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Gary Johnson:
Gingrich Is a
Hypocrite
About Pot

Dec 14, 2011 1:36 PM CST

Gary Johnson: Gingrich Is a Hypocrite About Pot

Newt cannot call for death penalty on drug he's admitted to smoking

(Newser) - A libertarian GOP candidate for the presidency, usually ignored by mainstream media, is swinging hard at Newt Gingrich, calling him a "hypocrite" for his stance on marijuana. No, not Ron Paul. This time it's pro-pot candidate Gary Johnson, and he is slamming Gingrich for calling (in 1996) for...

Blame Fox When
GOP Loses

OPINION

Dec 14, 2011 1:12 PM CST

Blame Fox When GOP Loses

Network has pushed talk show candidates on the nation: Guardian columnist

(Newser) - Given the state of the economy, President Obama should be a goner—yet he's comfortably ahead in most polls. Why? Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian has "one compellingly simple, two-word answer: Fox News." Obama's ahead only because of "the dire quality of a Republican field...

Christine O'Donnell Endorses...

Dec 14, 2011 7:43 AM CST

Christine O'Donnell Endorses...

Mitt Romney ... and he actually acknowledges it

(Newser) - Christine O'Donnell is decidedly not a witch, and she's now definite on her horse in the GOP's 2012 race: The onetime US Senate hopeful is endorsing Mitt Romney because she trusts him "to do the right thing," she said in her announcement, adding that "...

Newt Gingrich Aide Craig Bergman Fired for Comments on Mormonism

Gingrich Aide Canned Over 'Cult of Mormon' Comment

Dec 14, 2011 4:46 AM CST

Gingrich Aide Canned Over 'Cult of Mormon' Comment

Iowa political director out after less than a week

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich's Iowa political director is out of a job after less than a week because of disparaging remarks he made about Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, the Des Moines Register reports. "A lot of the evangelicals believe God would give us four more years of Obama just...

How Huntsman
Could Actually Win

nate silver

Dec 13, 2011 12:02 PM CST

How Huntsman Could Actually Win

Thanks to Gingrich, he has a shot: Nate Silver

(Newser) - Back in June, Nate Silver didn't think Jon Huntsman had much of a shot at the Republican nomination—but a lot has changed since then. Thanks to Newt Gingrich, Silver can now see a "path to victory" for Huntsman, which he lays out in the New York Times...

Tea Party's Newt Gingrich Backers Are Racist: Glenn Beck

Tea Party's Newt Backers
Are Racist: Glenn Beck

Dec 13, 2011 9:46 AM CST

Tea Party's Newt Backers Are Racist: Glenn Beck

Now he says he didn't really mean it, and just wanted to get 'people to think'

(Newser) - Glenn Beck is back in the news, this time over comments that are rankling plenty of conservatives. On Friday, Beck made a bold statement: That Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama are basically the same progressive guy, so if you're a member of the Tea Party and support Gingrich, there'...

'Daily Show' Video: Mitt Romney Like the 'Man Who Just Fired Your Dad'

Daily Show:
Romney Like
the 'Man Who
Fired Your Dad'

Dec 13, 2011 8:22 AM CST

Daily Show: Romney Like the 'Man Who Fired Your Dad'

Money is his Achilles heel, John Oliver explains

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet was such a big deal, John Oliver explained last night on the Daily Show , because it "feeds into the pre-existing narrative about Mitt Romney being an out-of-touch multi-millionaire." Every candidate has an Achilles heel, Oliver said, and money is Mitt's: "...

Gingrich Offered
$1M to Drop Out

Dec 13, 2011 7:28 AM CST

Gingrich Offered $1M to Drop Out

Radio host says only Romney can beat Obama

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich seems to like money —and some have speculated that his presidential campaign is all about making more of it —so perhaps he'll like this proposal from conservative radio host Michael Savage, who says he'll pay Gingrich $1 million if he exits the race. “...

Who Could
Beat Obama?
Huntsman

OPINION

Dec 12, 2011 1:57 PM CST

Who Could Beat Obama? Huntsman

GOP, please reconsider him: John Avlon

(Newser) - Republicans have been frantically searching for the candidate who can beat Barack Obama, but as their favor has shifted from one "not-Romney" to another—Bachmann, then Perry, then Cain, now Gingrich—their best chance has been right here all along: Jon Huntsman. Huntsman has been overlooked and derided as...

Obama's Israel Ad
'Incredibly Dishonest'

OPINION

Dec 12, 2011 1:51 PM CST

Obama's Israel Ad 'Incredibly Dishonest'

He claims GOP wants to 'zero out' Israel aid: Justin Elliott

(Newser) - It's become popular for GOP presidential candidates to advocate "zeroing out" all foreign aid, and Barack Obama's campaign is now trying to use that against them—in what Justin Elliott of Salon calls an "incredibly dishonest" attack. Obama's Facebook ad text reads, "No Aid...

