Newt Gingrich
The Heritage Heresy
Pre-Debate Post-Debate Analysis
To: Editor From: TN Re: Republican debate I've got a social engagement tonight and I know the copy desk doesn't like to work late. So here's my post-debate analysis. The debate will air on Fox News from 9 to 11 p.m., so please do not post before 11 p.m. Repeat: do not post before 11 p.m. We don't want to give readers the idea that the press knows what to say even before the candidates take the stage. God knows the public is cynical enough about politics and the media as it is. Cheers, Tim READ MORE >>
Republicans Used to at Least Talk About Poverty. What Changed?
Why Pawlenty and Bachmann Both Need a Win in Ames
The Millenialist Temptation
Ross Douthat's column today makes a sharp point about the myth of the realigning election, and how this encourages partisans to dream of total victory: READ MORE >>
[Guest post by Gabriel Debenedetti] Last night on “The O’Reilly Factor,” pseudo-presidential candidate Newt Gingrich called President Obama’s tenure a “Paul Krugman presidency.” Gingrich confidently explained that Obama “believes that stuff. He believes in left-wing economic ideas.” READ MORE >>
All Over the Map
Newt Gingrich, America’s Worst Historian
Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign is finished, although it may be a few months before he admits what nearly everyone who follows politics already knows. In the meantime, the loquacious fellow who once spearheaded the conservative insurgency, ran the House of Representatives, and jousted with President Bill Clinton has now become the butt of predictable jokes about his hefty debts, his three marriages, and the staffers who were smart enough to get off his sinking ship. READ MORE >>
Why The House Will Kill The Grand Bargain
Every time somebody suggests there might be a big deficit deal, and every time I catch myself thinking it could happen, I return to one basic question: How does this pass the House of Representatives? I've never heard a remotely persuasive answer to this question. READ MORE >>
