Day: March 15, 2012
Newt Gingrich for President? Not in my family!
Newt as a Cool Dude(?)
Newt’s Not in Kansas Anymore…
NEWT AND ONE OF HIS BOLDER IDEAS :)
You and Obamacare. Answers, finally!
POLITICO: VIDEO: Rod Blagojevich’s 10 craziest quotes
By MACKENZIE WEINGER | 3/15/12 6:21 AM EDT
Rod Blagojevich — now also known as federal prisoner number 40892-424 — starts serving his 14-year sentence for corruption on Thursday. As Blagojevich heads off to the Big House, here’s POLITICO’s look back at 10 of his “f—-in’ golden” quotes:
1.“I’m blacker than Barack Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up in a five-room apartment. My father had a little laundromat in a black community not far from where we lived. I saw it all growing up.” – in an interview with Esquire magazine for its February 2010 issue. (Blagojevich apologized on Jan. 10, 2010, calling the comment “stupid, stupid, stupid. It was a metaphor. I was speaking metaphorically. Obviously I’m not blacker than President Obama.”)

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74051.html#ixzz1pC3U16QM
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New York Sen. Chuck Schumer schemes to hit GOP on more wedge issues
By MANU RAJU | 3/14/12 11:49 PM EDT
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer believes he has found a political weapon in the unlikeliest of places: the Violence Against Women Act.
Republicans have several objections to the legislation, but instead of making changes, Schumer wants to fast track the bill to the floor, let the GOP block it, then allow Democrats to accuse Republicans of waging a “war against women.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74041.html#ixzz1pBvfauuL
Newt,Callista and the New South

The Daily Show – Jon Stewart on Elections in the South
Jon, you da man!