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'Daily Show' Video: Mitt Romney Like the 'Man Who Just Fired Your Dad'

Daily Show:
Romney Like
the 'Man Who
Fired Your Dad'

Dec 13, 2011 8:22 AM CST

Daily Show: Romney Like the 'Man Who Fired Your Dad'

Money is his Achilles heel, John Oliver explains

(Newser) - Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet was such a big deal, John Oliver explained last night on the Daily Show , because it "feeds into the pre-existing narrative about Mitt Romney being an out-of-touch multi-millionaire." Every candidate has an Achilles heel, Oliver said, and money is Mitt's: "...

Gingrich Offered
$1M to Drop Out

Dec 13, 2011 7:28 AM CST

Gingrich Offered $1M to Drop Out

Radio host says only Romney can beat Obama

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich seems to like money —and some have speculated that his presidential campaign is all about making more of it —so perhaps he'll like this proposal from conservative radio host Michael Savage, who says he'll pay Gingrich $1 million if he exits the race. “...

Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman Talk Foreign Policy at New Hampshire Republican Debate

Gingrich, Huntsman
Agree: Iran Is Scary

gop 'debate'

Dec 12, 2011 6:35 PM CST

Gingrich, Huntsman Agree: Iran Is Scary

GOP candidates exchange foreign policy views in New Hampshire debate

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman engaged in a friendly, rather academic foreign policy debate today that saw more agreement than fireworks, the Los Angeles Times reports. Modeled on the Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates of 1858—in which candidates spoke for long uninterrupted stretches—the two Republican contenders discussed issues including...

Newt Gingrich Writes Personal Pledge to Not Cheat on His Wife

Gingrich
Pledges Not
to Cheat
on 3rd Wife

Dec 12, 2011 3:46 PM CST

Gingrich Pledges Not to Cheat on 3rd Wife

Republican candidate tackles adultery issue

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is following in the footsteps of other conservative candidates by making a pledge against infidelity—sort of. The GOP hopeful, who has taken heat for cheating on his second wife, didn't actually sign a candidate pledge from the conservative group The Family Leader, the Atlantic reports. But...

Mitt Romney: Newt Gingrich Should Return Freddie Mac Money

Mitt: Newt Should Return Freddie Mac Money

Dec 12, 2011 9:21 AM CST

Mitt: Newt Should Return Freddie Mac Money

Romney attacks Gingrich, again

(Newser) - Mitt Romney appears to have no plans to stop attacking new frontrunner Newt Gingrich. Asked on Fox News today whether he thinks Gingrich should return the $1.6 million he got from Freddie Mac , Romney said, "I sure do." He continued, "He says he was in the...

Gingrich Used to Favor 'Stupid' Child Labor Laws

Dec 12, 2011 5:51 AM CST

Gingrich Used to Favor 'Stupid' Child Labor Laws

Newt ran ads in '96 slamming rival on child labor

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich may think that some child labor laws are " truly stupid " now, but back in 1996, he slammed an opponent for violating those laws, reports USA Today . Gingrich said in a 1996 attack ad that his opponent, Michael Coles, the former CEO of a major cookie company,...

'Nutty Newt' vs. 'No Drama
Obama?' Yesssss!

Maureen Dowd

Dec 11, 2011 1:49 PM CST

'Nutty Newt' vs. 'No Drama Obama?' Yesssss!

Maureen Dowd loves the election-year match-up

(Newser) - With Newt Gingrich surging in the polls and kicking butt in debates , Maureen Dowd is dreaming of a Gingrich/Obama match-up: "The Drama Queen versus No Drama Obama," she writes in the New York Times . "The apocalyptic prophet versus the ambiguous president." The conflict would be "...

Perry: I Was
'Taken Aback'
by $10K Bet

talk show roundup

Dec 11, 2011 11:12 AM CST

Perry: I Was 'Taken Aback' by $10K Bet

And more from the Sunday talk shows

(Newser) - Rick Perry today weighed in on last night's big debate moment— the $10,000 bet . "I was taken a little aback" by Mitt Romney's wager, Perry said on Fox News Sunday, Politico reports. "Driving out to the station this morning I'm pretty sure I didn’...

Last Night's Debate:
The Winners and Losers

reactions

Dec 11, 2011 6:32 AM CST

Last Night's Debate: The Winners and Losers

Gingrich does well, Romney flubs, but was Obama the big winner?

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich was the big winner of last night's GOP debate, along with Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry, says Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post . "The former House Speaker seems to be adjusting nicely to his newfound frontrunner status." The big losers were Mitt Romney, thanks to...

Newt Gets Scrappy in Iowa

gop debate

Dec 10, 2011 8:10 PM CST

Newt Gets Scrappy in Iowa

Candidates attack Gingrich on policies, personal morals

(Newser) - Front-runner Newt Gingrich took a few licks but stood his ground tonight at the GOP presidential debate in Iowa, Politico reports. After Romney described himself as a businessman—not a politician like Gingrich—Newt fired back: "Let's be candid. The only reason you didn't become a career...

