Newt Gingrich is Not a Tea Party Guy
Wednesday, in the least suspenseful press conference of the political season, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced that he is running for President. Gingrich’s announcement, which was...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich Proves He’s a RINO on Meet the Press
The smartest guy in the room just lost a couple dozen conservative IQ points. Yesterday on Meet the Press, Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich came out in “qualified” favor of Obamacare’s forced...
View ArticleRon Paul is Not the Founder of the Tea Party Movement
Christina Botteri had an excellent post in this space yesterday, in which she argued that Ron Paul is not the first person to claim he founded the Tea Party movement. I agree with Christina that a...
View ArticleA President Who Will Just Get Out of the Way
After a century of Presidential extra-constitutional activism that’s reached a new peak under the administration of Barack Obama, the nation is signalling it’s time for a change. The will of the...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich, Champion of Hamiltonian Statism
On the Glenn Beck radio program today, Newt Gingrich once more confirmed his support for Hamiltonian industrial policies. In some instances, such as ethanol, Gingrich argued, the federal government...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich’s Dangerous Attack on American Constitutional Principles—and...
A few weeks ago, the idea factory that is Newt Gingrich generated its worst idea in 68 years. Following in the footsteps of the court-packing scheme proposed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in...
View ArticleThe Tea Party Slaps Down Mitt Romney in South Carolina
Newt Gingrich’s stunning 40% to 28% victory over Mitt Romney in today’s South Carolina Republican Presidential primary is more a Tea Party slap down of Romney than a complete embrace of Gingrich. The...
View ArticlePawlenty’s Wrong: Gingrich Can Beat Obama
In light of the drubbing Mitt Romney received Saturday at the hands of Newt Gingrich, failed Presidential candidate and Romney surrogate Tim Pawlenty asserted today that Newt Gingrich can’t beat Obama....
View ArticleA Better Tea Party Slapdown
I do not dispute Michael Patrick Leahy’s claim (“Tea Party Slaps Down Mitt Romney in South Carolina”) that a fair measure of Newt Gingrich’s wide victory margin in South Carolina can be attributed to...
View ArticleWhy is Santorum Rising?
Recent polls show former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum rising. Some national polls of Republican primary voters show him in the lead, other show him closely behind Mitt Romney. Many polls show him...
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