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Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. Palin energized the Republican base after GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) tapped her as his running mate and ...
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News — ... What's the Amplitude, Karl? - DavidNYC, Daily Kos [image] Zell Miller Stumps for Chambliss - M. Corley, Think Progress [image] The 'Center-Right' U.S. Myth - P. Rosenberg, Open Left [image] Obama Will Back Saudi Peace Plan - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air [image] A Nuke-Free Israel? - Shmuel Rosner, Commentary [image] Racial Indicents Since the Election - J. Sudbay, AMERICAblog OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Gingrich: Palin Will Not be Future GOP Leader - The Hill Lose the BlackBerry? Yes He Can, ...

Dollars and No Sense, Except for Newt
Taylor Marsh — ... Newt gets it. The Sarah Palin wing will sink the Republicans further. How he gets this through to Hannity and Limbaugh no one knows. ...

Dis of the Day
N/A — Not that Newt Gingrich has an interest here.  Sarah Palin? “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” said Gingrich during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation”. “But she’s going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She’s not going to be the de facto leader.” De facto leader? Did Gingrich discount Palin? Who do you think Newt would like in that defacto spot besides Newt?

Quote For The Day
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — ... “I think that she is going to be a significant player. But she’s going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She’s not going to be the de facto leader,” - Newt Gingrich on Sarah Palin. ...

And, the Governors Shall Lead Us
Weekly Standard Blog — ... The headline of Newt Gingrich's appearance on "Face the Nation" today has been that he declared that Sarah Palin will not be the future of the GOP. What he actually said was less inflammatory and more sensible. ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader But Gingrich on Sunday sought to divert some media attention away from Palin and to other governors such as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and Utah Gov. John Huntsman (R). “She’s going to be a much bigger story ...

Newt Gingrich, 10 years after quitting, still full of advice for GOP
Top of the Ticket — ... "I think that she will be a significant player," Gingrich says, "But she is going to be one of 20 or 30 signficant players. She's not going to be the party's de facto leader." ...

Burying the lede
Stubborn Facts — As MKH points out, this headline baldly misrepresents what was actually said.

Gingrich Says Palin Will Not Lead Republicans
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich "is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination," according to The Hill. ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — THE CRAZY BASE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU, NEWT Story from The Hill: Gingrich says Palin will not be the future GOP leader Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. ..."I think that she is going to be a significant player," said Gingrich during an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation". "But she's going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She's not going to be the de facto leader." ... ...

ThinkFast: November 17, 2008
Think Progress — ... Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sarah Palin won’t be the next leader of the Republican party. “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” said Gingrich during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “But she’s going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She’s not going to be the de facto leader.” ...

Gingrigh holds back on Palin praise
Political Animal — ... with a Palin-centered focus, and yesterday, Newt Gingrich resisted the idea of Palin leadership. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. ...Gingrich, an architect of the Republican revolution of 1994, took Palin down a notch, asserting that she would not become the party's leader, as some have predicted. "I think that she is going to be a significant player," said Gingrich during an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation". "But she's going to be one ...

Me and Newt
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings I rarely find myself in agreement with Newt Gingrich, but I think he's right about Palin's future in the GOP: I think that she is going to be a significant player. But she's going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She's not going to be the de facto leader. What Palin has going for her is that the Republican presidential field, such as it stands now, is extremely weak, with contenders who are too ...

Newt: Palin is not the leader of the GOP
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Newt's sounded a little bitchy yesterday on the subject of Sarah Palin: “I think that she is going to be a significant player,” said Gingrich during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation”. “But she’s going to be one of 20 or 30 significant players. She’s not going to be the de facto leader.”Too late, Newt. She is your de facto leader. The GOP has no one else. Not even Newt. ...

Shots from the Show 11/17
Tammy Bruce — ... Newt Gingrich wants you to know that Palin will not be the future de facto GOP leader. I guess Newt knows because he's so in touch with what's been happening and what's good for the GOP. Which explains why the Repubs are in power now and the strongest, most visionary political party ever in the history of the United States. Because Newt knows what's best. ...

Ginrich Say Palin Will Not Lead Republicans
The Democratic Daily — ... Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich “is batting down the hype that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin heads into 2012 as the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination,” according to The Hill. ...

Republicans, Dead, Thirst for More Death
AMERICAN DIGEST — ... Newt Gingrich, along with the ten thousand other idiots who sleep with the fishes, declares Palin won't be future GOP leader. Instead, the Newt instructs the rest of his walking dead to throw their skeletal shoulders to the wheel and roll the stone of other Republican governors up the hill. He, along with many trepanned others today, likes neophyte governor Jindal: “If you want to understand healthcare, you can do a lot worse than to bring in Bobby Jindal who may well know more ...

Midday open thread
Daily Kos — ... for governor. I think I wrote somewhere that Cindy Sheehan would get 10 percent of the vote. If I didn't write it, I certainly thought it. In any case, I was wrong -- Sheehan picked up a whopping 16 percent of the vote. Her carpetbagging adventure didn't turn out so hot. Not even the Onion could've made this up. Turnout was down from 2004 in some of Chicago's black-majority wards. Gingrich is getting catty. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is batting down the ...

Ticket Replay: Newt Gingrich's advice for the GOP: Go with your govs
Top of the Ticket — ... "I think that she will be a significant player," Gingrich says, "But she is going to be one of 20 or 30 signficant players. She's not going to be the party's de facto leader." ...

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