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Newt Gingrich Says He's Considering White House Run

Jul 12th 2010 – 4:00PM
Charlie Neibergall, AP

Charlie Neibergall, AP

DES MOINES, Iowa (July 12) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he's seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year. Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press that he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm...

Controversy Brews Ahead of Tea Party Convention

By Steve PendleburyFeb 1st 2010 – 11:33AM
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(Feb. 1) -- One of the organizers of the first National Tea Party Convention is steamed about criticism of this week's event. Judson and Sherry Phillips, creators of Tea Party Nation, have been under fire for weeks over their convention, which opens Thursday at the Opryland hotel and features Sarah Palin as the keynote...

Newt Gingrich on Terrorist Threat: 'It's Time to Profile'

Dec 31st 2009 – 7:55PM
AP

AP

(Dec. 31) -- Nearly one week after the attempted bombing of an American airliner, Newt Gingrich writes that the Obama administration is more concerned with "protecting the rights of terrorists" than protecting the lives of Americans and calls for "profiling for terrorists."

Opinion: Obama Needs to Change Course on Jobs

Dec 2nd 2009 – 8:49PM

(Dec. 2) - President Obama is holding a jobs summit to address the crisis of nearly 16 million Americans without work, the highest unemployment rate in more than 26 years. And while he's invited more than 130 CEOs, academics, journalists and union leaders to share their views on the economy at the White House, at the end...

America's Biggest Little Election

By Steve PendleburyNov 2nd 2009 – 9:19AM

There are only two congressional elections Tuesday, but one of them is turning out to be a real doozy. In what pundits are treating as a microcosm of the battle for the soul of the GOP, Republican Dede Scozzafava abruptly quit the race in New York's 23rd District and endorsed a Democrat instead of the Conservative Party...

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Georgia Primary 2012: Newt Gingrich May Face Challenge From Mitt Romney

Feb 09th 2012 - 07:47AM

The Georgia presidential primary may not be a slam dunk for Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich, a congressman from the state for two decades.

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GOP Primary Show: Non-Stop News And Noise In The Age Of Twitter

By Michael Calderone Feb 07th 2012 - 12:12PM

Last week, Jon Ralston, a veteran Las Vegas Sun columnist, dared reporters to ignore Donald Trump's unveiling of his presidential endorsement -- with low expectations about how that might play out.

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Crucial Reform Seen As 'Ferociously Difficult'

By AP Feb 06th 2012 - 05:56PM

WASHINGTON -- Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start?

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Blind Allegiance Is Good for Sports, Bad for Political Debate

By Byron Williams Feb 06th 2012 - 05:19PM

I have been a San Francisco Giants baseball fan since 1965, which means my allegiance began before any player who wears the black and orange today was born.

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Records Complicate Newt's Lobbyist Denial

By AP Feb 06th 2012 - 12:33PM

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients.

NewtGingrich News From the Web

  • 02/10/12 Is Rick Santorum conservatives' last, best hope? Source: 1010 Wins At CPAC in 2011, Newt Gingrich took the stage to the stirring sound of Survivor's 1980's rock anthem "Eye of the Tiger."
  • 02/10/12 Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich Will Address the... Source: Cumming Home - Cumming GA Presidential Candidate Newt Gingrich has his sights set on Georgia.
  • 02/10/12 Callista Gingrich to introduce Newt at CPAC Source: Politico Callista Gingrich is set to introduce her husband Newt Gingrich at CPAC tomorrow, a source familiar with her plan tells POLITICO.
  • 02/10/12 Do You Speak Conservative? Source: KNUS 710 - Denver CO He makes conservative audiences roar with approval when he compares the efficiency of FedEx and MasterCard to the post office and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
  • 02/10/12 “Newtron” Aims to Inflame Mexican American... Source: LA Progressive In recent days, Newt Gingrich — or as I like to call him, "Newtron"— has lobbed a campaign bomb at President "O"bama designed to inflame the Mexican American community and its Latino cousins. He has recently been joined by "Sanatorium" and "John Boner" in this attack on the U.S. Constitution.

Background on NewtGingrich

Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich (; born Newton Leroy McPherson; June 17, 1943) is an American politician, author, and political consultant, who served as the 58th Speaker of the U.S.

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