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EVERY DAY IS GINGRICH DAY.... Chris Hayes had a tweet on Wednesday morning that really resonated with me: "Every morning I wake up, anxious to see what Newt Gingrich has to say about the issues of the day." Chris was,...
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Newt Gingrich - A Rising Anti-Government Tide
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Media Fawns Over Newt, Ignores Other Former Congressional Leaders
Matthew Yglesias —
Steve Benen observes that these days Newt Gingrich is everywhere you look:
This morning, for example, the Washington Post offers readers an 800-word op-ed from Gingrich about public attitudes on the size of government, Wouldn’t you know it, Gingrich thinks there’s a mass movement of people out there who think exactly the same way he does.
In the great tradition of political movements rising against arrogant, corrupt elites, there will soon be a party of people rooting out the party of government. This party ...
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