Word: gingrichism
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Betting that the Republicans are on the run, Burch wants to link incumbent Bob Ney to Newt Gingrich and contends that the 18th District has been hurt by haphazard G.O.P. cuts in the federal budget that will hurt programs for schools and small businesses. His goal in going to Washington is to re-establish economic security for American workers...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "People don't like Newt Gingrich...especially since he and the freshman Republicans shut down government and tried to link Medicare cuts to tax cuts for the wealthy...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Gingrich Republicans act like they are ashamed of America. They don't have any faith in the judgement of the American people...
After one-term incumbent Wes Cooley withdrew from this race amid controversy over his past, Smith, who gave up the seat in 1994, was wooed back to electoral politics by an offer from Newt Gingrich to chair the House Agriculture Committee. A former rancher, Smith is a conservative westerner who wants endangered-species laws loosened and federal land opened to more development...
...this seat from Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky by emphasizing her 1993 vote for the Clinton budget--a betrayal in this affluent Republican district. Now Fox faces Joe Hoeffel, who accuses him of being a Gingrich loyalist. In what is considered a bellwether race, party leaders are paying special attention to this hotly contested campaign...