All the Newt’s That’s Fit to Print


I do not want Newt Gingrich to be the Republican nominee. I’ve already said I Can Forgive You Newt, But I Still Can’t Vote For You.

Now, having said that, if Newt is the nominee, I will vote for him. It would be a struggle to enthusiastically support him, but I will vote for the alternative to Barack Obama.

But Newt is getting all of the attention right now as the front runner, so he’s the one everyone is talking about.

Even Nancy Pelosi got into the act saying she was anxious to tell stories.

Giggling Pelosi Says She Has Dirt on Newt

“One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich,” Pelosi said. “I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff.”

Then apparently realizing that she’d be breaking the House Rules to talk about Newt breaking the House rules, she retreats…

Pelosi: Um, Actually, I Don’t Have Newt Dirt …

Pelosi’s spokesman, Drew Hammill, suggested that her comments have been misconstrued beyond the leader’s intent.

See also:
Three Reasons Gingrich Will—and Won’t—Fly
Wall Street Journal
As someone who fancies himself a powerful intellectual, Mr. Gingrich often seems unable to resist a new idea. That has led him over the years to be intrigued by stem-cell research, a cap-and-trade system to fight global warming and an individual mandate as a way to help overhaul the health-care system.

Why a Newt Gingrich Candidacy Would Doom the Tea Party
The Atlantic
The Tea Party cannot support Gingrich without betraying its core principles. But the movement also cannot disclaim him once he is the Republican nominee.

Then there’s the Transcript of Glenn Beck’s Interview with Gingrich

Finally, The Washington Post has a graph of Gingrich’s campaign debts.

I’ve said it before, I think Gingrich is brilliant. Probably the smartest of the bunch.

But, if he’s the nominee, say hello to another four years of President Obama.

Can we make it one more year in Obama’s America?

This from the NRSC

And elsewhere…

Wow… There really IS someone worse than Jimmy Carter
Bobby Eberle, GOPUSA
When asked to choose the worst president in the history of America, a familiar name comes to mind. Even Democrats will remember the years of gas lines, energy shortages, inflation, unemployment, and hostages. I’m talking about the 39th president of the United States: Jimmy Carter. But now, a new report by Gallup reveals that Barack Obama has journeyed into Carter-like territory. In the history of their polling, no one has had a lower approval rating at this point in a presidential term than Obama.


Michelle Malkin via Red County
As evidence of this historic openness, Obama flacks point to farces like last week’s Thanksgiving-timed release of White House visitor logs — which even left-wing good government activists have criticized for their incompleteness. As the Center for Public Integrity reported earlier this year, the logs (which disclosure advocates forced into the public eye after suing) “routinely omit or cloud key details about the identity of visitors, whom they met with and the nature of their visits. The logs even include the names of people who never showed up. These are critical gaps that raise doubts about the records’ historical accuracy and utility in helping the public understand White House operations, from social events to meetings on key policy debates.”

WH: Obama Undecided on Whether to Impose Regulation Forcing Catholics to Act Against Their Faith
CNSNews.com
(CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama has not yet decided whether to go forward with a proposed regulation under the health care law he signed last year that would force Catholic individuals and instutions to act against the teachings of the Catholic church.