Newt Gingrich

Rightwingnews: Pre-Florida Conservative blogger Presidential Poll

January 30, 2012

John Hawkins over at RightWingNews does a lot of polling of Conservative blogsites and the ‘Grok as picked to participate in his latest one.  One day ahead of the Florida Presidential Primary, he wanted to know where over 250 bloggers stood on the remaining candidates: Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on [ Read more ]

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Herman Cain Endorses Newt Gingrich

January 29, 2012

Newt Gingrich spoke at the Lincoln Day Dinner at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida, where he was endorsed by former candidate Herman Cain. Other speakers included Rep. Allen West (R-FL), & Sid Dinerstein, Palm Beach County Republican Party Chairman. Click here for just the Cain segment (Video Courtesy C-SPAN)

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What Happened at the Reagan Revolution?

January 27, 2012

Mitt Romney has gone to great lengths to belittle Gingrich’s role in the Reagan revolution, even having an aide check the index of Reagan’s diary to find “just one reference” to Newt. Problem is, that speed reading to find what you want to believe, leads you to overlook everything else. In fact, the people who [ Read more ]

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Data Point – Once again, “who pays the taxes”? Where’s the Press on this?

January 22, 2012

From the Wall Street Journal: “This all-too-conveniently confuses the incidence of a tax with the burden of a tax. The marginal tax rate on every additional dollar of capital gains and dividend income from corporate profits can reach as high as 44.75% at the federal level (assuming a company pays the 35% top corporate rate), [ Read more ]

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Not So Lucky Talisman – Wipeout in SC

January 22, 2012

The best laid plans of gnomes and men were not enough to save Mittens from a hubristic wipeout in South Carolina Saturday evening. First he claimed the momentum and inevitability after NH, then, as he saw Newt’s numbers rebounding, Romney called in the surrogate attackers, and finally he tried to backpedal expectations – all to no avail. Newt’s margin of victory was [ Read more ]

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Brief thought on the opening of the CNN Prez Debate tonite

January 19, 2012

I haven’t looked for it yet, but I can guarantee that there will be clips aplenty of how Newt Gingrich unloaded on the prepared, “barely tabloid level” question that CNN host John King tried to bait him with the story / interview of his ex-wife and the subject of open marriage.  You just KNEW that [ Read more ]

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On the news that there are polls that have Newt Gringrich leading Mitt Romney in South Carolina

January 19, 2012

(H/T:  Mac)

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GrokTV Event: Former US Speaker Newt Gingrich at the Hillsborough County Republicans 1/6/2012

January 7, 2012

The next speaker at the Hillsborough Republican event last night was former Speaker of the US House, Newt Gingrich.  To say that there was a crush of MSM press would not even come close!  As he had another event soon after , his remarks were rather short – but well listened to:

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O’Brien to Endorse Gingrich; Horn will Endorse Romney

December 21, 2011

The Manchester Union Leader is reporting today that House Speaker Bill O’Brien plans to formally endorse Newt Gingrich today.  This was noted last week but not formally stated. “I want a candidate who has a clear understanding of conservative philosophy. I look for someone who has good instincts, someone who is intelligent and has great [ Read more ]

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Newt on the Left as presented by Occupy Wall Street

December 16, 2011

It fits – it is just a minute long so watch it.  Since Hayward reprised it, if you liked Reagan’s “Acts like Tarzan, dresses like Jane, smells like cheetah”, you get the idea: (H/T: Powerline) Note: Our new blogging platform is nice enough to show me drafts of stuff that I didn’t actually post…this is [ Read more ]

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Email Doodlings – 2012 Presidential Primary – whose next?

December 13, 2011

Well, on yet another email thread I’m on, just before I decided to be a rock Fool, I got the question (else I would have posted earlier): Tim, Johnson’s likely to run 3rd party, due to the media freeze-out.  Cain is now out.  So who’s left?  Or perhaps, who’s right? What’s the Granite Grok crew [ Read more ]

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Windham Welcomes Gingrich

December 13, 2011

John Sununu’s ears must be bleeding.  Yesterday Hot Air reported on the Sununu dig at Gingrich and what looks like a twenty year old grudge between them about Newt not supporting the Elder Bushes tax hike deal.  (The one that cost him the oval office.)  The problem is that by drawing attention to it, Sununu [ Read more ]

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What exactly is it about Newt Gingrich? He drives them mad, both left and right….

December 13, 2011

“Gingrich reminds me more of a Steve Jobs or a Richard Branson than he does of a politician, and that is a good thing because politicians these days are the kind of people that make me want to bang my forehead against the desk.” That from Roger Simon, a Hollywood guy, at PJ Media today. Read [ Read more ]

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National Review – The Week

December 12, 2011

If the latest issue of National Review has graced your mail box (or you read the digital edition) you’ve probably read this already, but I can’t help but share it. “The case for Newt is that he is nothing like that guy who used to be governor of Massachusetts.  The case for Romney is very [ Read more ]

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Jed Babbin: Romney is our version of AlGore!

December 12, 2011

Over at American Spectator, Jed Babbin asks “Why is Newt still Rising?” Please click the picture for the complete, excellent, essay, but the pull quote for me is: “Let’s face it: Mitt Romney is the Republican version of Al Gore. Even people who are predisposed to liking him can’t seem to get there. [Yet] Romney [ Read more ]

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EMail Doodlings – “How the can this movement support this insider?!?!?!?!?!” (Part 2)

December 6, 2011

Adding on to my previous post – a reposte to a response (lightly edited): Obama is a dictator, not a traditional political President Obama is the epitome of the Progressive end-game: The High Administrator of the Administrative State that should decide for us all what is best for us instead of the Founders’ vision that [ Read more ]

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Governor Jon Huntsman Snubs Windham NH [Updated]

December 6, 2011

Southern New Hampshire 9.12 announced today that the forum for a Lincoln-Douglass style debate between Governor Jon Huntsman and former Speaker Newt Gingrich has had its venue changed without their knowledge or permission.   The debate was scheduled for December 12th, at 7 pm, at Windham High School. From what I can tell it appears [ Read more ]

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EMail Doodlings – “How the can this movement support this insider?!?!?!?!?!” (Part 1)

December 5, 2011

There is one very upset and confused guy on one of the email lists I’m on; a Libertarian TEA Party kind of guy, he JUST cannot for the life of him, understand why Newt Gingrich is surging so with Movement Conservatives.  And why TEA Partiers are flocking to Newt just is beyond his comprehension.  So, [ Read more ]

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Bachmann’s Contrdiction

November 27, 2011

Speaker Gingrich is taking heat for statements about immigration reform, mostly from people campaigning against him. (But then, that’s what makes a big primary so much fun.) Congressman Michele Bachmann, on PBS NewsHour of all places, took it to the hole with this remark…

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Newt at Ovide’s May 25, 2011

May 26, 2011

Newt is brilliant. He is experienced. He has been attacked by every media source, and he usually responds very well. More importantly, even in the face of severe attacks, he has persisted doing the right things. He has taken time to consider alternative solutions to many of our problems. He demonstrated ability and commitment to conservative principles while Speaker and on most things after that time. People know Newt. He is one of several Republicans who could make great American Presidents. It seems to me the question is, “Can he regain the trust of conservatives?”

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