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  • September 2008

    • Here Come the Peasants With Pitchforks

      Fortune  |  Sep 29, 08 10:19 AM CDT

      Here Come the Peasants With Pitchforks

      (Newser) - The financial meltdown may have brought simmering economic resentments to a boil and prompted a populist backlash, writes Nina Easton in Fortune . Public opinion indicators—polls, calls to Congress—show widespread fury at the bailout. Long-building anger over growing economic inequality may have combined with disgust at the current crisis and the behind-closed-doors style of addressing it, forming a general anti-elite sentiment. More »

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      Financial Crisis  • credit crisis  • bailout  • Henry Paulson  • Newt Gingrich

    • Newt 'Having a Ball' Bashing Bailout

      Newsweek  |  Sep 26, 08 3:21 PM CDT

      Newt 'Having a Ball' Bashing Bailout

      (Newser) - Newt Gingrich is back, and once again, he’s giving grief to a president named Bush. Gingrich rose to prominence, you’ll recall, by raking the elder Bush over the coals over an oil tax proposal. Now, after a few years in the wilderness, he’s loudly calling for a conservative insurrection against Bush II’s bailout plan, and, in his own words, “having a ball” doing it. More »

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      John McCain  • Financial Crisis  • Republicans  • bailout  • George H. W. Bush  • Newt Gingrich

    • Conservative Pundits Rail Against Bailout

      National Review  |  Sep 22, 08 1:28 PM CDT

      Conservative Pundits Rail Against Bailout

      (Newser) - The Bush administration’s $700 billion financial bailout plan seems destined to make it through Congress, but even conservative pundits are bashing the desperate move: If a Democratic administration were proposing this plan, a Republican Congress would shoot it down, writes Newt Gingrich in the National Review. "Congress was designed by the Founding Fathers to move slowly, precisely to avoid the sudden panic of a one-week solution that becomes a 20-year mess." More »

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      Financial Crisis  • bailout  • Henry Paulson  • conservative  • credit market chaos  • Newt Gingrich

  • August 2008

    • Public Vetoes Most Pols' Books

      Politico  |  Aug 12, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      Public Vetoes Most Pols' Books

      (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are big deals in Congress, but their power apparently doesn’t extend to bookstores, Politico reports. Despite much-hyped releases, new books by the Speaker of the House and the majority leader have sold a mere 6,500 copies—combined. These days, even B-list lawmakers have book deals, but most of the tomes sell just as poorly as Reid’s and Pelosi’s. More »

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      Congress  • book  • Nancy Pelosi  • Harry Reid  • publishing  • Newt Gingrich  • publishing industry

  • July 2008

    • Hard-Core Supply-Sider: I'm Voting for the Democrat

      New York Daily News  |  Jul 17, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Hard-Core Supply-Sider: I'm Voting for the Democrat

      (Newser) - Being a Reagan, Gingrich and Dole soldier won’t stop former Chamber of Commerce honcho Larry Hunter from voting for Barack Obama this fall, he writes in the New York Daily News . It doesn’t matter that he wholly disagrees with the Dem on every point of domestic policy; the chance to close the book on “unjustified war and unconstitutional abridgment of individual rights” is worth the price of “unreconstructed, dyed-in-the-wool, big-government” liberalism. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iraq war  • Ronald Reagan  • Newt Gingrich  • civil liberties  • Bob Dole  • free markets

    • In Drilling, Right May Find Gold Mine of Support

      Politico  |  Jul 1, 08 2:08 PM CDT

      In Drilling, Right May Find Gold Mine of Support

      (Newser) - Insiders warned it was risky for John McCain to reverse himself on offshore drilling, but the issue might yet prove the nucleus for a “right roots” movement to counter MoveOn, Politico reports. In the few weeks since the proposal entered the national conversation, 1.2 million people have signed a Newt Gingrich-sponsored petition favoring drilling, and conservative activists have been closing ranks. More »

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      John McCain  • oil drilling  • offshore oil  • Newt Gingrich  • conservatism  • netroots  • petition

