Posts Tagged ‘Gingrich’
Twitter a Critical Tool in Political Campaigns
Anyone who follows politics on Twitter, has seen in it's use grow from comments by it's users and news services about politics to being used by Campaigns to generate funds for it's campaign, Fact checking, to pro- campaign messages to oppositional attacks on the others. President Obama has also used Twitter to generate calls to Congress to achieve it's desired outcomes for public policy. Politisite uses twitter to ReTweet it's followers the large scope of political messaging from all political persuasions. We did this so often that we ended up placing a disclaimer (like many others) that Politisite does not Endorse any candidates and that ReTweets should not be construed as endorsing the opinions. We also use twitter to make our followers aware of our recent Posts to our Website [...]
CNN Sunshine State GOP Debate Tweet-By-Tweet
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor Holding a slim one point lead in the RealClearPolitics average of Florida polls, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will head into tonight’s crucial CNN debate against an opponent -- Newt Gingrich -- who has used these debate formats on multiple occasions to revive his campaign. Rick Santorum and Ron Paul will be there too, but the focus will be on the two undisputed front-runners in Florida, which holds its primary on Tuesday, Jan. 31. This is the last debate before then and may be the most important debate of this cycle (18th in the series) . (ht: Human Events) A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of Florida Republicans shows Newt Gingrich 37%, Mitt Romney 28%, Rick Santorum 18% and Ron Paul 12%. This poll contradicts the other [...]
The Truth About Gingrich Ethics, Chris Cristie, And A View From Mark Levin
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor On Monday's Mark Levin Show this week (January 23, 2012), Mark Levin took to task comments made by New Jersey Governor Chris Cristie while on "Meet The Press" when he was on the campaign stomp on behalf of Mitt Romney. Chris Christie was running his mouth about Newt Gingrich, saying that Newt has embarrassed the Republican Party with his ethics charges that were brought in Congress by Democrat Congressman David Bonior. Mark challenges Christie to review each of the charges, point by point, and their outcome as a student of the process just as Mark did at the time the charges were actually brought because Mark Levin was a senior attorney at the Landmark Legal Foundation and performed the investigation. Mark asserts that Gov. Christie can't [...]
Florida Primary Poll: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney tied
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a statistical tie among Floridians likely to vote in Tuesday's Republican presidential primary, according to a new CNN/Time/ORC International Poll. The poll indicates that, while Gingrich surged after his 12-point victory in Saturday's South Carolina primary, his momentum appears to be cooling. According to the poll, 36% of likely voters said they are backing Romney, with 34% supporting Gingrich. The 2-point margin is well within the survey's sampling error. Rick Santorum is at 11%, and Rep. Ron Paul is at 9%. The poll's Wednesday release comes one day before a CNN/Republican Party of Florida presidential debate in Jacksonville. Watch the debate Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN TV, CNN.com/live and CNN's mobile apps. via Florida Primary Poll: [...]
Did Gingrich leave speakership "in disgrace"?
![Did Gingrich leave speakership "in disgrace"?](http://www.politisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/90xNxgingrich12-250x166.jpg,qfebb53.pagespeed.ic.lkfILqdaw1.jpg "Did Gingrich leave speakership "in disgrace"?")
In his first Florida appearance since losing the South Carolina primary, Mitt Romney college paper fired away at the viagra pills man who beat him in the Palmetto State -- Newt Gingrich -- during a campaign appearance in Ormond Beach on Jan. 22, 2012. "He had to resign in disgrace," Romney told listeners. "I don't know whether you knew that." He made a similar comment during the debate in Tampa on Jan. 23. We considered whether we could rate this on the Truth-O-Meter, but ultimately decided that defining the term "in disgrace" is a matter of opinion and not subject to fact-checking. However, we’ll spell out what we know about Gingrich's resignation as House speaker to help readers make up their own minds. It’s accurate for Romney to point out that Gingrich had a long-running [...]
NBC ‘Rock Center’ GOP Debate From Tampa Bay Tweet-By-Tweet
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor With barely enough time to soak in the resounding and unexpected win in the South Carolina primary by former insider turned outsider, Newt Gingrich, NBC News Rock Center with Brian Williams is conducting the first of two televised GOP field debates before the Florida primary. The primary result in South Carolina (Newt - 40% vs Mitt - 28% ... a 12% spread) put egg on the faces of many recognizable Republican leadership faces, the most recognizable of which was the 2008 presidential election's Republican nominee, John McCain, New Jersey Governor Chris Cristie, and past Republican Political Party leader, Hailey Barbour. This potential Republican 'ruling class' drubbing may continue in Florida if the most recent polls from Rasmussen are to be [...]
Gingrich Releases Freddie Mac Contract
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's former consulting firm will release details of his work for troubled mortgage firm Freddie Mac on Monday, according to a company spokeswoman. The disclosure could shed light on whether the housing-finance firm paid Gingrich $1.6 million in consulting fees for his historical acumen, as he has claimed, or his influence in Washington, as rivals for the Republican presidential nomination charge. Depending on when it is released, the disclosure could factor into a televised debate between Gingrich and other Republican candidates scheduled for 9 p.m. EST. Rival Mitt Romney, who was trounced by Gingrich in Saturday's South Carolina primary, has hit the former speaker of the House of Representatives particularly hard because [...]
Florida Republican debate: Where and What to Watch
Republicans gather for the 18th debate of the nominating battle tonight in Tampa, Florida. Below, three key questions about tonight's sure-to-be-nasty faceoff, which airs tonight from 9-11 p.m. Eastern Time ahead of the Sunshine State's January 31 primary: 1. Can Mitt Romney create a YouTube moment? Exit polls showed that Newt Gingrich's victory in the South Carolina primary was driven in large part by voters won over by his performance in two debates last week. Gingrich had two memorable moments in the debates - both involving sparring with the debate moderators - that went viral among conservatives and earned him standing ovations. Even when he was earning rave reviews in the early debates, Romney wasn't creating those kinds of moments - the ones that the voters who don't actually [...]
Networks: Gingrich claims SC GOP primary – SC Republican Primary
By GINA SMITH - [email protected] Former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has won the S.C. first-in-the-South primary, three networks have declared. Republican voters, angry at the sluggish economy and a nearly double-digit unemployment rate, brushed aside concerns about Gingrich's past personal life woes, and chose him as the one best prepared take the fight to President Barack Obama in November. Read the Rest of Gina's story at Networks: Gingrich claims SC GOP primary - SC Republican Primary - TheState.com. Related articles After Perry Endorsement, Marianne Gingrich interview to air tonight (politisite.com) Gingrich Sees A South Carolina Surge (politisite.com) SC GOP Presidential Debate - Winners (politisite.com)
The SCGOP Palmetto Pick Begins … And Ends
By: Edmund Jenks - West Coast Editor After a ton of debates over about an eight month period, and two spirited debates in South Carolina, Republicans get their first real pure test as to who they would like to see replace Barack Obama as the leader of the free world, oh, and the president of the United States. The two warm-up acts, the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire Primary had an element to them which have both voting processes tainted by being loose as it relates to who could sign up to vote (in Iowa, one may not even live in the state) or which political party affiliation one happened to be representing in order to vote. South Carolina wants registered Republicans to vote in the Republican primary for president, or any other office for that matter. Good, clean, and clear [...]
