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Newt Gingrich: Big ideas for big debate tonight
Politico ^ | 2/22/12 11:15 AM EST | MJ LEE

Posted on 02/22/2012 12:29:28 PM PST by Red Steel

Newt Gingrich promised ahead of the Republican presidential debate in Arizona on Wednesday night that voters will witness the return of “big solutions” Gingrich and that he plans to leave the negativity backstage.

“I think you’re going to see the person I’ve been in 15 out of 17 debates, which is focus on the big solutions, talk with the American people and try to stay out of the kind of negativity that unfortunately has characterized way too much of this race,” Gingrich said on Fox News when asked what kind of candidate people can expect to see at the Mesa, Ariz., debate.

Gingrich explained that his daughters, Kathy Lubbers and Jackie Cushman, had expressed worries about the negative tone that the recent GOP debates had taken on.

“They were concerned, correctly so, that the weight of negative advertising by Romney had drawn us into a kind of back-and-forth that wasn’t particularly helpful,” the former House speaker said. “I think what people want to know is, are you capable of solving the country’s problems, are you willing to change Washington decisively?”

He added, “My two daughters Kathy and Jackie wanted to see me focus more on the big solutions that will make their lives and our grandchildren’s lives better, and not to get involved in the normal back-and-forth between candidates.”

Wednesday’s debate, hosted by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona, is scheduled to be the last showdown before Super Tuesday.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigbaggage; bigbootfromcongress; biggovt; bigideas; biginsider; biglobbyist; bigphilanderer; bigsolutions; bigtiffany; bigzipper; clintonwithabeergut; gingrich; newt
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1 posted on 02/22/2012 12:29:36 PM PST by Red Steel
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2 posted on 02/22/2012 12:31:22 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Red Steel

Too bad the debate will be about rubbers and the devil.


3 posted on 02/22/2012 12:35:19 PM PST by Sybeck1 (It's official, Mitt can't win in either Dixie or the Midwest.)
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To: Red Steel

Big ideals = Big Spending


4 posted on 02/22/2012 12:38:17 PM PST by org.whodat (Sorry bill, I should never have made all those jokes about you and Lewinsky, have fun.)
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To: Sybeck1

Satan made you post that.


5 posted on 02/22/2012 12:38:31 PM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: Red Steel

we going to mars now,newt?


6 posted on 02/22/2012 12:41:58 PM PST by skaterboy (Hate=Love....Love=Hate)
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To: org.whodat
Santorum = Big Spending
7 posted on 02/22/2012 12:43:10 PM PST by McGruff (A political party cannot be all things to all people...)
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To: Red Steel

“I think you’re going to see the person I’ve been in 15 out of 17 debates, which is focus on the big solutions, talk with the American people and try to stay out of the kind of negativity that unfortunately has characterized way too much of this race,

so we get the progressive whiner who is barely holding off crazy ron for last place?...good deal


8 posted on 02/22/2012 12:44:32 PM PST by skaterboy (Hate=Love....Love=Hate)
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To: Mangia E Statti Zitto

9 posted on 02/22/2012 12:44:38 PM PST by Sybeck1 (It's official, Mitt can't win in either Dixie or the Midwest.)
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To: Red Steel

My prayers are for Newt and the very survival of our country.

President Newt Gingrich—”Our beloved republic deserves nothing less.”


10 posted on 02/22/2012 12:45:18 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~.. President Newt Gingrich--"Our beloved republic deserves nothing less.")
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To: Red Steel

Santorumbots already here. Go, Newt!


11 posted on 02/22/2012 12:45:50 PM PST by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it's the new black. Mmm mmm mmm...)
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To: Sybeck1

LOL!


12 posted on 02/22/2012 12:47:09 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather ("We need to teach the establishment a lesson!" Newt Gingrich CPAC 2-10-2012)
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To: Red Steel
Yes, I agree, we need to focus on the damage that Obama’s has done to our country; and tell us the solutions in which some of these unconstitutional activites can be dealt with. I am tired of the back and forth. Thank God, Newt, is still in this race, or I would just have given up for any chance of constructive reform. Now, we are in a side show.
13 posted on 02/22/2012 12:47:09 PM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt and would love to see political dead bodies on the floor.)
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To: Sybeck1

LOL!!!
Obviously Satan has now possessed your keyboard!


14 posted on 02/22/2012 12:47:26 PM PST by Mangia E Statti Zitto
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To: skaterboy

Yeah, maybe Newt is going to propose some kind of Star Wars base on the moon or something crazy like that.


15 posted on 02/22/2012 12:48:47 PM PST by McGruff
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To: Sybeck1
Too bad the debate will be about rubbers and the devil.

So let's just keep killing unborn children, fornicating and committing adultery and sodomy.

16 posted on 02/22/2012 12:54:43 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Sybeck1

Newt’s big ideas will be to outlaw internet gambling and bomb Iran and Gaza. It’s contributor payback time while he is still afloat.


17 posted on 02/22/2012 12:57:11 PM PST by ex-snook ("above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: skaterboy
Hey sCoooooter.

Newt's BIG ideas are to grow the economy. He spoke 30 minutes in an ad that will air in Super Tuesday states.

I'm sure you ignored it. ... Here it is in Breaking News.

Gingrich Campaign to Air 30 Minute Speech on Lowering Energy Prices In Advance of Super Tuesday

And here it is again.

Beyond the soundbites: Gingrich releases 30-minute energy ad (30 Minute Ad at Link)

You SantoBots are nasty.

18 posted on 02/22/2012 12:58:36 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: SVTCobra03

No I am just saying Newt won’t have an opportunity to go into his big ideas because the moderators probably will take the debate discussion a whole other direction.


19 posted on 02/22/2012 12:59:02 PM PST by Sybeck1 (It's official, Mitt can't win in either Dixie or the Midwest.)
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To: Sybeck1

If Satan invading America isn’t a big idea then I don’t know what is.

No matter what he’s asked, Newt just needs to say “this is a nonsense question” and transition directly into a big idea.


20 posted on 02/22/2012 12:59:32 PM PST by JediJones (Watch "Gingrich to Michigan: Change or Die" on YouTube. Best Speech Ever!)
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