Word: gingriched
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WASHINGTON: Newt Gingrich gives a rousing speech to his colleagues today, reasserting himself among them as the "single line of authority." He urges members to put the aborted coup behind them. Why, then, have House Republicans scheduled another private meeting for tonight? "Some people are still angry," says TIME's Jay Carney in Washington. "This meeting is out of Gingrich's control. His supporters, especially, want to know exactly what happened." So does Gingrich. "He's still angry, and will probably never fully trust any of them again," says Carney. "But those public calls for forgiveness may be the only...
...going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us," Newt Gingrich was quoted as saying last week. Well, whether or not it's a bummer is a matter of opinion, but one thing is certain: any Martian who lands in one of our kitchens is going to feel very much at home...
Perhaps reluctant to recognize that the problem might be him, NEWT GINGRICH is saying goodbye to his messenger. TOM BLANK, who became the Speaker's director of communications in February and was assigned the Sisyphean task of lifting Gingrich's approval ratings, will return to the private sector by August. G.O.P. leadership sources tell TIME the shake-up was engineered by JOE GAYLORD, an outside adviser to Gingrich whose power has been a constant source of friction on the Speaker's staff and in high G.O.P. circles. "Gaylord is the immovable object in Newt's life," says an aide...
...move was not political. Now backed into a corner and left with few options, the governor would not have taken a stand against Jesse Helms if he were seeking a higher office. He earns points for talking tough to a figure whose negative ratings compete with those of Newt Gingrich; but what if his ruse actually works? How is Ambassador Weld to run for a higher office from the porch of his Mexico City hacienda? Bill Weld had thousands of options this week, and if he was still running for office he wouldn't have committed to the one that...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: TIME's Jay Carney reports that Bill Paxon's resignation from the House GOP leadership means the Gingrich coup has failed. "Paxon jumped before he was pushed," he says. "As chair of the leadership meetings, Paxon isn't elected to the leadership. He served at Gingrich's pleasure. So when Gingrich found out about the incipient uprising, he took his anger out on him." That uprising might have come off had Brutus, Cassius et al been able to decide who would be the new colossus. "It was supposed to be a bloodless coup," says Carney, "with Dick Armey...