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ST. LOUIS • Newt Gingrich is coming to St. Louis Monday for a Todd Akin fundraiser because he wants “to tell the people of Missouri” that they have the right to stand by the Republican Senate candidate of their choice, regardless of what the party's leaders tell them. In a phone interview today with the Post-Dispatch, Gingrich, the former House Speaker and presidential candidate, said the controversy surrounding Akin isn't the point. “The people of Missouri picked him to be their nominee in a fair fight.” He also warned what others have said: That for the GOP to throw in...

There's nothing quite as damaging to Al Gore and his fantasies of global climate catastrophe as simple facts. There are some people who realize that Al Gore's strategy of creating and perpetuating a global financial disaster while destroying much of the industry in the world in an effort to prevent something that probably isn't happening in any case may not be prudent. Apparently Newt Gingrich is one of those people. Here he shreds Gore's hyperbolic hysteria with some facts.

The speculation that there is a rift forming between the high profile Governor from Alaska, Sarah Palin, and the rest of the GOP hierarchy can be upgraded to confirmed. You might say that this started as early as December when a few in the McCain campaign began spilling the beans on Palin. A lot of it was refuted as nothing more than the blame game and the antics from a few disapproving political insiders. She seemed more than able to overcome some minor league criticism considering what she endured while the campaign was in full stride. But, you have to...

Obama’s tax credits won’t stimulate the economy By NEWT GINGRICH and PETER FERRARA President-elect Barack Obama is right: America needs a real and meaningful middle-class tax cut. Unfortunately, despite the rhetoric, that is not what his proposals offer. Mr. Obama’s tax plan includes creating or expanding nine or more federal income tax credits mostly focused on low- and moderate-income earners, with an estimated cost of $1.3 trillion over 10 years. These tax credits are provided for certain social purposes, such as child care, health care, education, housing and retirement. Buried amid these is Mr. Obama’s purported tax cut for the...

The Republican loss in the special election for Louisiana's Sixth Congressional District last Saturday should be a sharp wake up call for Republicans: Either Congressional Republicans are going to chart a bold course of real change or they are going to suffer decisive losses this November. The facts are clear and compelling. Saturday's loss was in a district that President Bush carried by 19 percentage points in 2004 and that the Republicans have held since 1975. This defeat follows on the loss of Speaker Hastert's seat in Illinois. That seat had been held by a Republican for 76 years with...

His brother's approval ratings are in the cellar, and that whole dynasty thing doesn't help. But don't underestimate Jeb Bush's prospects as a future presidential contender, says former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Probably '08 is a little bit tricky, but " '12 or '16 isn't. And he's a young enough guy (53) that he has a great future," Gingrich said on the Political Connections television show airing today on Bay News 9. "I just think his natural, personal ability is so great that people are going to realize he is not his father and he's not his brother. He's...