot after a check for the required filing fee bounced, according to media reports. The check for $500 bounced on […]
One Republican presidential hopeful today: Newt Gingrich said it is impossible to “fix” Afghanistan and suggested the U.S. should to tell Afghan citizens to “figure out how to live your own miserable life.” Speaking at a Republican luncheon here on Monday, Mr. Gingrich amped up his criticism of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan after a string […]
The Republicans just love government telling people what they can and can’t do: Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich have all told the group Morality in Media that they would enforce federal obscenity laws that prohibit the distribution of pornography. Those laws, the anti-pornography group said, are being ignored by the […]
EMBRACE: to take or receive gladly or eagerly; accept willingly: to embrace an idea. That seems to be the word the GOP is using to describe President Obama’s decision to accept Super PAC funds. Here are some examples: Videos of Obama condemning Super PACs…which he now embraces (PJ Tatler) Obama Embraces Citizens United: “Special Interest” […]
Typical Republican BS: As recently as last week, Newt Gingrich’s communications director has been criticized by editors on Wikipedia for dozens of edits he has made and requested in defense of his candidate. While some of the changes were minor, Joe DeSantis has removed or asked to remove factual references to Gingrich’s three marriages as […]
Here in Ohio, one of the key battleground states, Obama is looking pretty good right now: President Obama leads all 4 remaining Republican challengers in Ohio among general election voters. He leads Mitt Romney by 7 points (49-42), Newt Gingrich by 12 (51-39), Ron Paul by 10 (48-38), and Rick Santorum performs best, trailing Obama […]
With Mitt Romney enjoying a huge win in Florida last night it’s time to look at the exit polls. The very first question is the one that pops out to me: Mitt Romney has almost double the support from women as does Newt Gingrich. That’s a rather large split and one that really spells problems […]
New audio has surfaced from 2009 of Newt Gingrich embracing health insurance mandates. The key takeaway: The real foundation, the most important, uh, part of this is individual rights, responsibilities, and expectation of behavior. Uh, we believe that there should be must-carry, that everyone should have health insurance, or if you’re absolute, uh, libertarian we […]