Posts tagged “Newt Gingrich”
The GOP’s New Stance On Social Security
Remember when Rick Perry rocketed to the top of the polls in September and decried Social Security as a “Ponzi Scheme”? You might recall that a number of prominent conservative voices stepped up to support his claim. Even though many didn’t necessarily accept the characerization of Social Security as a “Ponzi Scheme,” many still spoke [...]
The Gingrinch
Only two weeks ago, Newt Gingrich excitedly told an audience at Harvard that, “Most of these [failing] schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors, have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work, they would have cash, they would have pride in [...]
Rhetoric and Failure
Mitt Romney (11/21/2011): “They set this trap by saying we’re going to cut the military by $600 billion,” Romney said of the automatic cuts that would happen if the Super Committee did not reach a deal. “With the world that’s a dangerous place, we’re going to put the military on the chopping block. It’s like [...]
Newt Gingrich Vs. Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich on President Obama’s job policies (11/2/11): “This country has been maniacally anti-jobs. Obama is a left-wing radical who believes in class warfare and then he’s surprised that everybody who he’s attacking doesn’t create jobs. Newt Gingrich on Occupy Wall Street demonstrators (11/19/11): “That is a pretty good symptom of how much the left has [...]
Bullets 11/17/11
“All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street.” Liveblog on the New York Daily News website, by far the best coverage of the OWS Day of Action. Timothy Egan calls out Newt Gingrich for his hypocrisy on Freddie Mac. Take away line: “In his latest incarnation, Gingrich poses as an outsider who will break up the Washington establishment [...]
The Threat of Gingrich
I don’t like the most recent poll that shows Newt Gingrich as the front runner (with 28%). The PPP (Public Policy Polling) poll has some funky results that make me question whether they got a good sample of Republicans. For instance, it still has Herman Cain at 25%, which beats Romney at 18%. While the PPP, and [...]
…And Newt Gingrich Rises to Front-Runner Status
With all the madness and childish incomprehensibility that has defined the Republican presidential nomination race thus far, it should have been accepted as inevitable that Newt Gingrich would one day attain front-runner status. Today, we have entered into this disturbing reality: The Republican presidential race is being shaken up again, with Mitt Romney retaking the lead, [...]
Cain-Gingirch
I’ll be pseudo-live blogging this debate and in the down time I’ll be penning a post about the most recent developments in Herman Cain’s the sexual harassment scandal. You can watch it too via CSPAN. -Live Blog- 11:54 – Cain & Gingrich ask each other a question. Cain tells about his surprise at the “nit-pitckiness” [...]
Fiscal Conservatism Fail
One of the lesser publicized news items of the past couple days is the release of new campaign finance reports that remarkably demonstrate how terrible some of the Republican presidential candidates are with money. In fact, the campaigns of four major candidates – Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Jon Huntsman – have hundreds [...]
Romney and Perry Exchange Blows in Debate
The two front runners in the GOP primary exchanged blows on the most important issue of the campaign last night. Jobs. Overall, I think the #1 story of this debate is that Perry was attacked but survived. He faced only a couple of his very controversial skeletons but handled them with grace. The soundbites are [...]