Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich

Bruce Bartlett: The 50-Year Republican Plan For Total Victory

“Following is a book proposal I put together last year tracing the historical road to Trump, which I believe began in 1974. He is the culmination of a number of actions, trends, and institutional developments that coincidentally started approximately the … Continue reading

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James Michl: The O’Reilly Factor- Glenn Beck Talking To Bill O’Reilly About Newt Gingrich

Source:The New Democrat I just have a flat disagreement with Glenn Beck on what a Progressive is and also find myself on this weird planet if not universe, where I’m agreeing with Bill O’Reilly on anything. I wasn’t sure I … Continue reading

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Newsweek: David Friend: ‘Before Donald Trump Was President, Online Sex Videos, Bill Clinton & The Naughty 90s Changed America’

Source:Newsweek– The 1990s called and they want their people back. Source:The Daily Review “Two decades ago, on a frigid night just before the New Hampshire presidential primary, America first met Bill and Hillary Clinton as a couple. It was January … Continue reading

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Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996

Source:The New Democrat Tim Taylor, makes some great points about the timing that Welfare to Work was done in 1996. The economy started booming again in 1994. The budget deficit was falling, unemployment was dropping. But we’ve had good economic … Continue reading

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AlterNet: Valerie Tarico: ‘I Am Pro-Abortion, Not Just Pro-Choice’

Source:Away Point– Valerie Tarico writes for the AlterNet. “I believe that abortion care is a positive social good. I suspect that a lot of other people secretly believe the same thing. And I think it’s time we said so. As … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Al Franken at The 1996 White House Correspondents Dinner

Going back about twenty-years here to 1996, this was I guess March of 1996, but they were already counting votes for the 1996 presidential election between President Bill Clinton and Leader Bob Dole. They just decided to wait eight months … Continue reading

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The Street: Joseph Deaux: ‘A Brokered GOP Convention is Very Unlikely’

Source:The FreeState If you read my blog on a regular basis, you know that a month or go or so I suggested that Rick Santorum end his presidential campaign and endorse Newt Gingrich. So the right-wing could unite behind one … Continue reading

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The Weekly Standard: Daniel Halper: ‘Newt Looking to Deliver Knockout Punch in Florida’

Source:The FreeState I don’t see Newt Gingrich delivering a “knockout punch” in South Carolina for Florida, but with Speaker Gingrich’s overwhelmingly victory tonight in South Carolina, it does change the political landscape for the GOP presidential race. Last week we … Continue reading

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National Journal: Opinion: Ron Brownstein: Good News and Bad News For Newt Gingrich in Florida

This post was originally posted at FreeStatePlus on WordPress, January, 2012 National Journal: Opinion: Ron Brownstein: Good News and Bad News For Newt Gingrich in Florida What difference a debate can make, or how about, if you’re a football fan, … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: Representative Newt Gingrich- Speaking Against the House Democrats Budget (1982)

Source:The FreeState Back in the day when Newt Gingrich was a Junior Representative in the House and I would argue up to a certain extent even when then Minority Whip Gingrich became Speaker of the House, even though to a … Continue reading

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