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Rep. Gohmert Nominated Newt Gingrich to Replace John Boehner as Speaker

[CNSNews.com]

November 14, 2012
gohmert Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas).

(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) nominated former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) to replace current Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Wednesday.

Gohmert reportedly felt it was time to halt “business as usual” in Congress. His nomination of Gingrich did not receive a second and House Republicans voted to retain Boehner as speaker.

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Arizona debate preview: The stakes for the four candidates

Tony Lee

[HumanEvents.com]

by Tony Lee
02/22/2012

When Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer parlayed the leverage that she had by threatening to move Arizona’s primary up and cause chaos in the primary calendar to get Arizona a nationally televised GOP debate, she ensured that all eyes would be on her state.

With Mitt Romney struggling in Michigan, Santorum challenging Romney’s front-runner status, Gingrich needing to climb back into the race and Paul being Paul, tonight’s debate will be critical in influencing not only the next three weeks in the GOP primary but perhaps being a determinative debate.

Here are the stakes for the four candidates going into the debate:

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Gallup: Santorum Opens Dougle-Digit National Lead Over Romney, 36 to 26

[CNSNews.com]

Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania speaking to the Ohio Christian Alliance in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) – Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania has opened a double-digit lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Gallup’s national tracking poll of the Republican presidential race.

In the five-day polling period ending on Sunday, Feb. 19, Santorum was first with 36 percent, Romney was second with 26 percent, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was third with 13 percent, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas was fourth with 11 percent.

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Gingrich to get another $10 million from casino backer – sources

[CBSNews.com]

POLITICAL HOTSHEET

February 17, 2012

By: Laura Strickler

Billionaire tycoon fueling Gingrich campaign ads[Sheldon Adelson, left, and Newt Gingrich, right]

UPDATED 11:38 a.m. ET — H/T DrudgeReport.com

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s faltering campaign is about to get another shot in the arm, CBS News has learned.

Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson plans to give another $10 million to the outside group backing the former Georgia lawmaker who is running behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, a source close to Adelson told CBS News.

Adleson and his family have already given $11 million to “Winning our Future,” the super PAC backing Gingrich. The group, which bombarded the airwaves in South Carolina last month ahead of the primary there, is largely credited with helping Gingrich win in the Palmetto state.

The latest $10 million cash injection would raise the Adelson family’s contribution to $21 million, and a different source close to Adelson said he is prepared to drop another $4 million for a total of $25 million. The Huffington Post calculated that the billionaire casino owner earns about $3.3 million an hour.

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Gingrich gets endorsement from Herman Cain

[FoxNews.com]

Published January 29, 2012

gingrichspeechAP – Jan. 21, 2012: Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a South Carolina Republican presidential primary night rally in Columbia, S.C.

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has endorsed Newt Gingrich for the GOP nomination.

“I hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse Newt Gingrich for President of the United States,” Cain said at a dinner the two attended in Florida on Saturday night.

“I know what this sausage grinder is all about. I know he’s going through this sausage grinder because he cares about the American people,” Cain said referring to the 2012 political campaign that has so far produced three different winners in three contests.

Gingrich, a former House of Representatives speaker, is in a fierce fight for Tuesday’s Florida’s Republican primary with Mitt Romney.

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Final SC Poll: Gingrich 37, Romney 28, Santorum 16, Paul 14; 77% Have Unfavorable View of Media

[CNSNews.com]

 Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt GingrichFormer Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at a presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Jan. 16, 2012. (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) – A poll of 1,540 likely South Carolina Republican primary voters completed on Friday night had former House Speaker Newt Gingrich leading former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 37 percent to 28 percent. The poll put former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania in third with 16 percent, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in fourth with 14 percent of the vote.

The poll was conducted Jan 18-20 by Public Policy Polling, a Democratic polling company based in Raleigh, N.C. It was done through automated telephone calls.

In just the polling done on Friday night, Gingrich actually led Romney, 40 percent to 26 percent.

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Rasmussen Nat’l Poll Showing Second Gingrich Boomlet?

[HotAir.com]

posted at 11:10 am on January 18, 2012 by Ed Morrissey

After a brilliant debate performance by Newt Gingrich on Monday, some wondered whether it was too late in the cycle for a second bounce.  According to a Rasmussen poll taken yesterday of 1,000 likely GOP primary voters, Mitt Romney’s team may want to keep the party favors in the box for a little while longer:

The race for the Republican presidential nomination is now nearly even with Mitt Romney still on top but Newt Gingrich just three points apart.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters nationwide shows Romney with 30% support and Gingrich with 27% of the vote. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, who was running second two weeks ago, has now dropped to 15%.

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Gingrich’s Criteria for Muslim Presidential Candidate: Person Must ‘Reject Sharia Law’

[TheBlaze.com]

Newt Gingrich Explains that a Muslim U.S. President Must Reject Sharia LawDuring a campaign stop in South Carolina former House Speaker and GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was asked if he could ever support a Muslim American for president. He answered that it would “entirely depend if they give up sharia.”

“I am totally opposed to sharia law,” he added.

“If they are a modern person integrated into the modern world and prepared to recognize all religions that’s one thing,” Gingrich began. “If they are the Saudis who demand that we respect them while they refuse to allow either a Jew or Christian to worship in Saudi Arabia, that’s something different.”

Gingrich also pointed out that the Islamization of Turkey — once a country that prided itself on its Western sense and sensibilities — has resulted in a 1400 percent increase in women’s murders. [WATCH VIDEO]:

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