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Newt Gingrich
the national interest
Jan. 24, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
Newt Gingrich Tries and Fails to Use Lincoln to Attack Biden The former Speaker’s description of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address as a “unity” speech suggests he hasn’t read it in a while.
By Ed Kilgore
past is prologue
Aug. 23, 2021
Clinton and Biden Bookend the Era of the Swing Voter Differences in how the two men approached campaigning and governing, despite their similar ideologies, reflect a massive shift in the U.S. electorate.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
July 27, 2021
Why 2022 Won’t Be Another 1994 Republican Tidal Wave Lindsey Graham’s prediction of an impending red wave ignores several key factors behind the GOP’s historic gains in Bill Clinton’s first midterm.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
May 26, 2021
Trump Consulting Gingrich on Midterm ‘Contract’ With one well-known snake-oil salesman helping a man allergic to actual thinking, we shouldn’t expect much in the way of a midterm message.
By Ed Kilgore
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Trying to Impeach the Biden Family Nobody drives the crazy train like Greene, who may represent where the MAGA movement is going.
By Ed Kilgore
Conservative Megadonor Sheldon Adelson May Be the Last of His Kind The casino mogul, who has died at 87, typified the kingmaking role made possible by Citizens United .
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Nov. 22, 2019
Getting Hot Late Is Usually the Key to Winning Iowa A good organization and momentum are both key to an Iowa caucus win, but this year there are signs of potential late shifts.
By Ed Kilgore
A Non-Racist Conservatism Must Look to the Future, Not the Past Ross Douthat’s latest column paints a discouraging picture of non-racist conservatism.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Did Impeachment Plans Damage Republicans in 1998? Sifting the evidence both ways provides no clear answer to the question – or clear guidance to Democrats today who don’t want to squander a 2020 win.
By Ed Kilgore
mueller report
Apr. 17, 2019
Remembering the Starr Report As We Await the Mueller Report It’s unlikely Mueller’s report will have the seismic impact of the dirty book Ken Starr put together, which 20 million people read the first two days.
By Ed Kilgore
health care
Jan. 17, 2019
Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Executive Fiat Having failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
By Ed Kilgore
government shutdown
Jan. 11, 2019
It’s Official: We’re in the Longest Government Shutdown Ever The only path to a reopened federal government right now seems to be a national emergency declaration loaded with legal and political pitfalls.
By Ed Kilgore
the weekly standard
Dec. 14, 2018
The Weekly Standard Lived By the Partisan Sword – And Died By ItThe conservative magazine — always shameless in its GOP loyalty — is closing after breaking ranks with Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
white house
Dec. 13, 2018
The Search for Trump’s Next Chief of Staff Is Getting Absurd Newt Gingrich is visiting the White House and Jose Canseco has submitted his résumé.
By Adam K. Raymond
Lucy McBath Declares Victory in Bid for Newt Gingrich’s Old Congressional Seat McBath came to national prominence after her son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed by a racist motorist in Florida in 2012.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
the national interest
Oct. 26, 2018
By Jonathan Chait
These Trends Suggest the Democratic Midterm Wave Will Get Bigger In the past, the party controlling the White House found itself with a lot more vulnerable House seats than expected late in the cycle.
By Ed Kilgore
Trump Endorses GOPer Who Vowed to ‘Round Up Criminal Illegals’ in His Pickup In a surprise endorsement at the last minute, Trump is at odds with popular Georgia GOP governor Nathan Deal.
By Ed Kilgore
donald trump
Feb. 2, 2018
Joe Manchin Is Right: Washington Sucks As Washington descends into tribal warfare over the president’s struggle against independent investigation, Congress is becoming a bad joke.
By Ed Kilgore
spouse school
Aug. 21, 2017
Newt Gingrich Forced to Go to ‘Spouse School’ His wife, Callista, is going to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican.
By Lisa Ryan
Trump Doesn’t Know What a Medicaid Cut Is Like Newt Gingrich back in the 1990s, Trump is claiming increased Medicaid funding means the program is not being “cut.” That’s, at best, ignorance.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia’s Extra-Special Election Enters the Final Stretch In a race that’s too close to call, both parties are seeing a potential harbinger for what will happen in the 2018 midterms.
