Topic: Newt Gingrich

Newt Gingrich - Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich attends the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 2, 2008. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)

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Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich attends the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 2, 2008.

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GOP House 'shadow' session in fourth day

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. House Republicans Wednesday staged the fourth day of a protest against Democratic energy policies by holding a mock session in an empty House chamber.

Gingrich warns of likely election pitfalls

WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Sunday the Republican Party may lose the general election if it attacks Barack Obama's experience.

Gingrich works to rehabilitate GOP image

WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is rehabilitating his image among U.S. senators looking to avoid GOP defeats this fall, The Hill political paper says.

Analysis: The end of boomer power

WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's primary race victory over Hillary Clinton has already had one profound effect on American politics and society: For the first time in 16 years, the United States will not be ruled by a post-World War II early "baby boom" generation president born in the mid-1940s.

GOP concerned about voters saying home

WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- Republican voters say the party doesn't represent them, fueling concern that they'll stay home for the U.S. November election, observers said.

Military Matters: Reform history -- Part 1

WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- When the world was young and hope dared live in Washington, a small group of people put together something called the Military Reform Movement. Its purpose was to measure U.S. defense policies and programs by the standard of what works in combat rather than who benefits financially. Launched in the 1970s, it peaked in the early 1980s and was gone by 1990. Why did it fail? It failed because, in a contest between ideas and money, the money always wins.