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...death penalty and gun control, and recruited pro-lifers to run for Congress, the G.O.P. has been adding litmus tests like crazy. And it's not just abortion and taxes anymore. Republican hopefuls must also toe the line on gays, stem cells, campaign finance and immigration. Even Newt Gingrich - once the paradigmatic right-wing ideologue - is suspect. According to Novak, his "conservative record is far from flawless...
...loss of apocalyptic proportions." And that's the bad news for Rudy. "The vast majority of those people will not vote for Rudy. The three marriages is a deal killer." Airbrushing his social conservative credentials won't help, Land says. "That would be true of [Former House Speaker Newt] Gingrich as well, who's pro-life. The vast majority of white evangelicals are not going to vote for man in his third marriage, who was unfaithful to his wife in previous marriages." Even if he's running against the candidate conservatives love to hate? "Even against Hillary," Land says. "They...
...Third among the Republicans in TIME's poll, with 12%, was former House Speaker Newt Gingrich; former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was at 7%. The rest of the Republican field polled in the very low single digits. If the G.O.P. field were limited to Giuliani, McCain and Romney, the former mayor would have a slightly more commanding lead, 49% to McCain?s 30%, with Romney...
...policy solutions. "If what you're going to do all day every day is exhaust yourself running around, meeting with precinct leaders, raising money, there's an exhaustion, a banality and a narrowness of focus, all of which are bad for the American system," says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is considering a bid for the G.O.P. nomination. "This may be where it ends up. It doesn't mean it's reasonable, rational or good for the country...
...also be running, metaphorically, against her husband. She will never have his performance skills, an especially daunting deficit because the presidency is the office where the ability to lead and inspire is part of the job description. No one doubts Hillary Clinton's substance; even potential Republican opponents like Newt Gingrich and John McCain have praised her ability to understand tough issues and find the best answers. But if being smart about policy were the most important quality in a President, Al Gore would now be completing a successful second term...