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I haven’t seen Hume’s take on Gingrich, so I can’t comment how he’s handling the coverage. But if it is “coloring his coverage”, then I agree with you, hoosiermama.

I find this Republican coup from ‘97 quite interesting. Guess I never paid much attention to it in the past. Brit Hume’s son is the one who broke the story about it at the time. Scarborough admits he was the source of the leak, not Paxen. I’m trying to find the participants of this coup who are still in the house/senate. Armey is gone. Scarborough (if he was involved) is gone. Delay is gone. Boehner and Graham are still there. I don’t know who all were involved in trying to make this coup happen.

Wonder what the working relationship would be like if Newt actually got elected Pres.

Knewt would certainly know where the bodies are buried.

Rick mentioned last week that he, Rick was one of the ones that pushed the banking fraud investigation that cause many from both parties to be replaced. He confronted Newt who acknowledged he new it was going on. Newt was not involved, but didn't join the rightful accusers. (according to Rick)
Maybe he had bigger fish to fry. He was targeted by someone to remove him. All charges against Knewt were false. It was more than his managerial technique. Knewt knows something that will bring those against him down.

Hope he appoints Rick AG to go after congress critters.

“Wonder what the working relationship would be like if Newt actually got elected Pres.”

I think that the “working relationship” depends on members of Congress acting adults who put their nation above their own self interests.

Those still in Congress who tried to oust Gingrich over 15 years ago are part of the ongoing problem of business as usual in Washignton, D.C. Under a Republican president, they added over $3 trillion to the federal deficit, shunned conservative policy in favor of Beltway influence-peddling, and so damaged the GOP brand that we lost the majority Gingrich had worked years to forge.

I do not care that Newt’s fabulous colleagues think his reemergence would be a disaster for Republicans.

The elections of 2010 were NOT a merit promotion; the Republicans were the only alternative in town!

Newt Gingrich has had a sea change - let’s see how the entrenched Republicans in Congress handle that fact.

But today, pegged to a conference call with Molinari organized by the Romney campaign and designed to bash Newt Gingrich, the Miami Herald's Marc Caputo has rehashed the "imbroglia" in a blog post, shining more light on the rumor (though without any reporting) than it has seen in more than a decade. But Caputo adds a new wrinkle to the tale: "Some" blame Gingrich, and not just Armey, he says, for the threat to go public with information about Hume and Paxon's alleged relationship.

part of a longer piece that suggests that HUnmes late suon was gay and newt threatened to "out" him. Little seems to be proven either way.I will try and look up the thread.