But the negotiations collapsed in acrimony because Gingrich and Santorum could not agree on who would get to be president. ‘In the end,’ Gingrich says, ‘it was just too hard to negotiate.’
Bloomberg Businessweek has a story about how Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich nearly ran for president together on a quote-unquote “Unity” ticket.
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Hope that second to pick yourself up from fainting helped.
You can say, ‘I believe my principles so much, I’m kicking you out.’ You can say, ‘I still believe in my principles, but I love you.’ Or you can say, ‘Gee, I love you so much, I am changing my principles.’ Rob picked the third path. That’s his prerogative.Newt Gingrich • Discussing Sen. Rob Portman’s decision to come out in support of gay marriage as a result of his relationship with his son, Will. Portman’s decision drew strong support from younger conservatives, but among older ones, it might be a tougher sell — just 30 percent of Republicans between 18 and 29 oppose gay marriage, while 68 percent of Republicans between 50 to 64 remain opposed. (In both cases, the total has gone down significantly in the past nine years.)
Newton to the rescue: Embattled Missouri Senate Candidate Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin may have been abandoned by the Republican establishment, but he’s not entirely without friends: Akin is getting an assist from failed presidential candidate and “Definer of Civilization“ Newt Gingrich, who will be attending a $500-a-plate fundraiser for Akin’s candidacy this Monday (Photo credit: AP). source
We love headlines like this. Adelson, you’ll recall, is the casino magnate who single-handedly kept Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign from collapsing so moons ago. He’s still a prominent Republican contributor, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee—the party apparatus in charge of electing House Democrats—is in some hot water for making some sketchily-sourced claims about Adelson. They caved yesterday and apologized after Adelson threatened to sue. source
Shepard Smith on Mitt Romney’s statement about Newt’s departure: “Politics is weird and creepy and now I know lacks even the loosest attachment to anything like reality.” Y’know, “weird and creepy” could probably describe a lot of things — for example, this. Either way, this is the best deadpanning we’ve seen in years.
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Suspended Campaign of the Day: Newt Gingrich finally, officially, has waved the white flag. At a press conference happening now in Arlington, VA, Gingrich announced the suspension of his campaign for the GOP nomination, calling his run “an amazing year” for himself and his wife, Callista.
More to come.
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Eh, took so long that by the end it was kind of a non-story.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3evujbhYb1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Suspended Campaign of the Day: Newt Gingrich finally, officially, has waved the white flag. At a press conference happening now in Arlington, VA, Gingrich announced the suspension of his campaign for the GOP nomination, calling his run “an amazing year” for himself and his wife, Callista.
More to come.
[bi]
Eh, took so long that by the end it was kind of a non-story.
Newt Gingrich: Sorry for the confusing presidential announcement
Did anyone else find the rollout of Newt Gingrich’s presidential plans to be a tad confusing? If so, Newt agrees with you. “It (the roll-out) led to unfortunate confusion,” Gingrich said yesterday. “I wish we had been a little more structured last week. But I don’t take it as a very serious problem.” Newt’s defense of his work during the 1995 shutdown was timed kinda weirdly and gave opponents a good talking point. Of course, it didn’t help that Fox News added their own wrinkle to the mess. But on the other hand, Newt did in fact prove us wrong, so we guess that’s worthy of some credit. source
Here’s a little blast from the past: Newt Gingrich bungled announcing the start to his campaign, pre-announcing the announcement and causing confusion in the process. And now he appears to have bungled announcing the end of it.
Newt pre-suspends his campaign before he suspends it: In this video, intended for his supporters, Newt Gingrich thanks his supporters before he suspends his campaign for good. Consider this our pre-post about it.
Last zoo trip of the campaign: With the swimming-in-debt Gingrich campaign expected to end next week, Newt made his final trip to the zoo during this campaign, a place where he loves going. “While looking at the robotic dinosaurs, Gingrich would often critique whether or not they are life size,” noted NBC News’ Andrew Rafferty, who released the photos into the wild (sorry). With full credit to our pal Margarita Noriega, we’d like to ask you guys to caption these pics. In your response to this post, write the number of the photo along with the caption. What are you waiting for?
In honor of Newt’s now-confirmed departure from the race, here’s some photos of our man with animals. In this case a red-tailed hawk back in 1995. (photo by Joe Marquette/AP)
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Newt Gingrich’s banking his dimming hopes on Delaware: “We’re going to try to deliver this for you, Mr. Speaker,” said State Sen. Colin Bonini, one of the former House Speaker’s supporters in the state. Gingrich has suggested that if he doesn’t win this, that’s it for him. Wait, he’s still running? source
jankgeneration-deactivated20121 asks: How the hell is it legal for Newt Gingrich to hock people's personal information like that? Secondly, do politicians do this kind of thing often? It's all quite disturbing.
» SFB says: Looking through the site where Newt brokered his donor lists, Rudi Guiliani and Tim Pawlenty did the same thing. As does Americans for Prosperity, a leading Tea Party group. And if you bought a copy of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” through NewsMax? They’re straight-up selling telemarketing lists for that. It’s actually not unlike what magazines do. Ever subscribe to a magazine and notice an uptick in junk mail weeks afterward? That’s why. (In fact, one of the big issues news outlets have with the iPad is that this information, a reliable income source, is not made available to them.) What makes Newt’s case strange and more disturbing is that he’s doing it while he’s on the campaign trail. Usually it doesn’t happen until after the campaign is over. — Ernie @ SFB
It’s opt-in, but still. (EDIT: WorldNetDaily and The Washington Times also sell their subscriber lists on this site. Clearly, the real money is in selling subscriber lists like magazines do.)
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