Obama and GOP candidates offer a campaign preview (AP)

27 January, 2012 (01:50) | great | No comments

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. ? On a day that combined two campaigns into one, President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to raise taxes on the rich as Republicans Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich swiped at him on the economy and criticized each other over immigration. With a week to go before the Jan. 31 [...]

Rotten Newt Gingrich Would Make a Great President (ContributorNetwork)

20 November, 2011 (04:21) | great | No comments

COMMENTARY | I resent Newt Gingrich consulting with government-sponsored private enterprise Freddie Mac, but I’d vote for him anyway, should he become the GOP candidate. An Associated Press story reports that Gingrich received $1.6 million from consulting contracts he held with Freddie Mac during the period 1999 to 2008. That’s a lot of money to [...]