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Romney Top Conservative Pick for 2012 in CPAC Poll

Mitt beats out Jindal and Palin in CPAC Poll

Mar 1, 09 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - GOP right-wingers back Mitt Romney to be the 2012 presidential candidate, according to a straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Convention. Yesterday's survey offers a glimpse of conservative thinking as the party begins to reshape itself after heavy losses, Politico notes. Romney, backed by 20% of those polled, bested... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • straw poll • Bobby Jindal • CPAC • Sarah Palin • Election 2012 • Conservative Political Action Convention

Bush Fans Rare at Conservative Pow-Wow

CPAC speakers slam former president,
along with Obama

Feb 28, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference every year of his presidency, but this year when you hear his name, it’s usually being derided, writes Andy Barr of Politico. Newt Gingrich spent his speech railing against “Bush-Obama big spending,” while Mike Huckabee cited Bush’... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Mike Huckabee • Bush legacy • Conservative Political Action Conference • George W. Bush • conservatives • conservative movement

ANALYSIS

GOP's Cantor Plays Foil in Obama's Bipartisan Push


Feb 26, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - At a time when congressional Republicans hold little power, Minority Whip Eric Cantor has finagled a pivotal role for himself in Washington. Cantor—Barack Obama’s Republican of choice in bipartisan overtures—has coyly positioned himself against House Democrats instead of the popular president, Rick Klein notes for ABC News.... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Republican • Bill Clinton • House minority whip • bipartisanship • House Republicans • Eric Cantor • President Obama

Newt: Jindal
Will Be a Major Player for Years

'He'll be the same age as John McCain—34 years from now'

Feb 25, 09 8:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Guess who's the subject of a 60 Minutes profile this weekend? None other than Bobby Jindal, who's not having the best of days. But the Louisiana governor can take solace from Newt Gingrich, who tells Morley Safer during the show that Jindal "will automatically be a major contender for... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • 60 Minutes • speech • governor • Bill Maher Grid

Republicans Hope for 1994 All Over Again

But Dems are in a
better position than
they were under Clinton

Feb 23, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is banking on change, but Republicans are betting things haven’t changed much at all. They’re hoping to bounce back from the political wasteland using the same playbook that swept them into power in 1994, Jeanne Cummings writes in Politico. The strategy: Unite against Democrats' economic policy,... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • health insurance • Bill Clinton • health care reform • Grover Norquist • economic stimulus package • political strategy • Republicans

 Tracking 
 Washington's 
 Twitterati 

Rove, McCaskill, others make microblogging look useful

Feb 23, 09 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - To the unconverted, Twitter seems about as useful as a Snuggie, writes Patrick Gavin in Politico, but some DC movers and shakers are making the microblogging site work for them. Here’s his top 10:
  1. Karl Rove: More than 11,000 have signed up for quick glimpses into
... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Internet • Newt Gingrich • Karl Rove • Web 2.0 • Claire McCaskill • Twitter • Bill Maher Grid

 GOP Whip 
 Faces Newt's 
 Task Magnified 

Cantor, a key face for the GOP, led the charge against stimulus

Feb 15, 09 10:42 AM CST
(Newser) - House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's position resembles that of predecessor Newt Gingrich in 1993, and like Gingrich, Cantor has rallied Republicans in a divisive budget battle against reigning Democrats. But continuing in Gingrich's mold may be a tall order, writes Adam Nagourney in the New York Times—while Newt led... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Senate Republicans • Minority Whip • economic stimulus package • Eric Cantor • President Obama

 Newt: An Old Star on the Rise 

Former House Speaker muses on his political future

Dec 21, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has 1.1 million subscribers to his email list, 4,825 Facebook friends, and was the election's most influential voice outside the two presidential campaigns on everything from gas prices to the Wall Street bailout, Politico reports. So will the former speaker of the House run for president... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Republican Party • Election 2012

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Newt: Palin's 
 Not It in 2012 

