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Catholic Online:
“Gingrich is making a very important statement of faith (and fact). He is explaining to all that America is first and foremost a Christian nation founded on belief in God and the principles of the Christian faith. Furthermore, he is pointing out that as the nation removes God from His central role in guiding the decisions of our leaders, the nation is clearly bound to suffer yet further ills. For Catholics, Newt Gingrich is like a breath of fresh air. Indeed, Roman Catholics have not been represented in the presidency since the days of John F. Kennedy. For other Christians, Gingrich may not precisely share all of their beliefs, but he clearly shares the core beliefs of all Christians. And he has made clear that he intends to seek the guidance of God during his term in office. Newt Gingrich believes that he can restore faith in the presidency by bringing faith to the oval office. It appears that a growing multitude of Christians are prepared to agree.”Fishersville Mike:
“Can Newt Gingrich be an outsider after years inside the D.C. establishment? He's the insider that insiders hate, making him an outsider among the insiders.”Jay Newton-Small, at TIME:
“If there is a GOP establishment left after 2010′s Tea Party revolution, it is backing Mitt Romney. So, given the meteoric rise of Newt Gingrich, is it any surprise that some of the former Speaker’s former colleagues this week have started to beat him back? ... To some degree, inside-the-Beltway attacks could help the 32-year Washington veteran seem more like a political outsider. ‘Having the establishment against him helps improve his credibility with the conservatives in the Republican Party as shown in the latest poll of voters in Iowa,’ says James Thurber, head of American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies. A Washington Post poll released Tuesday shows Gingrich winning 33% of Iowan voters followed by Romney tied with Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 18% each... The question is this: Given his momentum with primary voters, will anything stick at this point? ‘A tough effort to push Romney through could backfire,’ says Norm Ornstein, a scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.”Pema Levy, at Talking Points Memo:
“Rove has taken a stab at just about every candidate other than Romney, and on Tuesday it was Newt Gingrich’s turn. With multiple polls showing Newt Gingrich surging in Iowa, Rove took to Fox News, to undermine the former speaker...”Matt Lewis, at The Daily Caller.:
“With former Speaker Newt Gingrich surging in the polls, former Gov. Mitt Romney has finally decided it’s time to go on the offensive. One of the men Romney has lined up to attack Gingrich is former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu. The feud is not new. As a former chief of staff to President George H.W. Bush, Sununu has a long-held grudge against Gingrich — who fought Bush’s budget deal that included raising taxes... It is, perhaps, ironic that Sununu is being trotted out as a sort of expert conservative witness. Aside from advocating and defending the Bush tax hike, John Sununu — who [Thursday] will be on a Romney conference call to disparage Newt Gingrich’s record — also gets credit for advocating David Souter’s appointment to the Supreme Court.”William A. Jacobson, at Legal Insurrection:
“Sununu serving as surrogate Romney attack dog is the second unexpected Christmas present for Newt after Nancy Pelosi’s failed blackmail attempt, because it shows that all the wrong people hate Newt for all the wrong reasons.”Steven Ertelt, at LifeNews.com:
“Newt Gingrich is the latest whipping boy for the Planned Parenthood abortion business as it has taken on Republican candidate Mitt Romney in recent weeks and now trains its sights on Gingrich as he has climbed in the polls... Gingrich’s voting record on pro-life issues reflected the consensus pro-life views of the majority of Americans. Gingrich voted in favor of a ban on partial-birth abortion... Gingrich also voted to cut federal funding to organizations that perform or promote abortions abroad, including the United Nations Population Fund, which is complicit in carrying out China’s One Child Policy. In addition, Gingrich supported restrictions on funding for assisted suicide. In the 2012 presidential race, Gingrich has pledged to appoint pro-life judges to the Supreme Court, end taxpayer funding of abortion, de-fund Planned Parenthood and sign into law a federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Gingrich is also committed to repealing the pro-abortion Obama healthcare law, which contains massive abortion funding and threats of rationing.”Noel Sheppard, at NewsBusters:
