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GOP Voters in Early States Embrace a Trump Presidential Bid

Apr 19th 2011 – 12:10PM
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WASHINGTON -- Out with Sarah. In with The Donald. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party's search for a challenger seems stranger by the day. GOP celebrities like Sarah Palin aren't getting much buzz. Mainstream candidates like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty...

Likely GOP Presidential Candidates Slam Obama Budget Plan

Apr 14th 2011 – 4:26AM
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AP

CONCORD, N.H. -- The Republicans vying to challenge President Barack Obama next year are universally panning his budget proposal as political gimmickry and another example of his inability to lead. The likely candidates lined up Wednesday against Obama's budget proposal, which would cut the federal deficit by $4 trillion...

Gingrich: Obama's Tax Plan a Job-Killer

Apr 13th 2011 – 8:47PM

ATLANTA -- Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich blasted a budget address by President Barack Obama as "a sadly political speech of remarkable demagoguery." The former U.S. House speaker was in Atlanta Wednesday scooping up money for his likely Republican White House bid. He told The Associated Press that Obama's...

46 Percent of Mississippi Republicans Want Interracial Marriage Banned

By Lauren FrayerApr 8th 2011 – 8:24AM
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A new poll gauging Mississippi Republicans' preferences going into the 2012 election ended up revealing something more startling: 46 percent of GOP voters in the state think interracial marriage should be illegal. Results were announced Thursday by Public Policy Polling, a polling firm based in North Carolina. The company...

GOP Presidential Hopefuls Hammer Health Care

Mar 26th 2011 – 9:32PM
Charlie Neibergall, AP

Charlie Neibergall, AP

DES MOINES, Iowa - A handful of high-profile Republicans who may be eyeing the White House told hundreds of conservative activists Saturday that most Americans agree with their values, and insisted that opposition to the president's health care overhaul could help the GOP make historic gains in 2012. Rep. Michele...

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2012: Seeing the Long Arc of American Democracy Reversed

May 31st 2012 - 01:03PM

At long last, you are the official Republican nominee for president.

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Newt Gingrich: Birthers Stir Not Distracting Mitt Romney

May 29th 2012 - 09:38PM

Former GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich praised Mitt Romney's handling of Tuesday's controversy over Donald Trump's renewed questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace.

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Newt Gingrich's Attacks On Mitt Romney's Bain Capital Tenure Inspired Obama-Allied Super PAC

May 24th 2012 - 12:21PM

The first sustained attacks against presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney over his tenure at the helm of Bain Capital took place in mid-January, during the heated days leading up to the South Carolina primary.

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HUFFPOST FUNDRACE -- Super PACs Fall In April

May 23rd 2012 - 06:49PM

Super PACs raised less money in April as Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich departed from the stage.

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Gingrich Empire Going Bankrupt

May 22nd 2012 - 10:19AM

ATLANTA - When he entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in May 2011, Newt Gingrich was the prosperous head of a small empire commonly known as Newt Inc, which included both for-profit consultancies and nonprofit foundations.

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  • 06/01/12 The Chronicles of Mitt: June 1, 2012 Source: Daily Kos It is once again I, Mitt Romney, your better.
  • 06/01/12 The week in one-liners: Wolf, FLOTUS, Newt Source: Politico "I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong."—
  • 06/01/12 Newt Gingrich: Bad surrogate Source: Salon.com The candidate released his birth certificate just minutes before a joint appearance with the reality TV star in Las Vegas last night.
  • 06/01/12 Newt looks back Source: Politico Newt Gingrich, in an interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, describes how his presidential dreams briefly came true -- and how the pro-Romney super PAC brought them crashing down: Last August, I was down to 3 percent in the Gallup polls.
  • 06/01/12 Breaking Brad: 'I want some nasty' Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE Brad Dickson's humor column, "Breaking Brad" appears daily on Omaha.com and in The World-Herald.

Background on newt gingrich

Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich (; born Newton Leroy McPherson; June 17, 1943) is an American politician, author, and political consultant.

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