- Newt Gingrich Misfires on Libya | The Root
- If you don't like Newt Gingrich's carefully considered and passionately argued position on the U.S. intervention in Libya, just wait. Recent history suggests that within days he'll be saying the opposite of whatever he's saying now. …
Why does it matter if a man known for rhetorical bomb throwing happens to lob a few contradictory grenades? Because when Gingrich said on Fox News Sunday that he hopes to announce his candidacy for president within a month, nobody laughed.
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- Disgraced Ex-Tea Party Leader Promises To ‘Infiltrate And Sabotage’ Obama 2012 | TPMDC
- Former Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams, who stepped down from the group after making a series of racist remarks, has a plan to "infiltrate and sabotage" the Obama campaign by volunteering as a campaign worker.
- Schumer To Boehner: Posture All You Want — We Got You | TPMDC
- If you're John Boehner, you really hate Chuck Schumer right now. Schumer responded to the latest government shutdown contretemps by calling the House Speaker's posture a phony dance for the Tea Party.
"A compromise on the budget is right there for the taking, assuming the Speaker still wants one,"…
- GOP Preps Emergency Bill With Deep Cuts If Shutdown Becomes Inevitable | TPMDC
- …If negotiations over a six-month spending package don't yield an agreement in the next day or two, the Congress will be armed with the proper protocols for operating during shutdown. But the House of Representatives will also pass a politically tough temporary funding package — with cuts too deep for many Democrats to accept — and leave the question of a shutdown in their hand. If the Senate can pass it, and the President signs it, it buys congressional leaders and the White House another week to hash out a longer plan — but at the cost of steep, steep cuts.
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