Newt Gingrich
Gingrich and the Evangelicals
By Mark Silk — November 30, 2011
With the Gingrich Bubble frothing away and the Iowa caucuses just around the corner, TPM asks if the all-important evangelical voting bloc (like, half of all GOP caucus-goers) will move into Newt’s camp. The Des Moines Register‘s Jennifer Jacobs has done her interviews and thinks it’s split. A mysterious group called Iowans for Christian Leaders […]
Newt, Culture Warrior
By Mark Silk — November 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich is so given to rhetorical hyperbole that you’re tempted just to quote it, roll your eyes, and move on. A case in point is this remark from Saturday’s Mormon-deprived Thanksgiving Family Forum in Des Moines: The degree to which the left is prepared to impose intolerance and to drive out of existence traditional […]
The Threat to Religious Liberty
By Mark Silk — November 14, 2011
With Newt Gingrich now perched atop at least one national poll, it seems like a good time to check out what the man has to say about religion in his latest book, A Nation Like No other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters. It turns out there’s a certain amount of Bartonish huffing about the Christianism of […]
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