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Bush Strikes Chord at Scribes Dinner

      Variety  |  Apr 28, 08 3:30 AM CDT

      Bush Strikes Chord at Scribes Dinner

      (Newser) - President Bush did a star turn at his final White House correspondents dinner—showing video snippets of previous appearances and grabbing a baton to conduct the Marine Corps Band in Stars & Stripes Forever . Correspondents were way down the pecking order behind celebrities like Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Martha Stewart, and Jenny McCarthy at the annual lovefest between the White House and journalists, reports Variety . More »

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      George W. Bush  • Dick Cheney  • New York Times  • Newt Gingrich  • Craig Ferguson

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Newt Argues a Conservative Green Plan

      New Republic  |  Jan 30, 08 9:07 PM CST

      Newt Argues a Conservative Green Plan

      (Newser) - Newt Gingrich has triggered a debate in the New Republic over how to inspire eco-friendly fuel innovation. He argues that tax breaks and a billion-dollar prize can spark green entrepreneurs to usurp the "oligarchies and dictatorships" that control US oil dependence. But a pair of eco-authors wants more, and argues that Washington must invest tax dollars into new technologies to reverse climate change. More »

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      climate change  • Newt Gingrich  • trial lawyers

  • September 2007

    • Newt Won't Run for President

      CNN  |  Sep 29, 07 1:09 PM CDT

      Newt Won't Run for President

      (Newser) - After dipping his toes in the water ever so briefly, Newt Gingrich has decided not to run for president, CNN reports. Gingrich determined he could not legally explore a run while running his beloved political organization, American Solutions, his spokesman said. Two days ago, the former House speaker pledged to run if supporters could raise $30 million. More »

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      Election 2008  • Republicans  • Newt Gingrich  • presidential race

    • The Case for a Newt Candidacy

      Newsweek  |  Sep 29, 07 7:59 AM CDT

      The Case for a Newt Candidacy

      (Newser) - When Newt Gingrich makes noises about running for president, as he did again this week, eyes roll all over America. He’s deeply unpopular, according to polls, and it seems too late to mobilize a serious campaign. But Newsweek sees an opportunity for the former House speaker in the gloom surrounding the GOP. Gingrich could be a postmodern Barry Goldwater, honorably articulating the conservative platform in defeat. More »

    • Gingrich to GOP: Abandon Bush

      Reuters  |  Sep 14, 07 5:45 PM CDT

      Gingrich to GOP: Abandon Bush

      (Newser) - Republican presidential candidates should make a “clean break” from the Bush Administration, Newt Gingrich declared today. “If you don't represent real change, you just gave away the 2008 election,” the former Speaker said, citing Iraq, the Hurricane Katrina response, and border control as reasons for public unhappiness. Gingrich also said he is highly unlikely to join the race himself. More »

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      Election 2008  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • Republicans  • Newt Gingrich

    • 'Vive Sarko!' Say GOP Hopefuls

      Associated Press  |  Sep 4, 07 12:42 PM CDT

      'Vive Sarko!' Say GOP Hopefuls

      (Newser) - The American right may hate the French, but it loves Nicolas Sarkozy. Republican presidential hopefuls have put the Freedom Fries era behind them and embraced the rightish president, the AP reports—despite his occasional tough talk about the American system. Giuliani’s proud that Sarko's been dubbed “the French Rudy,” and Newt Gingrich praises “the boldest campaign in our lifetime.” More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Mitt Romney  • Rudy Giuliani  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Newt Gingrich

  • August 2007

    • Ex-Speaker Leaving Congress

      New York Times  |  Aug 15, 07 12:55 AM CDT

      Ex-Speaker Leaving Congress

      (Newser) - Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, Republican House Speaker for eight years until he was ousted when Democrats won the majority in November, will not seek re-election in 2008, the New York Times reports. Hastert, who served longer as speaker than any other Republican, says it's too difficult to adjust to a reduced role after being a key political figure. More »

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      House of Representatives  • Newt Gingrich  • Tom DeLay  • J. Dennis Hastert

  • May 2007