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T H E T E R R Y R E P O R T 2012
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Facts first, logic always, truth before everything
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FROM THE LA TIMES:
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 Gingrich bets on unifying conservatives
By Seema Mehta |
In Florida where he is expected to lose, Gingrich says, "You unify the conservatives ... and you have the nomination."
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From the Washington Post:
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. It was approaching 11 p.m. at the Hyatt hotel bar here on Sunday, and reporters covering Newt Gingrich’s campaign were enjoying a few drinks when a familiar figure approached.
Gingrich put a hand on the shoulders of two women at the table and imparted a big scoop. “There’s a new poll coming out,”€he announced. “I’m within five points of Romney. I’ve got all the momentum.”
It’s hard to know what the most pitiful part was: That a presidential candidate was whiling away the night at a hotel bar (it was his second visit to the journalists’ table that evening)? That he felt the need to do his own spinning? That the survey he was spinning was a robo-poll done by machines? Or that the pollste
r who did it used to work for Gingrich? |
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FROM THE WASHINGTON POST:
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Dan Balz
The Take
The GOP empire strikes back at Gingrich
By Dan Balz, Friday, January 27, 7:25 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The revenge of the Republican establishment is a sight to behold. From one corner to another, those who have tangled with Newt Gingrich, who feel aggrieved toward Newt Gingrich or who fear Newt Gingrich have amassed to stop him. They kn
ow how much harder it will be to do so if the former House speaker wins Florida on Tuesday. |
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READ DOLE’S STATEMENT ABOUT WHY HE OPPOSES GINGRICH AS A NOMINEE
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FROM THE BALTIMORE SUN:
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Yessssssss. God is in his heaven, and for a couple of minutes Thursday night, the relationship between the press and grandstanding TV politicians was finally back in balance.
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FROM THE NY TIMES: January 26, 2012, 11:04 pm
Deconstructing a Demagogue
By TIMOTHY EGAN
Timothy Egan on American politics and life, as seen from the West.
When not holding forth from his favorite table at Lā Auberge Chez Francois, nestled among the manor houses of lobbyist-thick Great Falls, Va., Dr. Newton L. Gingrich likes to lecture people about food stamps and how out-of-touch the elites are with real America.
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