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Tag Archives: Newt Gingrich
Gingrich 2010 Tax Return reported $3,162,424 total income
The headline number was 31.45%. That’s the percentage of the couple’s total income — $3,162,424 — they owed in federal income taxes. Their total tax bill was $994,708. Gingrich’s opponent Mitt Romney said this week that he estimates his effective … Continue reading
Fact Check of GOP Presidential Debate in South Carolina
Facts were sometimes used as blunt instruments as the four remaining GOP presidential candidates hammered away at each other in the last debate before Saturday’s South Carolina primary. Santorum and Romney tangled on the Massachusetts health care law. Santorum wrongly … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Jimmy Carter, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Ronald Reagan
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Gingrich and Child Labor and Social Security
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rachel Maddow Show Newt Gingrich wants every state to open a work-study college where students work 20 hours a week during the school year and full-time in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Child Labor, Newt Gingrich, Rachel Maddow, Social Security, Video
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Gingrich’s Consulting Work
GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s work history has come under scrutiny this week as various media outlets have reported on the fees that he and a think tank he founded have collected over the years. Here’s what’s been reported so … Continue reading
GOP Presidential Candidates Snub Women in Top Campaign Roles
It is mostly a man’s world in the Presidential Campaigns of the Republicans. There is not a single woman manages any of the campaigns. Ron Paul has an assistant campaign manager who is a female. Rick Perry’s campaign is run … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Two-thirds of Republicans say minds are not made up
One day before a CNN Western Republican presidential debate, a new national survey indicates that Mitt Romney and Herman Cain are essentially tied for the lead in the race for the GOP nomination, with Rick Perry dropping to a distant … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Newt Gingrich can’t last much longer
Reuters is reporting that Newt Gingrich only raised $808,000 in the 3rd quarter of his effort to obtain the Republican nomination to run for President. Reuters also states is is more than $1 million in debt. One of his campaign … Continue reading
Florida’s Republican Straw Poll
What is a straw poll anyway? The short answer is that it is a vote with nonbinding results. Republicans seem to like straw polls. Yesterday a straw poll was taken of the Republican Presidential contenders in Florida. Herman Cain won … Continue reading
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Tagged Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, RickSantorum, Ron Paul
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The GOP’s John Bircher Ultra-Crazies
John Avlon of the Daily Beast tells us that CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) is set to hold its annual meeting tomorrow. Republicans anxious to run for President in 2012 will be there in full force. Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, … Continue reading