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Newt Gingrich pushes back on N.Y. endorsement
Former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich is taking real heat over his endorsement of a moderate Republican, Dede Sozzafava, in a special congressional election in upstate New York. David Keating, executive director of Club for Growth, has taken to a third-party conservative, Doug Hoffman, and ...
Newt Gingrich Says He May Run for President in 2012
politicsdaily.com — Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and perennial big thinker in the Republican party, said this morning... that he will likely run for president in 2012 if he and his wife, Callista, assess the field of candidates in 2011 and feel "a requirement as ... (more) Newt Gingrich Says He May Run for President in 2012
Gingrich: 'If you seek to be a perfect minority, you'll remain a minority' -- By: Robert Costa
corner.nationalreview.com — Former House speaker Newt Gingrich tells NRO that he is sure that endorsing Republican Dede Scozzafava in... the upcoming special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district was the right thing to do. “I endorsed the Republican who has been ... (more) Gingrich: 'If you seek to be a perfect minority, you'll ...
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If You Have Ever Told A Yankee That “Delta Is Ready When You Are”, Please Remember Those Planes Make Round Trips
Peach Pundit — ... For some reason, this was all I could think about when I read this morning’s column from Jim Galloway. Apparently, One of our front page posters who also spends some spare time on RedState and Cobb County’s own former Speaker of The House are having a bit of a tiff (along with the Club For Growth) over who the voters of New York’s 23rd Congressional District should give the Republican nomination. ...

The Invisible Primary, 10/23
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... for his Freedom First PAC at the home of a lobbyist in Washington, DC last night, and he has another fundraiser lined up for Nov. 4 in Minnesota; and Newt Gingrich defended his endorsement of New York congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava. ...

NY-23: Dominoes Fall, And A Reflection On Moderates and Women
Daily Kos — ... While Hoffman was busy gleefully putting shovel to dirt in his burial of the Scozzafava candidacy, the state chairman of the Independence Party, an often important third-party that had cross-endorsed Scozzafava, stated that his endorsement would now go to the Democrat, Bill Owens. He also, in the ultimate expression of "too little, too late", said that he wished his party had endorsed Owens all along. Et tu, Newt? Gingrich, who once saw the Hoffman challenge as an affront to party unity, also quickly got in line to crown Hoffman as the de facto ...

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Day By Day October 21, 2009 – Rino LogicFullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
Day By Day by Chris Muir Chris, I never quite thought of former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich as a RINO – Republican in Name ONLY. Perhaps Gingrich has some personal political history with New York Assemblywoman Scozzafava which allows him to accept her more moderate political ...