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Gingrich Joins McCain in Blasting RNC for Blagojevich Attacks on Obama
Politics Daily — ... over the Rod Blagojevich scandal. Now, party elder Newt Gingrich is doing the same, in much stronger terms, in a letter to GOP chair Mike Duncan. From Politico: ...

Newt/McCain Seek to Please Media
Politics Daily — ... (In fairness, John McCain was asked about the topic on Letterman, but Newt went out of his way to put out a letter attacking RNC Chair Mike Duncan). ...

Too Much for Newt
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The former House Speaker denounces the RNC's attempts to link  Obama to Blago, says he was "saddened" to learn of their conduct. "From now until the inaugural, Republicans should be offering to help the President-elect prepare to take office."       ...

Gingrich Rips RNC For Its Blagojevich Attacks
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... or focus on reaching out to moderates and minorities. In addition to Gingrich, Sen. John McCain -- appearing on "This Week" Sunday -- offered a dig at the RNC for their obsession with Obama's (apparently limited or nonexistent) links to Blagojevich. A Republican strategist, asked about the Gingrich letter, said he agreed with the former House Majority Leader. But, he added, "I think that Newt wants a change at the RNC, and it is an intervention in the RNC race." (h/t Ben Smith) ...

Gingrich Rips RNC For Its Blagojevich Attacks
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... or focus on reaching out to moderates and minorities. In addition to Gingrich, Sen. John McCain -- appearing on "This Week" Sunday -- offered a dig at the RNC for their obsession with Obama's (apparently limited or nonexistent) links to Blagojevich. A Republican strategist, asked about the Gingrich letter, said he agreed with the former House Majority Leader. But, he added, "I think that Newt wants a change at the RNC, and it is an intervention in the RNC race." (h/t Ben Smith) ...

RNC attack campaign drawing Republican critics
Political Animal — ... from the RNC's efforts, saying there's corruption in both parties and describing the RNC's campaign as a distraction. Today, Newt Gingrich went even further . From a written statement issued by the former House Speaker: "I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles. "The recent web advertisement, ...

The Left's New Profound Respect For Newt
Riehl World View — ... Can it be far behind? I hate to say it because I think we would all actually enjoy a less divisive tone to our national political discourse. Still, the fact remains that from battle space preparation, consistent opposition and weakening your opponent at every turn, the Left gets it and many DC Republicans insist on playing nice. Bush is a prime example of that. ...

Gingrich Rips RNC
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... Ben Smith has the letter Gingrich wrote to the RNC: "I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles." ...

Newt Gingrich Loses His Mind and Attacks Republican National Committee Over Blago Ad
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... Has Newt Gingrich lost his mind? Apparently so in a letter to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan. I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles. The recent web advertisement, “Questions Remain,” is a destructive distraction. Clearly, we should insist that all taped ...

Rove Tries To Link Obama To Blagojevich Scandal Despite Previously Arguing There Is No Link
Think Progress — ... ) are trying every which way to link Obama to Blagojevich’s corruption scandal even though absolutely no evidence exists to suggest such a link. Even Newt Gingrich has called such efforts a “destructive distraction.” In fact, Fitzgerald himself advised against such actions, ...

Newt denounces Blago attacks
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Gingrich is upset that Republicans are trying to link Obama to Blago. This is odd. It was interesting when McCain the other day said the same thing - but understandable from McCain - but Gingrich? Something is up. And quite possibly it's Gingrich's campaign to run against Obama in 2012. Perhaps Gingrich - the man who invented firebombs, now wants to be seen as the Barack Obama of the Republican party. The nice who who doesn't raise his voice and is beyond partisanship. You laugh? Gingrich, of 3 marriages, managed to portray himself as Mr. Family Values and the pathetic ...

Addicted To Rove
Newshoggers.com — Commentary By Ron Beasley When a political hack like Newt Gingrich says you've gone too far you've really gone too far.  But the RNC is still addicted to Rovian politics in spite of the fact it's failed for the last two election cycles.  Of course we are talking about the attempts to link Obama to Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.  The RNC is ...

Newt Says Pull The Blago Ad
Pirate's Cove — For those who haven’t seen Newt’s letter I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles. The recent web advertisement, “Questions Remain,” is a destructive distraction. Clearly, we should insist that all taped communications regarding the Senate seat should be made public. However, that should be a matter of public policy, not an excuse for political ...

Newt Says Pull The Blago Ad
Stop The ACLU — For those who haven’t seen Newt’s letter I was saddened to learn that at a time of national trial, when a president-elect is preparing to take office in the midst of the worst financial crisis in over seventy years, that the Republican National Committee is engaged in the sort of negative, attack politics that the voters rejected in the 2006 and 2008 election cycles. The recent web advertisement, “Questions Remain,” is a destructive distraction. Clearly, we should insist that all taped communications regarding the Senate seat should be made public. However, that should be a matter of public policy, not an excuse for political attack. In a time when America is facing ...

Obama Administration to abort life-saving policies.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — The Bush Administration is finally set to alter regulations to allow doctors and other health care professionals a “right to conscience,” allowing them not to participate in medical procedures, such as abortion and infanticide, which stand opposed to their moral underpinnings. To wit: The ‘provider conscience’ rule applies to any procedure performed in a federally funded medical setting that “violate(s) an individual’s conscience,” but it most pointedly singles out abortion. It goes beyond existing laws that bar religious discrimination against workers and protect medical professionals who refuse to perform tasks they ...

Gingrich Tells RNC to Cut It Out With Obama-Blagojevich Ad
PoliGazette — ... Echoing similar sentiments recently made by Senator John McCain, The Politico reports that former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is essentially saying “too much too soon” about the RNC’s recent campaign-style ad attempting to link President-elect Barack Obama with the scandal now surrounding Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (bolding mine): ...