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We Have a Winner!

With the Gingrich campaign announcing today that the former Georgia congressman will be dropping out of the Republican Primary for President next Tuesday (does that sound like a weird announcement to you?) it appears that we have a winner to the BlackberryAlarmClock chicken dinner contest. Unless someone can prove me wrong, Michael D. of New York City, […]

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Quote of the Week, Newt Gingrich

  “I’m the tortoise in the race.” –Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich, Non-Candidate

Newt Gingrich is no longer a candidate for President. He should be treated as such.  The bombastic long-ago congressman is no longer running with any hope of winning the Republican nomination — he cannot mathematically do it —  he is running to try to stay relevant as a public figure and to do damage to Mitt […]

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Game of Chicken Dinner

If Newt Gingrich were to drop out of the presidential race, Rick Santorum would have a legitimate shot at the Republican nomination for President. I don’t think the same goes for Newt Gingrich if Rick Santorum dropped out, but it doesn’t matter what I think. Mr. Gingrich thinks he would end up on top if […]

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Quote of the Day, Newt Gingrich

  “I’ve fallen short of the glory of God.”– Newt Gingrich, 02-26-12 (It’s okay, Newt.  So have we all.)  

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Quote of the Day, Victor Davis Hansen

  “Gingrich should carefully play a tape of his post–Nevada caucus performance, and then he would quickly grasp that it was little more than a litany of excuses, whining, and accusations — characterized by stream-of-conscious confessionals and rambling repetitions. And, I think, will hurt him more than anything yet in the campaign.”–Victor Davis Hansen, National Review, The […]

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John Podhoretz Nails It

New York Post columnist John Podhoretz hits it out of the park this morning with a piece entitled, “Mitt Passes the Trash Newt Test.” It made me say “exactly” aloud at my desk while reading it. Mr. Podhoretz argues that many Republican voters turned to Newt Gingrich not because of his conservative bonafides — they are […]

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Quote of the Day, George Will

“Time is not Newt Gingrich’s friend because the more time he has the more he talks. And the more he talks the more he says things, as he just here this morning, he said that I would love to be civil, but I’m running against a maniacal liar. Now, that’s pretty strong language. I don’t […]

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Dole on Gingrich

“If [Newt] Gingrich is the nominee it will have an adverse impact on Republican candidates running for county, state, and federal offices. Hardly anyone who served with Newt in Congress has endorsed him and that fact speaks for itself. He was a one-man-band who rarely took advice. It was his way or the highway.” — […]

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Prediction: Romney Locks It Up by Michigan

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” I’m wrong at least half the time, at least when it comes to Newt Gingrich. I’ve left him for dead on this blog for a solid six months, but the guy keeps coming, like a figure out of “Night of […]

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