Word: newt
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...opposition heightened Cantor's profile as the Newt Gingrich of his generation, a wonky, partisan bomb thrower who can rake in well over $300,000 in a single fundraiser, as he did last week. The Richmond, Va., Republican, who likes to remind folks that he holds James Madison's seat in Congress, is one of the few rising stars in a party struggling to reinvent itself. But at 45, the baby-faced Cantor is hardly new to the scene. A player in House leadership for seven years, he has raised more than $16.5 million for himself and his colleagues...
...Conservatives have reacted vehemently. Limbaugh has promised he's "not going down without a fight" and calls the Fairness Doctrine just "the tip of the iceberg" of an attempt by the federal government to expand its power. Newt Gingrich called the Fairness Doctrine "Affirmative Action for liberals" and Hannity called it "an assault on the First Amendment...
...separate images of the Inauguration to create a large-scale photo so zoomable that you can see details down to the notes on the pages of the band's sheet music. Look, the Bush daughters had blankets! Look, Yo-Yo Ma is taking a picture with his iPhone! Look, Newt Gingrich isn't even watching Obama give his speech! On his website, Bergman says his panorama, a virtual Where's Waldo of Inauguration Day, is 59,783 pixels wide by 24,658 pixels tall; the photo file weighs in at a whopping 2 GB. Scan the crowded dais for your...
TIME: Is 2008 like 1992? Are Republicans looking for the next Newt Gingrich to come along? Boehner: The only parallels are we've got a Democratic Congress and we've got a Democratic President. Beyond that, I don't think there really are any parallels. We've got a whole different set of concerns in America, a lot of anxiety in America, and we as a political party have to learn to respond to that in a way that makes us an acceptable alternative...
...Virginia. No one is quite sure yet whether Palin will become the darling of one of these armies or simply the new Dan Quayle. Luckily for Republicans, the Democrats will still be around to unite them eventually. "We'll see what fights the left wants to pick," explains Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, who has been rolling out new policy ideas. "I think 2010 will be a great year...