Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich: Fiscal cliff is an ‘artificial invention’

  By KATIE GLUECK   Newt Gingrich is slamming the looming fiscal cliff as “an artificial invention of Washington.” “I think we ought to recognize this entire fiscal cliff is an artificial invention of Washington, created by people in the Congress and the presidency,” the former House speaker said Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “On [...]

Posted in Budget, Congress, Deficit Spending, Newt Gingrich, Politico, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , , ,

Newt Gingrich: 300 electoral votes for Mitt Romney

  By KATIE GLUECK Newt Gingrich is predicting that this election will be a near-landslide victory for Mitt Romney. “I believe the minimum result will be 53-47 Romney, over 300 electoral votes, and the Republicans will pick up the Senate,” the former House speaker said Thursday night on Fox News’s “On the Record with Greta [...]

Posted in 2012 Elections, 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Congress, Fox News, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, Politico, Polls, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Solid Principles, US Senate Race | Tagged as: , , , , , , , ,

Colorado presidential debate: 5 things to watch

Tonight’s debate kicks off a series of three presidential debates. | AP Photo By MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH After weeks of anticipatory news coverage, breathless spin and counter-spin from both sides aiming to lower expectations for their own guy, and occasional off-cue moments from surrogates, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will take the [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Election Coverage, 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Debates, Fox News, Kennedy, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Politico, Republican Presidential Race, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , , , , ,

Newt Gingrich Shows “Meet The Press” Panel Why He is one of the GOP’s Best Debaters

Take a few minutes to watch this YouTube video of Newt Gingrich totally dominating the “Meet The Press” panel with his wonderful debating skills. He wasn’t my pick in the Primaries, but he is one of, if not the best debater we have in the GOP. ~~John Cronin~~   Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin [...]

Posted in 2012 Elections, Abortion, Missouri Senate Race, YouTube | Tagged as: , , , , ,

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum campaigns deep in debt

Gingrich’s campaign is more than $4.7M in debt with less than $736,000 cash on hand. | Reuters By DAVE LEVINTHAL While Barack Obama and Mitt Romney raise millions of dollars daily, presidential also-rans Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich remain saddled with debt.   Gingrich’s situation is most dire: his campaign is than $4.7 million in [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Politico, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Rick Santorum | Tagged as: , , , ,

Gingrich saves barbs for Obama, not Romney

Here’s a brief excerpt from an article in the Rome (Georgia) News Tribune that I thought our readers would enjoy….. ~~John Cronin~~   by Associated Press Gingrich said the former Massachusetts governor’s critics ask if Romney is conservative. “I stare at them for a second and I say, ‘Compared to Barack Obama?’ I mean, let’s [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Associated Press, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich | Tagged as: , , , , ,

“Mitt Romney Will Do Just Fine, Thank You”

By:  J.R. Dunn The  upcoming election will be one of the simplest of our lifetimes.  It is  defined by one axiom: Obama must be defeated. I’m  not one of that crew, sincere but overwrought, who see Barack Obama as some kind  of period to the American story, as a native Anti-Christ by way of Alinsky [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Caucuses & Primaries, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Solid Principles, The American Thinker | Tagged as: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Participatory Democracy: Missouri Caucuses, Bonhomme Township

I had the privilege of taking part in the first round of the delegate selection process during a three hour Caucus held in Bonhomme Township at the Kirkwood Community Center in St. Louis County, Missouri. Before the start of the meeting, I could not have told you much more than about 60 seconds worth of [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Caucuses & Primaries, Missouri, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Republican Presidential Race, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul | Tagged as: , , , , , ,

The ‘gotcha’ campaign

By REID J. EPSTEIN and ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON MILFORD, Mich. — Caught in a make-or-break moment, Mitt Romney went to the videotape. To hear him tell it, the GOP front-runner clicked on a classic piece of opposition research for a peek. The six-day-old Fox News clip summed up the day’s attacks on Rick Santorum. “Senator, I [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Race, Caucuses & Primaries, Debates, Fox News, Mitt Romney, New Hampshire, Newt Gingrich, PAC, Politico, Republican Presidential Race, Rick Santorum, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , , , , , , ,

Gingrich slams rivals for backing out of Georgia debate

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – Newt Gingrich slammed his Republican rivals Friday for refusing to appear in a nationally televised debate from his home state of Georgia, a state the former House speaker has made central to his strategy of getting his struggling presidential bid back on track. Gingrich made his remarks at a rally in [...]

Posted in 2012 Presidential Election Coverage, 2012 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Caucuses & Primaries, Fox News, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Republican Presidential Race, Rick Santorum, Solid Principles | Tagged as: , , , , , , , , ,