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OPINION

Rush, Newt Push Media
to the Right

They're mainstream while progressives are ignored: Dionne

Jun 4, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media coverage of Barack Obama is closed-minded and biased—in favor of conservatives. "Rush Limbaugh's sneezes or Newt Gingrich's tweets" circulate like wildfire, but criticism of the president from the Democratic left goes unheard, writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post. The result is a skewed picture in which... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • Democrat • Democratic Party • mainstream GOP • media bias • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich today backed off his remark that Sonia Sotomayor is a “Latina woman racist,” the Boston Globe reports. When he heard the Supreme Court nominee’s now-infamous “wise Latina” soundbite, “my initial reaction was strong and direct,” he wrote in his blog today on... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Jeff Sessions • racist • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

(Newser) - A frontrunner has yet to emerge among Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential election, according to a new CNN poll. Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney are currently tied as the most popular potential candidate, each winning roughly 21% of support among those surveyed. They're trailed by Newt Gingrich... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • Mike Huckabee • Republican Party • Jeb Bush • Sarah Palin • opinion polls • Election 2012

ANALYSIS

Sotomayor Will Likely Get Some GOP Votes

Limbaugh, Gingrich posturing belies thin Senate opposition

Jun 1, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite loud opposition from the likes of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, many Republican senators may vote for Sonia Sotomayor, the New York Times reports. Strategists on both sides suspect that at least a third of the upper house’s 40 Republicans will back the Supreme Court nominee, including the... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Rush Limbaugh • Senate Republicans • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Graham: 
 Sotomayor 
 Thinks She's 
 Superior 

Senate Republicans air grievances against top court pick

May 31, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich have had their say, and today, the senators who will vote on Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation weighed in, Politico reports:
  • On Fox News Sunday, Lindsey Graham demanded Sotomayor apologize for her “wise Latina” comment, saying the judge thinks she’s superior to people
... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Charles Schumer • Rush Limbaugh • Mitch McConnell • Lindsey Graham • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - GOP operatives opposed to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor aren’t happy about the “help” they’re getting from Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, CQ Politics reports. Limbaugh called the nominee a “bigot” for saying “a wise Latina woman” will often make better decisions than a white... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • Republican Party • bigotry • nominee • US Supreme Court • Obama administration • President Obama • racial discrimination • Sonia Sotomayor • reverse racism

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is back, and he’s here to stay. “It’s Gingrich time,” Paul Waldman writes for  the American Prospect. That’s not a good thing, for the Republicans or the country. “This is Newt's time again not only because there's a leadership vacuum in... More »

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Congress • Newt Gingrich • GOP • House of Representatives • Republican Party • speaker of the House • Obama administration • President Obama

 Gingrich 
 Slams Pelosi 
 on Daily Show 

Points way to door over CIA comments

May 20, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich “essentially” called for Nancy Pelosi’s resignation as House speaker last night in a chat with Jon Stewart, Gawker reports. "She either should prove her allegation” that the CIA regularly misleads Congress, or “I think she's done a huge disservice,” the former speaker said... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • Newt Gingrich • resignation • late night talk show • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • speaker of the House

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Cheney: I'm 
 Speaking Out 
 to Keep US Safe 

Petraeus says US routing al-Qaeda; Gingrich likens torture talk to McCarthyism

May 10, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney says he’s been outspoken because the Obama administration has “moved to take down a lot of those policies we put in place to keep the nation safe for 8 years.” On CBS’ Face the Nation, Cheney denied the Bush administration was in the “torture... More »

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Afghanistan • Dick Cheney • Taliban • Newt Gingrich • Pakistan • David Petraeus • nuclear weapons • Jim Jones • Asif Ali Zardari

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton ran into each other today at the White House, on purpose, to discuss education reform with President Obama, USA Today reports. Sharpton noted that they were “two who have not agreed on anything politically,” but joined in an effort to remedy a “... More »

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education • Newt Gingrich • Al Sharpton • Michael Bloomberg • Obama administration • President Obama • Joel Klein • Arne Duncan • schools

