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Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich is a prominent Republican politician from Georgia, best known for serving as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He played a significant role in the Republican Revolution of the 1990s, leading the party to a majority in the House for the first time in 40 years. Gingrich is recognized for his advocacy of conservative policies, including tax reform and welfare reform, and he was a key architect of the 'Contract with America,' which outlined a legislative agenda for the GOP in the 1994 midterm elections.

Jan 25, 2012

All I want to do is to allow the grandmother to be here legally with some rights to have residency, but not citizenship, so that he or she can finish their life with dignity within the law.

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Jan 25, 2012

I do not want to be the country that having gotten to the moon first, turned around and said, it doesn't really matter, let the Chinese dominate space, what do we care? I think that is a path of national decline.

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Jan 25, 2012

I think the grandmother is still going to be here. All I want to do is to allow the grandmother to be here legally.

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Jan 24, 2012

I'm glad you asked that. I worked for the people. Of course, I work for the people.

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Jan 24, 2012

I have never done any lobbying. Every contract was written during the period when I was out of the office, specifically said I would do no lobbying, and I offered advice.

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Jan 23, 2012

He doesn't seem to operate in the same planet you and I do. He has this -- a sort of a planet Obama somewhere out there.

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Jan 22, 2012

Let me be very clear. You used it on McCain and Huckabee, which is unfortunate. It's not going to work very well, because the American people see through it.

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Jan 22, 2012

Mitt, what's the gross revenue of Bain in the years you were associated with it? What's the gross revenue?

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