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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 19, 2012

I am sick of the kind of dishonest campaigns that we see where people go out and fake somebody else's material for the purpose of causing trouble 24 hours before a primary.

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Jan 19, 2012

I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office.

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Jan 19, 2012

If we win on Saturday, with your help, I believe I will become the nominee because I do think South Carolina, in fact, has an enormous impact.

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Jan 19, 2012

To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.

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Jan 19, 2012

I think it's critical that you win as often as you can. I think that this is -- the number one thing we now know is that when this becomes a two-person race then Romney has a problem because he's too liberal for most Republican voters.

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Jan 18, 2012

We need aggressive leadership to change Washington, and that's essentially what I'm going to offer.

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Jan 18, 2012

I hope to win Saturday. The most recent polls are very encouraging.

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Jan 18, 2012

But there's no question Governor Romney will always have more money. He's the Wall Street candidate.

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Jan 18, 2012

First of all, we have -- the campaign manager for Marco Rubio is now running our campaign. He's a terrific leader.

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Jan 18, 2012

The story is false. Every personal friend I have who knew us in that period said the story was false.

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Jan 18, 2012

The truth is, you did very well under the rules that we created to make it easier for entrepreneurs to go out and do things. You would have been much poorer had Jimmy Carter remained president.

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