President John Tyler's grandson says Newt Gingrich is a 'jerk'

Politico

John Tyler (1790-1862), the tenth President of the United States, left office in 1845. Though quite old, he That means just three generations of the Tyler family are spread out over more than 200 years. President Tyler was In case you missed it on Yahoo!, Slate, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, Flavorpill, Kottke, or various [...]

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Saul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right

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The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky. Why does Gingrich think it effective messaging for him to conjure a man who's been dead forty years, and whose name is recognized, When Saul Alinsky met George Romney | Buzzfeed publishes photo showing Mitt Romney's father palling around [...]

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President John Tyler's grandson says Newt Gingrich is a 'jerk'

Politico

“John Tyler is a good team. We played really well. We had two freshmen starting and a sophomore in our back four. We were the better team, I thought, today. It was windy and the conditions were difficult.” The Wildkats play Jacksonville at 6 pm Friday, While most US presidents become associated with important legislation [...]

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President John Tyler's grandson says Newt Gingrich is a 'jerk'

Politico

Kudos to New York Magazine's Dan Amira, who tracked down one of President John Tyler's grandsons (not great-great-great-grandsons) to discuss the fact that he's still living. Here's a brief excerpt from Amira's interview with John Tyler was the 10th President of the United States. He was born in 1790 and took office in 1841. His [...]

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Saul Alinsky: Who is he and why is Newt Gingrich talking about him?

WTSP 10 News

When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, "The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky." But if any candidate is using Saul Alinsky's Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently made news by referring to Barack Obama as a “Saul Alinsky radical” whose [...]

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Florida GOP debate: Newt's no-show

Politico

Alex Marlow, Managing Editor, Breitbart.com: New, aggressive Mitt Romney, who debuted in the goofy Brian Williams quasi-debate last week, was out in full force tonight and he was very, very good. Romney needs to be Alex Marlow, Managing Editor, Breitbart.com: New, aggressive Mitt Romney, who debuted in the goofy Brian Williams quasi-debate last week, was [...]

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GOP debate: Five things to watch for

CBS News

Witstream does all the hard work for you and compiles the funniest tweets with the hashtag #tweetthepress for you to peruse while you watch tonight's Florida GOP debate on CNN tonight at 8:00 pm EST. So just come right back here at eight pm to see Newt Gingrich was well on his way to reversing [...]

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State of the Union: What Obama must do

Newsday

Nation Newsday > News > Nation State of the Union: What Obama must do Originally published: January 23, 2012 8:32 PM Updated: January 23, 2012 11:16 PM By TOM BRUNE tom.brune@newsday.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama steps to the podium in the WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has called the State of [...]

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State of the Union: What Obama must do

Newsday

Tuesday's State of the Union Address from U.S. President Barack Obama will include something special: crowdsourced captions and subtitles provided by everyday citizens around the world. Using new web tools from the On the eve of President Barack Obama's third State of the Union address, education experts expect the president's address to hit on college [...]

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Obama to Draw an Economic Line in State of the Union

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WASHINGTON — President Obama will use his election-year State of the Union address on Tuesday to define an activist role for government in promoting a prosperous and equitable society, hoping to draw a stark contrast between the parties in a time of WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, in the first glimpse of his keynote [...]

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