“How much do the gang at MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ despise Newt Gingrich and want to derail his run for president?”Bill Quick, at Daily Pundit:
“The Dems are absolutely terrified of Newt Gingrich in the White House. He’s got their numbers, knows where all their bodies, living and dead, are buried, and has a history of doing more damage to their power than any single man since the advent of the FDR era. Remember, it was Newt who broke their half-century stranglehold on the House of Representatives, the wellspring of legislation, a stranglehold they’ve never since really regained. They fear him with a great fear, and with extremely good reason... It’s going to take somebody of Newt’s caliber and understanding of the inner workings of the legislature to kill Obamacare once and for all, and to begin to unravel the wounds the Dems have inflicted on the republic and on liberty over the past eighty years.”Steve McCann, at American Thinker:
“There is no one more reviled in Washington than Newt. If anyone believes he is part of the establishment, he or she is mistaken.”Thomas Beaumont, at Associated Press:
“Polls suggest some Republicans are starting to conclude they may have to embrace Gingrich as the conservative they've been waiting for - despite personal and professional blemishes - if they want to stop Romney, who has the backing of much of the GOP establishment but irks many conservatives. ‘At the end of the day, people are going to have to decide what they can live with,’ said Amy Kremer, the Tea Party Express chairwoman. She was among the group of conservatives that grilled Gingrich during a private two-hour meeting in Washington on Wednesday over his busy post-congressional consulting career... ‘It wasn't a walk in the park for him,’ Kremer said, adding that the free-wheeling discussion touched on Gingrich's discipline as a candidate, his support for climate change legislation and his acknowledged marital infidelity. But, she said, Gingrich's frank responses - he says he is chastened and more disciplined than before - turned some skeptics.”R.C. Hammond, Gingrich spokesman:
“There were days in August when we raised $10,000 overnight and we’d be very excited about it. Now we see $10,000 an hour.”Robert Costa, at National Review Online:
“For the moment, Gingrich’s fresh bushel of campaign cash is being funneled into television ads, and newly opened offices are busy but sparse. A new 60-second spot, for instance, recently went up in Iowa, its message reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s ‘Morning in America’ commercial from the 1984 presidential campaign. And in Urbandale, near Des Moines, the campaign opened its state headquarters earlier this month, filling it with cellphones, posters, and sign-up sheets. Just as important says Adam Waldeck, Gingrich’s South Carolina strategist, is what the campaign is doing to connect with tea-party leaders in early states. After the campaign nearly imploded in July, Waldeck notes, it was tea-party members, more than others, who stuck with Gingrich. And now, as he rises, they are taking the reins, with Gingrich’s national team enabling backers such as Joe Dugan, a Myrtle Beach activist, to direct outreach projects.”William A. Jacobson, at Legal Insurrection:
“The latest polling has caused an avalanche of attacks on Newt from just about every corner... If Newt survives the next two weeks in the lead, it will be hard to stop him. I think he will survive the onslaught because none of these critics... makes the case for anyone else. It’s just trying to tear down the latest challenger to Romney.”Michael Johns:
“No Republican Presidential candidate has yet solidified the support of the nation's tea party movement. But Newt Gingrich's hugely positive reception this past weekend at a Staten Island Tea Party event certainly suggests that the politically burgeoning Gingrich has good reason for optimism. Reception to his remarks this past Friday was perhaps best captured in a New York Post headline: ‘Staten Island Tea Partiers: Newt's a beaut.’ ... Gingrich's successful Staten Island Tea Party appearance was accompanied by news that former Staten Island Congressman Vito Fossella has endorsed his candidacy. In polling, Gingrich has seen a substantial increase in his national support since Herman Cain's announcement this past weekend that he was suspending his campaign. In an average of recent national polls conducted Monday by the political website Real Clear Politics, Gingrich has now surpassed former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as the leader among all Republican Presidential candidates.”- JP
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