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...real magic of the TIME 100 is the pairings. We match author and subject so that the former can offer special insight on the latter. We have Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, writing about why Nancy Pelosi, the first woman Speaker, is a historic figure. Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century, talks about why Oprah Winfrey is a hero to him. Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith writes about his respect for rival coach Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts, this year's Super Bowl winner. Martin Scorsese talks about why Leonardo DiCaprio...
...media mills to process. That's why legitimate stories like McCain's Baghdad gaffe and Romney's hunting fib get pored over like the Kennedy assassination. It's why even the most implausible self-declared presidential candidate is not laughed offstage. It's why the ravings of Newt Gingrich are greeted respectfully...
...NEWT GINGRICH, former Speaker of the House, in Spanish, in a videotaped olive branch to Spanish speakers. He said his recent critique of bilingual education was a "poor word choice...
...campaigns contested that these dark-horse contenders will outlast the big-name politicians in the 2008 campaign at an Institute of Politics (IOP) forum yesterday. The event, part of the “Campaign 2008: Looking Ahead” series, featured top strategists for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, former Ark. Governor Mike Huckabee, and former Wis. Governor Tommy Thompson. While the representatives for Huckabee and Thompson touted their candidates’ credentials, Gingrich’s senior advisers peddled no such ambitions. Gingrich’s strategists said the former speaker of the House has not decided...
...first three months of the newDemocratic Congress have been neither terrible nor transcendent. A Pew poll had it about right: a substantial majority of the public remains happy the Democrats won in 2006, but neither Nancy Pelosi nor Harry Reid has dominated the public consciousness as Newt Gingrich did when the Republicans came to power in 1995. There is a reason for that. A much bigger story is unfolding: the epic collapse of the Bush Administration...