Word: newt
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...Republican leader in the House, Georgia Congressman Newt Gingrich is expected to support the policies of the Bush Administration. And Gingrich seems perfectly willing to oblige -- provided he can formulate those policies himself. Gingrich's sharp-tongued truculence, scathingly defined as "New- Newtism" by Budget Director Richard Darman, is at the core of a smoldering feud that has Republicans brawling like, well, Democrats. If it continues, the rift could hurt George Bush's chances for re-election...
Upsets were few and far between, despite stirrings of voter discontent. House Republican Whip Newt Gingrich defeated his opponent in Georgia by only 1000 votes and Democratic Sen. Bill Bradley was pressed before winning a dramatic reelection in New Jersey...
House Republicans were leak targets too. A 1986 letter from 16 of them, including Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich, asked Bank Board ex-chairman Edwin Gray for "internal memoranda" about the board's decisions on certain S&L matters that could have helped Keating. Gray refused the request and charged last week that the Congressmen had been "duped and used" by the indicted financier...
...Newt Gingrich, the House Republican whip, is the street-fighting man of politics. Usually he skewers Democrats, but even the bipartisan budget deal fell victim to his verbal darts. Wowed by his technique, many ambitious young Republicans are musing, "I wish I could speak like Newt." To help them, a GOP committee called gopac has distributed a brochure filled with choice Gingrich buzz words for describing one's own campaign and the opponent...
...might expect such a leader to step forward in this time of crisis. Sadly, no one has. While Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) continues to assert himself on the right, no strong leader on the left has cracked the whip on the White House and Congress...