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There is a perception lingering about NewtGingrich that he was a critic of PaulRyan's budget plan and therefore a critic of conservative fiscal policy in the House of Representatives. Is that conclusion true? Or is it an oversimplification? Like many misconceptions floating around during a heated political season, it is not true. Let's examine the facts. On April 5, 2011, Representative PaulRyan, the HouseBudgetCommittee chairman, introduced the Republican budget for 2012. Included in that budget was a premium support model for Medicare. This budget was based on a similar plan previously laid out by Ryan called TheRoadmapforAmerica'sFuture. That document had...

Newt Gingrich’s campaign is threatening to sue TV stations in upcoming primary states that are airing or plan to broadcast an ad from a pro-Mitt Romney super PAC accusing the former House Speaker of supporting the “one-child” Chinese policy that has been criticized as inhumane. The ad in question, which is the work of the Restore Our Future super PAC and is already airing in the former House Speaker’s home state of Georgia, asserts Gingrich “co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy.” A letter...

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Newt Gingrich told Channel 4 News Thursday that he plans to visit Nashville in the next few weeks but did not give an exact date. Gingrich said when he visits, he plans to announce several big endorsements from local politicians. Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson has already endorsed the former Speaker of the House. The GOP candidate told Channel 4 reporter Caroline Moses that he has already raised a substantial amount of money in Tennessee and has several big conservative donors in the state. Gingrich said he believes he has a good chance of winning the...

PEACHTREE CITY, GA -- Newt Gingrich made his intentions in Georgia known Friday night while criticizing his GOP rivals for skipping his home state. “It's very important for me to win Georgia. Our goal is to win Georgia,” Gingrich told reporters inside an airport hangar following a rally with roughly 350 people. Fresh off a fundraising swing through California, the former House speaker challenged Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum not to ignore Georgia, a Super Tuesday state. “If you’re afraid to debate Newt Gingrich, you sure can’t debate Barack Obama,” Gingrich said at the event just outside of Atlanta. “I...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — Newt Gingrich is back in the state he represented for over two decades in Congress. On Friday, the former House speaker kicked off a two-day tour in Georgia, where he represented a suburban Atlanta district for 10 terms and first became a household name. He will campaign in his old district Saturday with former presidential rival and Atlanta businessman Herman Cain, who has endorsed him. Gingrich will be back in Georgia the end of the month, with a bus tour through the state on Feb. 28 and 29, one week before the Super Tuesday primary on...

Newt Gingrich returned Friday to the one place polls say he's still the front-runner and vowed to fight to win his former state... "The primary in Georgia is very important, and I need your help and no one should take it for granted," Gingrich said from the stage in a hangar at Falcon Field. "This is a wide-open race." He urged his supporters to spread the word...With your help we’re going to win the primary, we’ll win Super Tuesday and, for the first time, we’ll be moving back to front-runner status with your help.".... A super PAC supporting former Massachusetts...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's faltering campaign is about to get another shot in the arm, CBS News has learned. Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson plans to give another $10 million to the outside group backing the former Georgia lawmaker who is running behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, a source close to Adelson told CBS News. Adleson and his family have already given $11 million to "Winning our Future," the super PAC backing Gingrich. The group, which bombarded the airwaves in South Carolina last month...

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.-- Newt Gingrich had a message for rivals Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney at a campaign event in his native Georgia Friday: bawk bawk bawwwk. After two people dressed in chicken suits entertained the crowd, holding a sign reading "I'm Chicken to Debate Newt," Gingrich hit his rivals for backing out of a CNN-sponsored debate that had been scheduled for March 1 but was canceled after Santorum, Romney and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas said they would not attend. "I'm going to ask them to reconsider and come to Georgia. It'll be just fine," Gingrich told an audience...

Newt Gingrich returned Friday to the one place polls say he's still the front-runner and vowed to fight to win his former state. Gingrich rallied more than 300 supporters in Peachtree City to kick off a two-day swing through Georgia, the state he represented for 20 years in Congress as a backbencher, firebrand and speaker of the House. "The primary in Georgia is very important, and I need your help and no one should take it for granted," Gingrich said from the stage in a hangar at Falcon Field. "This is a wide-open race." He urged his supporters to spread...

OPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Eight Kansas legislators have endorsed former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich's campaign announced the endorsements Thursday. The Republican lawmakers include two state senators _ Ray Merrick, of Stilwell, and Rob Olson, of Olathe. Six Kansas House members have endorsed Gingrich as well. They are Anthony Brown, of Eudora; Mario Goico, of Wichita;

FNC’s Joy Lin snapped these pictures of two “chickens” at a rally for Speaker Newt Gingrich in Peachtree City, Georgia. One is wearing a Romney shirt and the other a Santorum shirt…note the signs they are holding.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will appear with Newt Gingrich for the first time at the CNN debate in Mesa, Ariz., on Feb. 22, a spokesperson for Perry confirmed to ABC News. Perry will appear in the spin room with Gingrich after the debate. There are no other events planned, at this time. Perry endorsed Gingrich when he dropped out of the race on Jan. 19 but has yet to appear publicly with him.

So much for conservative consolidation: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s faltering campaign is about to get another shot in the arm, CBS News has learned.Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson plans to give another $10 million to the outside group backing the former Georgia lawmaker who is running behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, a source close to Adelson told CBS News.Adleson and his family have already given $11 million to “Winning our Future,” the super PAC backing Gingrich. The group, which bombarded the airwaves in South...

LOS ANGELES – When Newt Gingrich announced he would be spending the majority of the week in California it was assumed the candidate, who is low on funds, was heading west to collect money. While Gingrich’s California political director said fundraising this week likely pushed the campaign to its $2 million goal in the state since the beginning of the campaign, there is another strategy is in the works to rack up votes as the state awards proportional delegates for the first time. -snip- Gingrich has long said he’s in the race until the convention, even saying Thursday his goal...

ATLANTA – The campaign trail in Georgia is getting crowded. With less than three weeks left until the state's March 6 presidential primary, candidates in the topsy-turvy Republican race are turning their attention to Super Tuesday's biggest delegate prize. Newt Gingrich will play up his roots when he returns to his old home state to campaign for two days, beginning with a rally in Peachtree City Friday night. Surging after a trio of wins in recent weeks, Rick Santorum will focus on his evangelical base, appearing Sunday night at a "God and Country" rally at First Redeemer Church in Cumming....

The 30-second spot, "Latinos with Newt," features four Hispanic supporters detailing why they want to see Gingrich in the White House. (CNN) – Newt Gingrich's campaign released a new ad Friday directed towards the Arizona Latino community, ahead of the state's February 28 primary. The 30-second spot, "Latinos with Newt," features four Hispanic supporters detailing why they want to see Gingrich in the White House. "We owe Barack Obama nothing. Many of our people have lost their jobs. Others have lost their homes," one supporter said in the ad, as an image of Hispanic workers sitting idly on a curb...

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Republican party said Friday, that Newt Gingrich will make a campaign stop in Oklahoma. The former House speaker will visit the Sooner State on Monday. He is scheduled to make two stops. The first stop is in Tulsa, the second stop is in Oklahoma City. Gingrich should arrive in Tulsa for a 2 p.m. visit to the Mabee Center at Oral Roberts University. He's then scheduled to visit the Jim Thorpe Museum in Oklahoma City at 6:30 p.m.

I'm going to try attend this rally tonight as it's open to the public. Will be at the PTC airport. If I can get in, I'll post pixx. Newt speaks at a Peachtree City Rally Friday February 17, 2012 - 7:30-8:30pm ET Hanger B4 500 Aviation Drive Peachtree City, GA Note: This event is free and open to the public

Washington (CNN) - In a move that could again dramatically shake up the Republican primary race, billionaire and major Republican donor Sheldon Adelson is expected to donate an additional $10 million to the super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, Winning Our Future, a source with knowledge of the donation told CNN. That contribution is expected soon, before the end of the month, the source said. The timing is important because Gingirch, whose campaign has been lagging, is hoping to do well in several of the upcoming Super Tuesday states that vote on March 6 to boost his effort. His allies will...

As Santorum surges, and the GOP look for an alternative to Romney- any alternative- it’s fitting then that I reflect back on one of the few losses the GOP suffered in 2010 races. Harry Reid versus Sharron Angle was battled out mostly in and around Las Vegas at a time when I was an activist there. That race is one of the reasons why the Democrats managed to hold on to the US Senate in 2010. If Newt Gingrich- or Santorum- expects to be hanging tough with the other presidential hopefuls by March, they’d better be willing to prove that...