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Coburn: I would not support Gingrich for president
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) is set to take steps this week towards exploring a possible presidential run, but he hasn’t convinced conservative Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) to support him. In an interview with C-SPAN Wednesday, Coburn was clear that the former speaker wouldn’t be getting his vote in…
Fox News suspends Gingrich, Santorum for signaling presidential runs
Fox News has suspended contributors Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum for 60 days effective immediately, citing their apparent intentions to launch presidential campaigns Fox News anchor Bret Baier made the announcement Wednesday that the former House Speaker and Pennsylvania senator will be “suspended” as they have “signaled possible runs” for…
Richard Burr: Newt Gingrich won’t be the GOP nominee in 2012
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) bluntly predicted that Newt Gingrich would fail to secure the Republican nomination in 2012, after the former House speaker declared he was exploring a presidential bid. Burr was first elected to the House in 1994 on the coattails of the Gingrich-led Republican takeover of…
Report: Fox News gave GOP presidential candidates $55 million in free advertising
Being on the Fox News payroll has its advantages. Not only did five potential Republican candidates get regular paychecks from the network last year, but they also got something even more valuable: airtime Liberal watchdog group Media Matters found that the five received about $55 million in free advertising over…
‘Be more careful’ with your words, Gingrich warns Palin
Newt Gingrich wants fellow Fox News employee Sarah Palin to think before she speaks. A Washington Post/ABC News poll (.pdf) showed that Palin’s approval had plummeted following her use of the term “blood libel” in the wake of shootings in Tucson, Arizona that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords…
Gingrich proposal: Let businesses set their own taxes
The biggest debate in Washington as the year closes is how long — or if — to extend tax cuts passed during the Bush Administration. It appears that Democrats will concede to Republicans and extend the tax cuts for another few years, in exchange for an extension of unemployment benefits,…
Gingrich proposes law to ban Sharia, accuses health secretary of ‘Soviet tyranny’
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has proposed a federal law to ban the use of Sharia law in the United States, in a speech Saturday that also called for the de-funding of the Department of Health and Human Services. Speaking to the Values Voters Summit Saturday, Gingrich told an enthusiastic…
Gibbs: Gingrich appealing to birther ‘fringe’
The White House press secretary is accusing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich of pandering to a minority of people that don’t believe President Barack Obama was born in the US. Gingrich sparked controversy Saturday when he told National Review that the president had a “Kenyan, anti-colonial” attitude. White House press…
Gingrich: Obama lives in ‘Kenyan, anti-colonial’ fantasy land
Newt Gingrich may not be a “birther” — a believer in the false claim that Barack Obama was born in Kenya — but he evidently doesn’t have a problem pandering to that demographic. In an interview with the National Review, the former Republican speaker of the House said Obama’s perspective…
Scarborough: Don’t let Gingrich and ‘the voices of hate’ win
Republicans are going to be embarrassed at the way they’ve opposed a mosque — known as Cordoba House or Park51 — that’s planned near Ground Zero, according to one conservative host. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough told Republicans Monday that they should “speak out against Newt Gingrich and the voices of hate.”…
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