Group of frontrunners will emerge, Former House Speaker predicts

Nov 16, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich predicts that Sarah Palin will not be the Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee, the Hill reports. “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” the former speaker of the House told Face the Nation. “But she’s going to be one of 20... More »

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Newt Gingrich • General Motors • Jon Kyl • Tim Pawlenty • talk show • Carl Levin • Richard Shelby • auto industry • Carlos Gutierrez • Rick Wagoner • bailout • Sarah Palin • financial crisis • Election 2012 • President Obama

2012 Campaign Gets Under Way

Huckabee, Jindal among possible GOP candidates hitting trail
in Iowa, elsewhere

Nov 10, 08 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Likely candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are playing it cool, but their feet tell a different story, Jonathan Martin writes for Politico. Mike Huckabee, for example, says 2012 is “way too far away” to think about, but his book tour has lots of stops in Iowa and... More »

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Mitt Romney • Newt Gingrich • GOP • Mike Huckabee • Republican Party • Tim Pawlenty • Charlie Crist • Bobby Jindal • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • Election 2012


 Novak: 
 Newt in 2012 

Newt ready and willing

Nov 8, 08 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Shell-shocked Republicans are casting about for a savior for 2012, and believe it or not, the name most often floated for this Moses-like role is none other than Newt Gingrich, writes Bob Novak of the Chicago Sun-Times. It’s a “very risky choice,” admits one strong Newt-booster,... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Election 2008 • Election 2012

OPINION

Health Care Should Be More Like Baseball

We need better statistics to make sound judgments

Oct 24, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - If the US health care industry were a baseball team, it’d be “a hidebound, tradition-based ball club that chases after aging sluggers,” write Billy Beane, John Kerry, and Newt Gingrich in the New York Times. The US spends egregiously on health care but gets little... More »

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health care • health care costs • Newt Gingrich • Oakland Athletics • John Kerry • sabermetrics • health care reform • baseball • Billy Beane

TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

 Robocalls Are 
 Legit: McCain 

Defends use of same tactic used against him in 2000

Oct 19, 08 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain defended his use of robocalls on Fox News Sunday, arguing his attacks on Barack Obama are different from the slanderous calls that targeted him during the 2000 primaries, Politico reports. “These are legitimate and truthful and they are far different than the phone calls that were... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Newt Gingrich • campaign finance • Obama 2008 • robo-calls • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • polls

ANALYSIS

Here Come the Peasants With Pitchforks

Meltdown, bailout provoke populist fury against Wall St., DC

Sep 29, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Henry Paulson • credit crisis • bailout • financial crisis

OPINION

 Newt 'Having a Ball' 
 Bashing Bailout 

History repeats itself for Gingrich

Sep 26, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(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... More »

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John McCain • Newt Gingrich • Republican • George HW Bush • bailout • financial crisis

OPINION

Conservative Pundits Rail Against Bailout

Even right wing doesn't like administration's rescue plan

Sep 22, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(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.
... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Henry Paulson • conservative • bailout • credit market chaos • financial crisis • William Kristol

 Public Vetoes Most Pols' Books 

Exceptions incluide Clintons, Obama, McCain

Aug 12, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

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

Former Chamber of Commerce honcho has had enough foreign policy disaster

Jul 17, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

ANALYSIS

In Drilling, Right May Find Gold Mine of Support

Gingrich's 'Drill Now' online drive has seen huge conservative response

Jul 1, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

opinion

Clintons Are Reliving Their Worst Ordeal: Impeachment

Resemblances between 1998 and 2008 striking, New Republic's Crowley finds

May 14, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - For Bill and Hillary Clinton, 2008 is smacking of 1998, as the struggle to stay in the presidential race looks remarkably like the battle to survive impeachment, argues Michael Crowley in the New Republic. The former first couple is under siege again, and again is willing to “ride out... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Newt Gingrich • Bill Clinton • impeachment • Monica Lewinsky • victimization • Henry Hyde • superdelegates

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