By Ed Kilgore
Callista Gingrich an Odd Vatican Ambassador for an Odd President Her identification with two adulterous pols whose policies are deplored in the Vatican won’t make life easy for America’s new representative.
By Ed Kilgore
How the GOP Might Fudge the Numbers to Make Trumpcare Seem Less Irresponsible On the brink of what many fear will be a terrible-looking “score” of its health-care bill, congressional Republicans may just get a new scorekeeper.
By Ed Kilgore
R.I.P. Bob Michel, the Last House GOP Leader Before Anger Took Over Michel’s displacement by Newt Gingrich is widely seen as a landmark on the road to partisan polarization. The path continues ever downward today.
By Ed Kilgore
Newt: Callista Gingrich Could Be Ambassador to Vatican Newt couldn’t make it into the Trump administration but his wife may be able to.
By Adam K. Raymond
Gingrich Calls for Killing CBO So Trump Can Cook America’s Books “It is a left-wing, corrupt, bureaucratic defender of big government and liberalism.”
By Ed Kilgore
Where Are the Latinos in Trump’s Cabinet? He is in danger of becoming first president since Jimmy Carter with no top Latino appointees.
By Ed Kilgore
Actually, Trump Says, the Swamp Will Be Drained On the day another Trump loyalist downplays plans of swamp-draining, the president-elect reasserts his plan.
By Adam K. Raymond
Gingrich: Trump Doesn’t Want to ‘Drain the Swamp’ Anymore The president-elect thought the phrase was “cute” but doesn’t want to use it anymore.
By Adam K. Raymond
Newt to Cash In on Trump Connection The former Speaker will avoid the hard work and danger of serving in the next administration, opting instead to stuff his pockets.
By Ed Kilgore
early and often
Nov. 29, 2016
Gingrich Thinks Trump Shouldn’t ‘Randomly Tweet’ — or Hold Press Conferences He thinks the president should answer handpicked questions from the public instead.
By Charley Lanyon
The Trump Cabinet Is Shaping Up to Be a Total Sausagefest Speculation over who will serve in the Trump administration involves a whole lot of old dudes.
By Jen Kirby
Trump Reportedly Lining Up Giuliani and Gingrich for Cabinet Who’s ready for Secretary of State Gingrich and Attorney General Giuliani?
By Adam K. Raymond
birds and bees and consent
Oct. 27, 2016
Watch Stephen Colbert Give Newt Gingrich ‘the Talk’ About Sexual Assault “You’re old enough to finally learn about the birds and the bees and consent.”
By Lisa Ryan
cable news news
Oct. 26, 2016
Newt Gingrich Accuses Megyn Kelly of Being ‘Fascinated With Sex’ He lost it when Kelly noted that women have accused Trump of being a “sexual predator.”
By Margaret Hartmann
casual sexism
Sept. 29, 2016
By Gabriella Paiella
everyday sexism
July 20, 2016
By Claire Landsbaum
It’s Official: Donald Trump Names Mike Pence As His Running Mate On Twitter, Trump confirms that the Indiana governor will be joining his ticket.
By Eric Levitz
the national interest
July 15, 2016
By Jonathan Chait
On VP Choice, Trump Torn Between Mr. Right and a Pair of Bad Boys Trump’s advisers see Indiana governor Mike Pence as the best, safest choice. But the mogul wants a “fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat” — like Gingrich or Christie.
By Eric Levitz
Trump Attack on Trade Is Peril for Running Mate To all of the other hazards of being Trump’s running mate you can add alienating business supporters and donors for the rest of your career by demonizing international trade and investment agreements.
By Ed Kilgore
A Trump-Gingrich Ticket: So Crazy It Just Might Make Sense? If the Donald wants a mirror-image veep with a long résumé but compatible views, Newt is ready to deploy his motor of a mouth.
By Ed Kilgore
cable news news
Oct. 15, 2014
By Joe Coscarelli
cable news news
Sept. 27, 2013
By Joe Coscarelli
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