Word: newt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...particularly tough week to be Newt Gingrich. First his defense of Joe Camel turned into the stick with which the White House has been gleefully beating him since Monday. Today he was forced to back down on campaign finance reform. The Speaker wanted to prevent a House vote on comprehensive campaign finance legislation, but as Democrats came within the 14 signatures needed to secure a floor vote by petition, Gingrich conceded, offering to allow a floor vote. "Gingrich read the writing on the wall," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. "It looked very much like he was going to lose...
...Government won?t break the back of Joe Camel -- not while Newt Gingrich warms the Speaker?s seat, anyway. And that?s good news for the White House, says TIME correspondent Jay Branegan. ?A few weeks ago, Gingrich was vowing to fight hard against Big Tobacco; now he?s back on their side,? says Branegan. ?The White House see this flip-flop as evidence that the Republicans are in the pocket of Big Tobacco, and they?re really pleased...
...political celebrity they had come to hear. "I'm telling you, he's pushing an agenda," the man said in an agitated voice. His wife calmly replied, "He's pushing his book, that's what he's pushing." The man considered her words and shook his head. "You think Newt Gingrich isn't pushing an agenda? A leopard doesn't change his spots...
...though few of his colleagues believed that the man with the lowest approval rating of any national politician in the U.S. could win the nomination, they assured themselves that the Speaker's real goal was to exit gracefully from the House, a place he was no longer wanted. Newt's plans were so well known that Dick Armey, the majority leader, and Bob Livingston, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, have been waging a bitter battle of succession since February...
...foregone conclusion," a senior Republican says of Newt's departure. "Now I'm not so sure." Neither is Gingrich. Much like Clinton, he is beginning to worry about his legacy. Sources close to Gingrich say he hates the idea that he might be remembered as the disgraced Speaker who quit to run a losing presidential campaign. Or one who was distracted by personal ambition just as the Republicans' slim House majority went on the line in this November's election. He would much rather be recalled as the "transformational leader" (his words) who ushered in that majority for a generation...