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Robert Gibbs Says Newt Gingrich's Slam of Obama Appeals 'to the Fringe'
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyWhite House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was "trying to appeal to the fringe" in his weekend statement that President Obama displayed "Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior" and conned the American people. Gingrich, who is mulling a 2012 GOP presidential bid, talked about the influence of Kenya on Obama's worldview in a story posted Saturday in the National Review Online. "What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?" Gingrich told NRO. ...
Georgia Governor Primary: Roy Barnes Is Democratic Nominee; GOP in Runoff
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySarah Palin-backed "mama grizzly" Karen Handel topped the Republican field in the Georgia gubernatorial primary on Tuesday, but she faces an Aug. 10 runoff election against former Rep. Nathan Deal, since neither candidate won at least 50 percent of the vote. On the Democratic side, former Gov. Roy Barnes easily won his party's nomination and will attempt to reclaim his old job in November, eight years after losing it to the current governor, Sonny Perdue, a Republican. Barnes, who easily brushed aside six other Democratic hopefuls, can raise money and hit the campaign trail immediately while ...
Sarah Palin in 2012: Don't Bet on Her -- Either Way
By David Corn - Politics DailyWill Sarah Palin run for president in 2012? That's probably the question I hear most from non-politicos. And members of the politerati are constantly considering it -- as they pine for a Palin presidential campaign. After all, for political journalists, a Palin bid would be manna from heaven: drama, personality, ideological debate, cultural warfare, and a flood of website traffic. So this week, the political media was atwitter about the latest filings that showed Palin's political action committee had raised nearly a million George Washingtons (that is, $865,815) in the second quarter of this ...
Newt Gingrich Says He's Considering White House Run
By not in system - AOL NewsDES MOINES, Iowa (July 12) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday he's seriously considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination and will announce his decision early next year. Gingrich, 67, told The Associated Press that he would focus on helping Republican candidates through the midterm elections in November, then decide in February or March whether to seek the GOP nomination. "I've never been this serious," Gingrich said. Charlie Neibergall, AP Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Monday that he is considering a 2012 presidential bid. "It's fair to ...
Newt Gingrich Defends Comparing 'Socialist' Agenda of Democrats to Nazis, Stalinist Russia
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyIn a stop on his book tour, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich appeared on NBC's Today, where he defended his claim that the "socialist" political agenda of President Obama and the Democrats poses as great a threat to the U.S. as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin once did. In "To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine," Gingrich writes that the administration is "a corrupt bureaucracy which uses manipulation, bribery, and dishonesty to steamroll the will of the people and destroy America's core values." Today host Meredith Viera asked Gingrich if such claims weren't ...
Glenn Beck Tells NRA Members: Fight the 'Marxists' at the Polls
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Glenn Beck shed his jacket, rolled up his shirt sleeves, mopped his face with a towel and got down to business. "Why won't somebody tell us the truth?" he asked the crowd of 10,000 gathered for the National Rifle Association's annual meeting on Saturday night. "We're American," he said. "We can handle the truth. We demand the truth and we can understand the truth." And then – aided by his chalkboard and a dark sense of humor – the conservative Fox News Channel host gave his "touch of the truth." It wasn't pretty. "This country will never fail by an outside ...
Can Mitt Romney Outrun Sarah Palin? Handicapping the 2012 GOP Horse Race
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyOn Saturday, May 1, the 136th running of the Kentucky Derby, some 20 thoroughbreds will run for the roses in the most famous and important race in the sport. That race of 3-year-old colts (and one filly) will be won in just over two minutes. Meanwhile, another exciting horse race – the race to win the GOP presidential nomination – is gearing up. It, too, has a large field, but this race is a marathon that takes four years to complete. Now, the time has come to begin handicapping the 2012 primary race. This list represents a snapshot of a moment in time, with fluid odds and a ...
Obama's Nuclear Summit: Invisible for Conservatives?
By David Corn - Politics DailyOn Monday and Tuesday, President Obama convened a historic gathering in Washington to deal with the most urgent threat facing the globe: nuclear terrorism. Never before have so many world leaders gathered to discuss together how to thwart one of the greatest nightmares imaginable; 47 nations were represented. Though no sweeping treaties or agreements were reached, Obama did succeed on two important fronts. He placed the issue of controlling and securing nuclear material that could be used by terrorists (including al-Qaeda and its allies) at the top of the global to-do list. And he encouraged ...
Chaos Theory -- When Republicans Go Daft
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Huckabee Passes Romney in Poll on 2012 GOP Presidential Contest
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyMike Huckabee has overtaken Mitt Romney in (a way-too-early) survey of Republicans asking who they would support for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination if the primary was held today. A CNN/Opinion Research poll, conducted April 9-11, had Huckabee leading Romney 24 percent to 20 percent. Last month, Romney had the lead by 22 percent to 17 percent. Sarah Palin comes in third at 15 percent closely followed by Newt Gingrich at 14 percent. Texas Rep. Ron Paul gets 8 percent and everyone after that is in low single digits. Palin was seen unfavorably in the poll by 55 percent compared to 39 ...
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