Word: newt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Americans don't like liberals?" he asked the crowd. "Because liberals are wimps! They don't really stand for anything. They don't have the courage of their convictions." Pointing to Clinton's emphatic denial of the L-label during the presidential debates, he exclaimed, "Now if you ask Newt Gingrich if he's a right-winger, he'll say, you bet!" Clinton, he said, just looks at the polls to see which way he should vote...and even then gets it wrong. But to keep the record straight, his scorn is reserved for Bill Clinton; Hillary Rodham, "or Hillary...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Four years after Bill Clinton won the White House, only to be dashed by the public perception of his arrogance, and a year after Newt Gingrich followed a similar arc, the two men have been given a second chance at governing. But whether the two will create a bipartisan consensus or hunker down into the bitter scorched earth fight that produced gridlock and government shutdown last year remains to be seen. A bipartisan spirit will be needed to tackle the growing problems of campaign-finance reform and reforming entitlements. On the surface, leaders from both sides seem ready...
Kerry, like many of his fellow Democratic congressional candidates, has tried to link his opponent to House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and the Republican-controlled 104th Congress...
Wamp is not running from Newt Gingrich in this campaign, but is trying to shed a zealous image to protect his narrow 1994 victory. Tennessee's Third District ranks fifth in the country in federal funding, and Wamp has juggled protection of that money with balancing the budget, a goal he says is worth losing his seat over. But the Department of Energy--a department on the G.O.P. hit list--spends $2 billion a year in the district...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "My votes mirror the Seventh District, not Newt Gingrich. If people study the issues, they would be satisfied with my record...