Word: newt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meek, a daughter of sharecroppers and a granddaughter of slaves, ignited a small fire storm when she used a one-minute speech to question the propriety of a Newt Gingrich book deal. Republicans had her remarks struck from the Congressional Record, but that hasn't quelled her ardor for the underdog, whom she continues to champion by promoting federal jobs programs...
...redrawn; African Americans lost their majority in two of three districts. Though conservative Republicans saw this upheaval as an opportunity, Cynthia McKinney is on track to defeat those expectations--and perhaps the odds--in the newly constituted Fourth. And the question much of the nation is asking is whether Newt Gingrich will be gone with the wind...
...election in the Fourth, which is only 33% black, because in 1995 the Supreme Court declared that the boundaries of the 11th had been unconstitutionally drawn on the basis of race. Her challenge now is to appeal to voters of both races, and with her campaign slogan, "Annoy Newt," she surprised onlookers by beating three white men to take the primary with 67% of the vote...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I think Newt is so divisive that it outweighs anything about him that I might admire in him. He continues to amaze me in the way he polarizes people...
...NEWT GINGRICH (R) District...