Mitt: Newt Should Return Freddie Mac Money

Dec 12, 2011 9:21 AM CST

Mitt: Newt Should Return Freddie Mac Money

Romney attacks Gingrich, again

(Newser) - Mitt Romney appears to have no plans to stop attacking new frontrunner Newt Gingrich. Asked on Fox News today whether he thinks Gingrich should return the $1.6 million he got from Freddie Mac , Romney said, "I sure do." He continued, "He says he was in the...

Perry Gaffes
Again, About the
'Country Solynda'

Dec 12, 2011 7:57 AM CST

Perry Gaffes Again, About the 'Country Solynda'

We're sure he meant the energy company, Solyndra

(Newser) - Rick Perry managed to avoid making any major gaffes at Saturday night's debate, only to follow it up the next day with … this. During an appearance in Iowa, he was slamming President Obama's administration for the spending choices it has made. "No greater example of it...

Obama Makes Case
for Second Term

60 minutes interview

Dec 12, 2011 5:11 AM CST

Obama Makes Case for Second Term

GOP's and his vision for future drastically different, says President

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney? Or Michele Bachmann? It doesn't really matter who the Republican candidate is in the coming presidential election because the entire GOP is offering the same thing—lower taxes on the wealthy and fewer regulations on business—and that's an agenda Americans have already...

'Nutty Newt' vs. 'No Drama
Obama?' Yesssss!

Maureen Dowd

Dec 11, 2011 1:49 PM CST

'Nutty Newt' vs. 'No Drama Obama?' Yesssss!

Maureen Dowd loves the election-year match-up

(Newser) - With Newt Gingrich surging in the polls and kicking butt in debates , Maureen Dowd is dreaming of a Gingrich/Obama match-up: "The Drama Queen versus No Drama Obama," she writes in the New York Times . "The apocalyptic prophet versus the ambiguous president." The conflict would be "...

Perry: I Was
'Taken Aback'
by $10K Bet

talk show roundup

Dec 11, 2011 11:12 AM CST

Perry: I Was 'Taken Aback' by $10K Bet

And more from the Sunday talk shows

(Newser) - Rick Perry today weighed in on last night's big debate moment— the $10,000 bet . "I was taken a little aback" by Mitt Romney's wager, Perry said on Fox News Sunday, Politico reports. "Driving out to the station this morning I'm pretty sure I didn’...

Romney's
$10K Bet
a Bad Move

big debate gaffe

Dec 11, 2011 5:35 AM CST

Romney's $10K Bet a Bad Move

Big-money bet makes Romney look rich, out of touch, say critics

(Newser) - Trailing a surging Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney needed to make a splash in last night's GOP debate to take back the momentum. Well, Romney definitely splashed, thanks to his bold $10,000 wager over his belief in an individual mandate for health insurance—but how much do you want...

Ron Paul
Could Get
Obama
Re-Elected

George Will

Dec 10, 2011 6:43 AM CST

Ron Paul Could Get Obama Re-Elected

He could be spoiler as an independent: George Will

(Newser) - Ron Paul, who continues to poll well in several early voting states in the Republican primaries, is refusing to rule out a possible independent run for the presidency should he lose the GOP nomination. (“I’m not thinking about it because, look, I’m not doing badly right now,...

Why Do Evangelicals
Like Cheating Hubby Newt?

analysis

Dec 9, 2011 9:44 AM CST

Why Do Evangelicals Like Cheating Hubby Newt?

Some may forgive him; others just don't know about it: experts

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has three times Mitt Romney's evangelical support in Iowa. But how can a man who has been married three times, cheated on his first two wives, and changed religions twice be beating one who has been married once and has always been a Mormon? Experts offer a...

With Bachmann Out,
Trump Debate a Party of 2

Dec 9, 2011 3:58 AM CST

With Bachmann Out, Trump Debate a Party of 2

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum are the only candidates on board

(Newser) - Ready for an evening with Donald, Rick, and Newt? Michele Bachmann has become the latest candidate to confirm that she won't be attending the GOP debate Donald Trump is hosting on Dec. 27, leaving Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum as the only candidates who will be there, the Los ...

The Sad Saga of Ginger White

Gail Collins

Dec 8, 2011 1:29 PM CST

The Sad Saga of Ginger White

Gail Collins can't figure out why Herman Cain's mistress came forward

(Newser) - Gail Collins can't figure something out: Why the heck did Ginger White come forward to reveal her extramarital affair with Herman Cain? At this point, Collins fully believes White's story, simply "because nobody would want to make up something so bleak," she writes in the New ...