Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrichis an American political consultant, former politician, and historian. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in 1999, and served as the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 June 1943
CityHarrisburg, PA
CountryUnited States of America
We're now looking ahead to what we're going to do in the next two years, next three years, but I think it's in the same model of trying to continue to move towards a reformed federal government.
We've had a bad three months, so it's a dangerous period for us, ... We have to change or we run the risk of defeat.
My goal was to establish a Republican majority for a long time, not just to win three elections,
This is a critical intersection for the president and his ability to be effective for the next three years,
So I'd be quite happy to have a three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Barack Obama. I'd let him use a teleprompter. I'll just rely on knowledge. We'll do fine.
The city of New Orleans failed. The state of Louisiana failed. The federal government failed. It is astonishing to me that five months after the obvious failure of all three layers of government that there has been no serious systemic change.
I think we prefer to go to instant check on an immediate basis and try to accelerate implementing instant checks so that you could literally check by thumb print whether there was a convicted felon with dangerous behavior or dangerous mental behavior. Instant check is a much better system than the Brady process.
I think a lot of our members resent the kind of muscle that the union bosses have brought into the Capitol,
I think this administration tends to have the right general policies but to be remarkably unwilling to look at how weak their instruments of implementation are. We threw away a year in Iraq because of our mistakes.
It is not my habit to answer questions posed to me when I am halfway out the door with my back turned ... The speaker and I continue to work as effectively as we have for the last four years.
It is our historic destiny and fate, there is no other country big enough, complex enough or capable of providing leadership on a worldwide basis.
We believe there ought to be a tax cut for those who save, invest and create jobs. And I'm very prepared to take on any kind of class warfare argument,
I think it would be more helpful now if they find a way to bring real movement. I think we need more than initiatives. We need steps to be taken.
My campaign could have paid the entire amount,