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If Cheney Runs For President In 2012, Who WIll The VP Nominee Be?
DownWithTyranny! —
... , Jim DeMint, Newt Gingrich, and Rush Limbaugh put together their multi-cycle obstructionism/rebranding strategy which resulted in a loss of nearly 200 House seats by 1936. That's right; the GOP sank from 270 seats to just 88 in the House. And their healthy majority in the Senate? After the 1936 election their 56 seats dwindled down to just 17 impotent, barking chihuahuas. ...
If It's Tuesday Wednesday, It's Boehlert!
Shakesville —
I'm a day late and a dollar short, but Boehlert hits another one out of the park this week with his take on Zombie Newt: Who cares what Newt Gingrich thinks? Newt Gingrich made headlines late last week during an interview with ABC News when he unloaded on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi regarding the unfolding Beltway process gotcha story about what she knew about the use of torture seven years ago. ... Personally, I thought the Gingrich slap was of marginal interest. (Gingrich attacked a prominent Democrat? Wow, get me rewrite.) And as often ...
While I was otherwise engaged...
The Sideshow —
... national security, but the Cheney administration made it a major prong of their "leadership". I think Steve M. my share my suspicions. Among the many, many things the Bush administration did that left me gaping in astonishment early on was the post-9/11 decision to get into a less than savory relationship with Pakistan. It's been all downhill from there. The most evil patent ever Torture still doesn't work - except for, you know, witch hunters. Why does the press still treat Newt Gingrich like he's speaker of the House? Jesse Ventura ...
Hullabaloo — ... simply the easiest way for journalists to understand the emptiness of the hissy fit - Hoekstra said "lied," too - but for some reason they're off and running with this today. Wolf Blitzer confronted John Boehner with this and he had to concede the point. Newt Gingrich tried to play this off when called on it by Diane Sawyer, of all people, but it didn't work ut too well for him. (not that anyone should give a crap what Newt Gingrich thinks.) And here comes none other than Arlen ...
Every day is Gingrich Day
Political Animal —
... the other day: "[Y]ou know, disgraced former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has precisely zero power but his every pronouncement is treated as Incredibly Important News. Any journalists want to explain why?" I try to pay at least some attention to what Gingrich is popping off on, in part because many GOP leaders are inclined to follow his lead, no matter how little sense he makes. But the constant media coverage has been embarrassing for a while, and it seems to be getting worse. Eric Boehlert's take the other day -- before the WaPo op-ed and "Meet the Press" announcement -- ...
Pen-Elayne on the Web — ... (where mindless lockstep obedience is considered a virtue), movement politics is a religion, and the free market (as opposed to the prophet who threw out money-changers) is the god. • Here in Oppositeland, the current Speaker of the House is excoriated in our "liberal" media, while a former, disgraced Speaker with no apparent base or expertise is elevated. Steve Benen examiners the truth behind the "Pelosi non-popularity" fiction, and Eric Boehlert asks why anyone should care what the Newt thinks. (Also from Eric -- false equivalency, you're ...
Not bad for a disgraced former House Speaker
Political Animal —
... judge, and then kinda-sorta-but-not-really backpedaled this week on the use of the word "racist." But here's a little secret: whether Gingrich respects or loathes Sotomayor is of consequence. He doesn't have a vote in the Senate, and more importantly, he doesn't have any real influence in the Senate, either. In our reality, Gingrich was forced from office in disgrace more than a decade ago. His limited power comes by way of the media, which keeps putting him on national television . Eric Boehlert's recent take on this -- before Newt had an op-ed published in the Washington ...
Taking re-tweeting to the extreme
Political Animal —
... than a decade ago . What difference does it make if he trashes the president on his Twitter account? Remember Jim Wright and Tom Foley? They were the House speakers before Gingrich. If they had a few tweets saying supportive things about the White House, would CNN have run an item about their comments, passing them along as self-evidently newsworthy? If the answer is "no," and I think reasonable people would agree that it is, then CNN's piece yesterday is absurd. Eric Boehlert had a good take on this recently: "[A]s often happens when I read breaking, this-is-what-Newt-said ...
