Newt Gingrich

Iowa 2012–What Does it Mean?

So the results are in from the Republican caucuses in Iowa. Who won? Who lost? I guess one could spin Mitt Romney’s squeaker of a victory either way. He beat Rick Santorum, a guy who was buried in the polls for months, by just 8 votes. One could argue that a significant percentage of Republicans […]

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Memos all Around

Memo to the lawyer for the NBA Players’ Association who compared his clients’ situation to life on the plantation: Find a new metaphor. The people you really disrespected were the slaves. How could anyone compare multimillionaires who play a game for a living and get long summer vacations to slaves suffering on the plantation? I’m

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The Aftermath

Well, the Apocalypse was avoided–Congress made its deal on the debt ceiling, the United States government did not go into default, social security checks got mailed out on time, and life as we know it did not come crashing to a halt. And now for the retrospective… I’m not surprised that a deal was made. 

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Several Untruths

Here are 4 things some people believe and my responses to them: Newt Gingrich still has a chance to be President.  Reality:  plenty of people still like the guy, but a majority of Republicans are not in his corner.  The loss of several key staffers recently would indicate that even some of those who were

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