OPINION

 Newt to Specter: 
 Good Riddance 


Apr 29, 09 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich’s take on Arlen Specter’s defection? Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, senator. Specter left the party “in spirit” when he cast his vote for “a $787 billion big-spending bill no elected official had even read,” the former speaker... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Arlen Specter • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party

analysis

 Newt Filling 
 Void of GOP 
 Leadership 

Former House speaker fills GOP leadership void

Apr 25, 09 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is back, and he seems to want everyone to know it. The former Republican House speaker is bashing President Obama on everything from his stimulus plan—a “European socialist model"—to his "fantasy foreign policy," Politico reports. "Gingrich is the classic political counterinsurgent,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Republican Party • speaker of the House • President Obama • Republicans

(Newser) - Al Gore and Newt Gingrich both appeared on Capitol Hill today, arguing for and against Democratic legislation that would shape US policy on energy and the environment, MSNBC reports. Gore said the legislation, which would mandate a sweeping changeover to a green economy in the next 50 years, “has... More »

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climate change • Congress • Newt Gingrich • Al Gore • House of Representatives • green energy • energy bill • House Energy and Environment Subcommittee

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Geithner, Henderson 
 Open to GM Bankruptcy 

Treasury sec adamant that GM won't fade away

Apr 5, 09 10:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bankruptcy remains an option for GM as a last resort, both new chief Fritz Henderson and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today. “You can’t rule options off the table,” Henderson told CNN’s State of the Union. Whatever happens, Geithner stressed on CBS’ Face the Nation that... More »

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North Korea • Newt Gingrich • General Motors • David Axelrod • Timothy Geithner • Fritz Henderson

GOP Dinner Dumps Palin
for Dithering

Gingrich gets gig after Alaska guv fails to commit to fundraiser

Apr 1, 09 2:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional Republicans have replaced Sarah Palin with Newt Gingrich as keynote speaker at their spring fundraising dinner after the Alaska governor's aides flip-flopped over whether she could make it, sources tell Politico. Organizers issued a press release trumpeting her appearance after her political action committee confirmed that she would attend,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican Party • fundraiser • Sarah Palin • SarahPAC

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 McCain to Obama: 
 Veto Stimulus Bill 

Rush isn't GOP's leader: Gingrich; Stem-cell reversals a 'distraction:' Cantor

Mar 8, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that the battle over the stimulus bill is over, John McCain has one request for President Obama: Veto it. “We fought a good fight,” the Arizona senator conceded on Fox News Sunday, saying the $410 billion bill would likely pass the Senate despite those efforts. McCain... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • John Boehner • 2009 budget • Peter Orszag

(Newser) - Be careful, President Obama. Your poll numbers are high, but political danger lurks, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. The moderate candidate has shifted left as president, just as Bill Clinton did to his own detriment, and an "embryonic" centrist-right opposition is stirring. “Obama may be fostering... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Bill Clinton • centrist • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • backlash • President Obama • economic downturn

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has his eye on the Oval Office, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports, telling a Virginia crowd he “will look seriously” at running for president. “If we think it’s necessary, we’ll probably do it,” he said yesterday. “And if it isn’t necessary, we... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican Party • Eric Cantor • Election 2012

OPINION

Newt Is the Conservative
Al Sharpton

He'll never run for
office again; he just wants attention

Mar 4, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Trendy political predictions to the contrary, Newt's not "back," and he most certainly isn't going to run for president, writes Jason Zengerle in the New Republic. The former House speaker has maintained political longevity by dangling flirty intimations before story-hunting reporters. Given how he loves to talk, Gingrich... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Al Sharpton • Barry Goldwater • Richard Nixon • conservatives

Obama's Plans Require a Lot More Hands

Federal workforce
could expand by 100-250K, experts say

Mar 3, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama’s ambitious budget and stimulus plans will require the government to hire scores of new workers, the Washington Post reports. Analysts put the number between 100,000 and 250,000 spread among various agencies, the biggest expansion of the federal workforce since Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society days.... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Lyndon Johnson • budget • federal employees • economic stimulus package • Great Society • Obama administration • President Obama • hiring

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