AP Shown here are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. CHARLESTON, S.C. – Newt Gingrich acknowledged Saturday that his rival’s attacks have taken their toll on his presidential campaign as he’s zoomed to be Mitt Romney’s chief challenger. Romney predicted that conservative voters will reject Gingrich as they learn [...]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Newt Gingrich overlooked a couple of years of red ink when he boldly claimed Thursday night that he balanced the budget for four years as House speaker. He also glossed over the fact he was not the only leader in town back in those days. In the last debate before the [...]
WINDHAM, N.H. – Newt Gingrich announced Monday evening that he would be writing a letter to his staff and surrogates underscoring the importance of running a positive campaign, saying he would “publicly disown” any super pac that runs a “nasty ad” in his name and would advise supporters not to donate to them. It was [...]
AP Dec. 10: Mitt Romney, left, and Newt Gingrich, square off in GOP debate. Newt Gingrich no longer has the luxury of playing the uniter in the Republican presidential field. The former House speaker, after spending past debates dismissing “gotcha” questions from moderators and urging his fellow competitors to stop attacking each other, had to [...]
AP Dec. 7, 2011: Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition in Washington. Newt Gingrich declared in an interview that Palestinians are an “invented” people, though his campaign afterward claimed the candidate still supports the establishment of a Palestinian state. The [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Newt Gingrich faces his first debate as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, putting pressure on his main rival, Mitt Romney, to go on the attack with less than a month to go before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. The Saturday night debate will focus on the federal budget deficit. It [...]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Newt Gingrich faces his first debate as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, putting pressure on his main rival, Mitt Romney, to go on the attack with less than a month to go before the leadoff Iowa caucuses. The Saturday night debate will focus on the federal budget deficit. It [...]
Newt Gingrich has increased his lead over Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican nomination, yet the former House speaker is weaker than Romney with the general electorate. In a hypothetical matchup, Barack Obama is just 2 percentage points ahead of Romney (44-42 percent), according to a Fox News national poll released Thursday. Three [...]
Which of the two current front-runners for the Republican nomination is a “true conservative?” By a 13 percentage-point margin, more American voters say Newt Gingrich (53 percent) than Mitt Romney (40 percent). Among self-identified conservatives, the difference widens. Gingrich has a 19-point advantage over Romney when it comes to the “true conservative” trait among this [...]
AP November 19, 2011: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during the Thanksgiving Family Forum sponsored by The Family Leader as former CEO of Godfather's Pizza Herman Cain looks on. ATLANTA – Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is set to announce he is endorsing former Speaker of the House and fellow Georgian Newt Gingrich [...]