The Winner
of the GOP
Debates Is ...

opinion

Dec 10, 2011 5:09 PM CST

The Winner of the GOP Debates Is ...

Republicans so busy sniping, they help Obama shine: Barnes

(Newser) - The GOP presidential debates have distracted Americans so badly with their primetime drama that Republicans have created an unlikely winner: President Obama, sighs Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard . "The GOP candidates have reduced themselves to supplicants whose weak points are probed by media questioners," Barnes writes. "...

Palestinians Slam Gingrich
for Calling Them 'Invented'

Dec 10, 2011 11:11 AM CST

Palestinians Slam Gingrich for Calling Them 'Invented'

Candidate causes flap with comments on Jewish Channel

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has outraged many in the Palestinian community with this line from an interview on the Jewish Channel cable network: "Remember, there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. And I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people, who are...

Things to Watch in
Tonight's Debate

Dec 10, 2011 8:41 AM CST

Things to Watch in Tonight's Debate

Newt Gingrich will likely be the prime target

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich always tries to keep the debates focused on attacks against President Obama rather than among the GOP rivals, but he might not have much luck tonight. Politico thinks the new frontrunner should expect to be the prime target, and Reid J. Epstein runs through seven of the likely...

Gingrich Is a
'Human Hand
Grenade'

Peggy Noonan

Dec 9, 2011 1:35 PM CST

Gingrich Is a 'Human Hand Grenade'

Republicans taking a 'walk on the wild side' with him: Peggy Noonan

(Newser) - Whatever you've heard about Newt Gingrich, from the most damning criticism to the highest praise, "it's all true," writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . That's the unique thing about him: He's been brilliant and he's been awful, and supporters and detractors...

Why Do Evangelicals
Like Cheating Hubby Newt?

analysis

Dec 9, 2011 9:44 AM CST

Why Do Evangelicals Like Cheating Hubby Newt?

Some may forgive him; others just don't know about it: experts

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich has three times Mitt Romney's evangelical support in Iowa. But how can a man who has been married three times, cheated on his first two wives, and changed religions twice be beating one who has been married once and has always been a Mormon? Experts offer a...

With Bachmann Out,
Trump Debate a Party of 2

Dec 9, 2011 3:58 AM CST

With Bachmann Out, Trump Debate a Party of 2

Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum are the only candidates on board

(Newser) - Ready for an evening with Donald, Rick, and Newt? Michele Bachmann has become the latest candidate to confirm that she won't be attending the GOP debate Donald Trump is hosting on Dec. 27, leaving Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum as the only candidates who will be there, the Los ...

Gingrich Has
Some Serious
New Age-y
Baggage

Ann Coulter

Dec 8, 2011 3:20 PM CST

Gingrich Has Some Serious New Age-y Baggage

His ties to spouters of 'cyber-babble' are sure to come up: Ann Coulter

(Newser) - About the time Newt Gingrich became House speaker in 1994, he was running around spouting ridiculous "cyber-babble" that came from his new-age mentors Alvin and Heidi Toffler, writes Ann Coulter at Townhall . He spoke of things like a "Third Wave information revolution" and embraced Toffler nonsense such as...

Gingrich's
Organization
'Embarrassing'

Karl Rove

Dec 8, 2011 12:55 PM CST

Gingrich's Organization 'Embarrassing'

And that's a major liability in Iowa, elsewhere

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich is first in the polls, but his campaign might not be ready for prime time, warns Karl Rove in a Wall Street Journal column. "Mr. Gingrich has little or no campaign organization in Iowa and most other states," Rove observes. Gingrich didn't even complete his...

Perry's New Ad
'Must Be Seen
to Be Believed'

REACTION ROUNDUP

Dec 8, 2011 8:18 AM CST

Perry's New Ad 'Must Be Seen to Be Believed'

Plus: Mitt finally takes a swing at Newt

(Newser) - To say that Rick Perry's new campaign ad is eliciting some strong reactions may be a bit of an understatement. In the Washington Post , Alexandra Petri writes that the ad—which "must be seen to be believed"—fills her "with despair" and "scrapes the bottom...

Newt's Gay
Half-Sister:
Vote Obama

Dec 8, 2011 7:47 AM CST

Newt's Gay Half-Sister: Vote Obama

She and candidate 'mutually respectful,' but 'he is on the wrong side of history'

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich might be surging in the polls, but he's not gaining any traction among a small part of his own family: Half-sister Candace Gingrich-Jones, a lesbian who has often sparred with her more famous sibling on gay rights, tells Rachel Maddow that she won't be voting Gingrich...