Newt Gingrich’s offers free advice: Don’t use Bain to attack Mitt Romney
"Fundamentally, guys. You cannot use Bain. Moon, instead." (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
Don't you just love Newt Gingrich?
Gingrich did not exactly recant, but did acknowledge the ineffectiveness of one attack he used on Romney – the private equity firm B...
Newt Gingrich to quit, expected to announce Mitt Romney will acquire campaign in debt swap
So the 2012 presidential campaign is on the verge of losing it's only housing historian. That's right, Newton Leroy Gingrich is about to quit the campaign, and announce his intention of supporting Willard Mitt Romney. The press conference is scheduled ...
GOP Madness, 2012, Round 1, Match 8
Without giving away too much, I'll just say that there are no more Michele Bachmann candidacies in this tournament. So with both of her entries having lost, we won't be seeing her in the second round ... much like her real-world performance.
A moment o...
Newt Gingrich prepares to suspend campaign, resume paying for zoo tours himself
(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
Newt Gingrich has begun the throat-clearing, hinting, and pre-announcing stage of the end of his presidential campaign—or, let's face it, suspension (the man has a lot of debt). He wouldn't be Newt Gingrich, though, if he d...
Newt Gingrich’s Secret Service protection costs $40,000 per day
Not so much a person as an ego with feet.
Businessweek notes that the supposed fiscal conservative Newt Gingrich is a pretty lavish spender when it comes to other people's money:
His think tank went bankrupt. His campaign is $4.3 million in de...
GOP Madness, 2012! Round 1, match 3
Welcome to the third contest of this year's GOP Madness tournament, where we seek to crown the top moment of this year's GOP nomination battle!
Many of you have asked, what standard to use when picking these moments? The funniest, the craziest, the mos...
GOP Madness, 2012! Round 1, match 3
Welcome to the third contest of this year's GOP Madness tournament, where we seek to crown the top moment of this year's GOP nomination battle!
Many of you have asked, what standard to use when picking these moments? The funniest, the craziest, the mos...
Newt Gingrich bitten by penguin
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich
(Wikimedia)
Whether it's a slow news day or not, I'd say this qualifies as very, very important. And I'm not just saying that because it's pretty darn funny.
At least one penguin at the St. Louis Zoo appears to be a feist...
Fox News chief gives advice to young journalists
Mr. Sunshine
Fox News head Roger Ailes gave a college lecture to aspiring young journalists on Thursday. It was full of the sort of advice that makes Fox News what it is today.
Too many aspiring journalists want to affect politics or are on a mission...
Newt Gingrich ‘teetering on the edge of becoming a laughingstock,’ jumps off
(Caricature by DonkeyHotey)
If you ever had any doubt about Newt Gingrich's talent for grift, doubt no more:
Desperate times in the Newt Gingrich camp have called for desperate measures.
Scrambling to dig himself out of a $4.5 million hole, the forme...
Gingrich Group files bankruptcy
The big question: What will this mean for Tiffany & Co.?
Tough times for historians of housing:
In a Chapter 7 filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia, The Gingrich Group LLC, doing business as the Center for Health Tran...
NY Times: Republican candidates ‘should be racing’ from National Organization for Marriage
Can we get a statement both in favor and opposed to race-baiting political tactics, Gov. Romney?
(Matthew Reichbach/Wikicommons)
Strong words and tough questions from the New York Times editorial page on the topic of National Organization for Marriag...
