Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

ROAD TO 2012: Can Gingrich Make it Last?

Welcome to another ‘Road to 2012′ – what Pundits overlook, and what we notice South Carolina: While Newt did take the win, South Carolina also opens itself up to newer scrutiny.  Unlike the New Hampshire where unregistered/independents made up 47% of the vote, the open Primary allowed registered Democrats and Independents to vote in GOP field. [...]

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Newt Gingrich is angry

By ROGER SIMON ORANGEBURG, S.C. – – Newt Gingrich trundles into the meeting hall – – a former X-rated movie theater – – to rapturous applause. He is not the best-looking guy in Republican race or the best-funded or the most ideologically pure. But he has found his shtick, and he is shticking to it. [...]

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South Carolina primary: Scramble ahead of Saturday vote

By BILL NICHOLS COLUMBIA, S.C. The four surviving combatants in the 2012 Republican presidential field were crisscrossing South Carolina on Friday in the final hours before a critical primary that could either end the race or raise dramatic new questions about Mitt Romney’s hold on the nomination. After a tumultuous Thursday that saw Rick Perry [...]

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Romney campaign unloads on ‘outrageous and destructive’ Newt Gingrich

Toby Harnden’s Blog There is now polling indicating a possible Newt Gingrich surge after Monday night’s debate – A Rasmussen tracking survey has him just three points behind Mitt Romney. Notably, Rick Santorum may need to start wearing a lifebelt rather than a sweater vest – he appears to be sinking fast. But the surest [...]

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Mitt Romney doesn’t really have a Republican problem

Posted by Chris Cillizza Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is the undisputed frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination even as he continues to endure whispers that he is simply too moderate to win over a majority of the GOP. Exit polling from Romney’s 16-point victory in New Hampshire tells a very different story, however. Among [...]

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GOP divided over potential impact of Bain attacks

      By Amy Gardner and Peter Wallsten, Published: January 12 GREER, S.C. — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney appeared Thursday to have successfully blunted attacks on his work at Bain Capital, with still more conservatives coming to his defense, his rivals backing down and voters at campaign stops in South Carolina saying they [...]

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Road to 2012 – Post NH Pre SC

Welcome to another ‘Road to 2012′ – what Pundits overlook, and what we notice NEW HAMPSHIRE:  While it didn’t offer the roller-coaster of Iowa caucus, the early call for Romney allowed the media pundits the chance to throw in comments which didn’t come to pass, but never chose to clarify. When the early reports of [...]

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Mitt Romney and the Bain bomb

[ Editor's Comment:  As we all know by now, the media loves a horse race. It's good for circulation, for viewership and for website traffic. That being said, a lot of what passes as "news analysis" is pure propaganda. When the race card doesn't work to keep people interested in a race when a candidate [...]

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The Road to 2012

Greetings and welcome to a New Year here at Solid Principles. I’m back from a sabbatical, mostly my thoughts have been spread on my Facebook account, and random thoughts at Twitter. Prior to resuming Podcasting, I felt it was time to share my thoughts via this article on the Republican Primaries, given that we have [...]

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Mitt Romney on Newt Gingrich: He’s the front-runner

By MIKE ALLEN MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney, who just a month ago had hoped to seal the GOP presidential nomination with Florida’s primary on Jan. 31, tells POLITICO that he now foresees an epic fight with Newt Gingrich that could last through the California primary on June 5. Asked if the former House speaker [...]

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