Thursday, July 24, 2008

Newt Gingrich

The Pact Between Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich

Two powerful foes secretly plot to reform Social Security and Medicare. more >>

How Monica Killed a Clinton-Gingrich Pact

As president, Bill Clinton distrusted then House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and the Republican felt the same way about Clinton. But there's a shocking revelation about them. more >>

Newt Still Acts as GOP Cheerleader

He's been gone from the House for nearly a decade, but former Speaker Newt Gingrich remains the top internal booster for the beleaguered Republicans. Insiders report that Gingrich regularly blasts E-mails to House GOP leaders filled with new ideas and cheers for the whole Republican team. more >>

You Have Been Warned -- Again

Osama bin Laden isn't the only one out to get us. In the Words of Our Enemies by Human Events Editor Jed Babbin reveals a host of other countries and foreign agents threatening the United States. more >>

In New Contract, Newt Goes Green

Former House Speaker and possible Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich will be in Washington this week to debate Sen. John Kerry on global climate change and the environment. more >>

The Changing Republican Race

The possible entry of Fred Thompson into the Republican presidential race seems to have changed the standings. The USA Today/Gallup poll taken March 23-25 shows Rudy Giuliani with 31 percent of the vote, down from 44 percent March 2-4, and Thompson, a new name on the list, at 12 percent. more >>

A Look at the Polls of Mid-March

Let's take a look at the polls for the two parties' nominations and for the general election as of mid-March, based on the compilations in realclearpolitics.com. more >>

Observations

Here's my U.S. more >>

Out Loud

"I've gotten to the point where I think just about anyone would be better than Bush." . more >>

The Latest on Rudy's Viability

In a typically thorough, fair-minded, well-written article, the Washington Post's Dan Balz examines the indications that despite many predictions, Rudy Giuliani has a serious chance to win the Republican presidential nomination. You might have read a similar though at the time necessarily more speculative analysis six months ago. more >>

The Numbers Aren't There

In the Los Angeles Times, Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations makes a point I have long wanted to make. But he has done what I haven't bothered to do, which is to gather the numbers that make the case. more >>

Vision Thing

Rudy Giuliani spoke to the Hoover Institution's overseers and trustees in Washington on Monday and presented a vision that suggests he's preparing to respond to the complaint in my U.S. more >>

Newt Vs. Hillary

Pollster Scott Rasmussen reports that in a recent presidential pairing, Hillary Rodham Clinton would beat Newt Gingrich by a 50-to-43 percent margin. That sounds fairly plausible, although it's a little better showing for Gingrich than I would have expected. more >>

Rudy Takes the Lead

The latest Gallup/USAToday poll shows Rudy Giuliani with a big lead in the race for the Republican nomination. Giuliani gets 40 percent to 24 percent for John McCain, 9 for Newt Gingrich, 5 for Mitt Romney, and 3 for Sam Brownback. more >>

Nobody Does It to the Dems Like Newt

He's back. A conservative back-bencher who fired up a lackluster GOP and grabbed victory in 1994, Newt Gingrich is being tapped by the newly out-of-power group to help map a return trip. more >>

Nobody Does It to the Dems Like Newt

He's back. A conservative back-bencher who fired up a lackluster gop and grabbed victory in 1994, Newt Gingrich is being tapped by the newly out-of-power group to help map a return trip. more >>

Pajamas Media Straw Poll

Pajamas Media is running a weekly straw poll on the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations. You can vote for both Democrats and Republicans. more >>

Only Newt Worries This Candidate

In a week when former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney joined the 2008 gop presidential primary race and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani started hiring aides to man his bid, allies of front-runner Sen. more >>

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