Newt Gingrich

Wall Street Is More of a Threat to Obama's Domestic Agenda than Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Joseph A. Palermo

Whatever Obama decides to do in Afghanistan is of little consequence compared to Wall Street's ongoing "plutonomy."

GOP Gaining Advantage In 2010

washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


Three forces threaten Democrats in the 2010 elections: populist anger on the right, disaffection in the middle and potential disillusionment on the le...

Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Kathleen Wells, J.D.

"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."

Newt Gingrich Named "Family Values Porn Fan Of The Year"

Washington City Paper | Dave McKenna | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics


Allison Vivas once thought she'd be spending Wednesday night in DC with Newt Gingrich. Then he stood her up. Instead of getting mad, Vivas got even. ...

To "Americans for Prosperity" Capitalism Is a Love Story

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

The only distinguishing feature of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation's "National Defending the American Dream Summit" was its astonishing homogeneity both in thought and in demography.

Sam Tanenhaus, The Death of Conservatism (Review)

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books


Joseph A. Palermo

Although a masterful writer, Tanenhaus gives his readers disembodied voices plucked from historical context, where the nexus of thought and action, theory and praxis, is either broken or simply ignored.

Olympic Bid a No-Win Situation for Obama

Chris Prevatt | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Chris Prevatt

But it is one hell of a leap to compare Obama's participation in Chicago's Olympic bid to his health care reform efforts.

Going Rogue And Other Cheesy Political Book Covers (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


The cover of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book Going Rogue was made public today. In honor of the inspirational photograph of the ex-governor, here are ...

Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich Topless Bar Snafu: Owners Speak To Rachel Maddow (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Newt Gingrich! Does anyone currently walking the face of the earth know more about entrepreneurship? Or about American Solutions For Winning the Fut...

Newt Gingrich Makes "World's Best Persons" For Revoking Business Award He Gave To Strip Club (VIDEO)

Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


Keith Olbermann named Newt Gingrich "World's Best Person" for revoking two of his Business Defense and Advisory Council Entrepreneur Awards after he d...

Gingrich Group Withdraws Invitation To Topless Club

The Dallas Morning News | Gromer Jeffers Jr. | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics


Dawn Rizos didn't need any formal recognition that The Lodge, one of the best-known gentlemen's clubs in Dallas, was a successful small business. But...

Dispatch From Silicon Valley: The Origins of Innovation

David Kralik | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology


David Kralik

So what it is about the culture, companies and innovations that routinely give credence to why Silicon Valley remains the World Capital of Innovation?

Time to Get Real About the ACORN "Controversy"--and Republican Double Standards

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics


Robert Creamer

The Right wing has always hated ACORN. Partially that's because the organization has been so effective at allowing poor people to vote. The Right hates it when poor people vote.

GOP Leadership Worried About Damage To Party's Reputation From Base

POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics


"I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents," he said. Long before the tea parties or...

Rush Limbaugh's Big Fat Republican Health Care Plan

Beth Armogida | Posted 11.15.2009 | Comedy


Beth Armogida

Homosexuality will be classified as a mental illness, unless of course you're a male, Christian politician. OxyContin will be free, untraceable and in donut form. All illegal aliens will be covered... with dirt.

Screaming Joe Wilson: Newt Gingrich's Frankenstein

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Lorelei Kelly

If congressional politics are inside baseball, Newt Gingrich completely upended the playing field. Joe Wilson isn't an accident, he's an outcome.

The Weak In Review

Dave Hackel | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics


Dave Hackel

I know for sure that Obama's speech on health care was good because Rush Limbaugh thought it was "disgusting, reprehensible, embarrassing, petulant, divisive and crude."

The Bile Boils Over

Tom Sullivan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics


Tom Sullivan

Conservatives bathed in daily lies -- from WMDs to "death panels" -- have become so comfortable spreading them that they treat it like good, clean fun for the whole family.

Newt Gingrich Gives Award to Pornographer

Washington City Paper | David McKenna | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


I just got a note from Dan Kotman, spokesman for Newt Gingrich's DC PAC, American Solutions for Winning the Future, in response to my blog post about ...

A "Personal" Invitation from Newt Gingrich

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

A fax sent by Newt Gingrich is unsolicited -- and possibly unlawful.

The Monkey, The Organ Grinder, & the Swift Boating of Van Jones

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


John Wellington Ennis

We need rope, lots of it, to let the right wing shark-osphere hang themselves in their xenophobic obsessions. Because what won't deter them is shame. There is no shame to these hacks.

Newt Gingrich On Obama Back-To-School Speech: "I Recommend It To Everybody" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke out Tuesday in support of President Obama's "back-to-school speech" delivered to school children ...

Remember Gay People?

Jamie Kilstein | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Jamie Kilstein

We claim to be the freest, and the best, yet all of our citizens do not have equal rights. Tell the couple who have been together for 15 years that can't adopt a child that we live in the best country in the world.

President Scarborough? "Morning Joe" Would Be a Viable Threat To Obama in 2012

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media


Andy Ostroy

My early money for the Republican Party's next presidential nominee is MSNBC pundit and former Florida congressman Joe Scarborough.

Jason Linkins

Mike Huckabee To Headline Conference On EMP Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Matt Corley over at ThinkProgress noted yesterday that former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee has got a brand ne...