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**Written by Doug Powers Probably the most talked about exchange from Saturday night’s GOP debate was the Newt Gingrich/Scott Pelley back and forth regarding the sanctioned killing of American born terrorists overseas (the least talked about portion of the debate was the second hour, because not many people could watch it). Here’s video of the [...]

Regrets, he’s had a few

Entitlements

Photoshop: Reader Jimmy D. Yes, I’m still struggling. Like many of you, I am still carefully weighing all the costs and benefits of each declared GOP candidate. As the candidates continue highlighting each other’s unsavory left-wing alliances, I thought it might be helpful to compile a Hold Your Nose Tracker of the current top four [...]

Newt scoot?

To be fair, if you and I had to be up on stage with Charlie Rose and Karen Tumulty, we’d be soporifically stupefied after a few minutes, too. But then again, we’re not running for the highest office in the land and raising millions of dollars from people across the country who are counting on [...]

Spirited debate?

“Red ink you can believe in”?

The Beltway is abuzz over the mass exodus today of Newt Gingrich’s key campaign operatives. Via AP, “Ginrgrich press spokesman Rick Tyler told The Associated Press that he’s resigned along with campaign manager Rob Johnson, senior strategists and aides in key early primary states.” A Twitter follower of mine wonders about their parting gifts: “No [...]

Ow. Ow. Doubled over from laughing so hard. Need a tissue to wipe away the tears. Hoo-boy. Via Michael O’Brien at The Hill: Gingrich: ‘I’m not a Washington figure’ Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said he doesn’t view himself as a “Washington figure,” positioning himself as an anti-D.C. candidate in his campaign for president. [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Thanks to Newt Gingrich’s spokesman Rick Tyler and his soaring, epic defense of the besieged candidate, we have a sequel of sorts to Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem, Gunga Din. I’m calling the new version Gingra Din. First, just to warm up, a bit of Kipling’s Gunga Din: You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din! [...]

“Unforgivable”

Donald Trump squandered untold political oxygen exploiting the Tea Party while backing government bailouts, Obamacare, the porkulus, and wealth/property redistribution. Now, he’s squeezing a 16th minute out of his announcement today that he won’t run for the GOP presidential nomination. Good riddance: After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office [...]

Down, and to the left

Point/Counterpoint

**Written by Doug Powers As Mitch Daniels awaits his wife’s okay to run (feel free to tell him to mow the lawn instead, Mrs. Daniels), Newt Gingrich is getting the jump: Newt Gingrich, the House speaker who led a national GOP resurgence in the 1990s before facing ethics questions and resigning, is running for president. [...]

I hope Newt Gingrich and all the GOP Beltway groups that dumped millions of grass-roots dollars into the radical Big Labor, ACORN-friendly, Margaret Sanger Award-winning tax & spender’s appalling NY-23 campaign are proud. From NY Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s press release today: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the following appointments and nominations to senior [...]

Washington swamp creature Newt Gingrich gets the dumb D.C. advice of the day award. In an interview with CBN’s David Brody, he says that permanent vacationer Barack Obama needs to spend more time away from the Beltway to “reflect.” Really: President Obama has had an amazing career. He’s gone from State Senator to U.S. Senator [...]

The times they are a-changin’ — and it’s ladies of the Right who are kicking ass and naming names. Five items for your viewing and reading pleasure: * Jeri Thompson smacks GOP poobahs and pooh-pooh-ers upside the head: While they may not be intending to be sexist, the message, the attitude and whining sure make [...]

**Written by Doug Powers Howard “Yeearrrgh!” Dean was on Fox News this morning with Chris Wallace discussing the Shirley Sherrod thing, and Dean reiterated simple truths such as the sun rises in the east, kids shouldn’t run with scissors and that Fox News is racist. Wallace asked Dean if he was aware that the Sherrod [...]

Early front-runner?

And for veep, let me guess…

Where’s my migraine headache medicine? Matthew Continetti at the Weekly Standard sifts through CNN poll numbers and finds that Newt Gingrich has “surge[d] into the top tier of presidential prospects.” I was amused to hear Gingrich ripping Barack Obama’s “secular, socialist machine” at the SRLC last week and condemning the “most radical administration in history.” [...]

Ugh. Here comes the traveling Obama education circus again. This time, in Baltimore: The odd couple of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton will bring their quest for education reform to Baltimore on Friday. Gingrich and Sharpton are on a three-city “listening and learning” tour to find out which school strategies [...]

Conservatives owe NY-23 candidate Doug Hoffman immeasurable gratitude. He overcame impossible odds (single digits just a month ago) to come within two points of defeating Democrat Bill Owens. Hoffman had zero name recognition. National Republican Party officials dumped nearly $1 million into the race on behalf of radical leftist GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, who then [...]

Hey, how did that six-figure RNC donation to the NRCC plus $85,000 to the New York GOP plus nearly half-million-dollar investment in advertising and other independent expenditures on behalf of radical leftist Dede Scozzafava work out? She repaid the GOP by endorsing Democrat candidate Bill Owens. Some gratitude, eh? “Since beginning my campaign, I have [...]

Halloween treat.

Plus: The rejected RNC solicitation form of the day.

Newt and Dede sitting in a tree, erasing lines between “R” and “D” (TobyToons via RedState): The latest Club for Growth poll on NY-23 shows conservative candidate Doug Hoffman continuing his surge over the liberal Democrat and the radical leftist “R” in the race. (Caveats: Sample size is small and CfG is pro-Hoffman. Still. Hoffman’s [...]

The most prominent GOP endorser of radical leftist NY-23 congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava is openly musing about running for president in 2012. No, thanks: Callista and I are going to think about this in February 2011. And we are going to reach out to all of our friends around the country. And we’ll decide, if [...]