Newt Gingrich
Summary
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich (pronounced /ˈnjuːt ˈɡɪŋɡrɪtʃ/; June 17, 1943) is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 1995, Time magazine selected him as the Person of the Year for his role in leading the Republican Revolution in the House, ending 40 years of the Democratic Party being in the majority. During his tenure as Speaker, he represented the public face of the Republican opposition to President Bill Clinton.A college professor, historian, and author, Gingrich twice ran unsuccessfully for the House before winning a seat in the election of November 1978.
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Romney’s welfare gambit
Mitt Romney has finally figured out what to do with his vanquished rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich. They will be his senior advisers on race relations.
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Guess who gets value for money out of this $2bn presidential election | Michael Wolff
Campaign fundraising's reality is that donors large and small end up disappointed. So cui bono? The media and media buyers.
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Adelson’s Latest Foray Courts Jews for the G.O.P.
The Republican Jewish Coalition, backed by the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, is starting a new effort in battleground states to win over Jewish voters.
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Political Memo: Political Memo — More News Reports Show Up in Campaign Ads, to Journalists’ Chagrin
This election year, political ads are using more footage from TV news programs, a practice journalists decry but have little power to curtail.
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Obama ad taxes Mitt Romney hard | Paul Harris
After hammering Romney's record at Bain, a new Obama advert asks why we haven't seen the Republican's tax returns.
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Why buying Twitter followers is a total waste of time
We’ve written about the rise of fake Twitter followers a few times here before. Last year, for instance, when questions were raised about then Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s million plus follower count. Some thought he had bought them, a claim that was denied. We looked at the ways people acquired these followers here.
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Why Bain questions matter
Who are the dastardly enemies of free enterprise who decided to make an issue of Mitt Romney’s tenure at the private-equity firm Bain Capital? Er, those would be his fellow Republicans.
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Journalisted Weekly: Queen’s Speech, Manchester City and Leveson
Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations.
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Journalisted Weekly: Hodgson, elections and a select committee
Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations.
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Newt Gingrich may have ended campaign, but he will remain out of this world
With “more discipline and more courage to be more outside the mainstream,” Newt Gingrich told USA Today on the eve of ending his presidential bid, “it might have worked better. ”.
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