McGurn: How Mitt Can Finish Off Newt – WSJ.com

It looks like it’s all over in Florida. Even before the voting has begun in Tuesday’s primary, polls show Mitt Romney with a comfortable lead. If the former Massachusetts governor wins by a respectable margin, it would be completely understandable to take it as confirmation that he needs to stick with his …

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Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for president – latimes.com

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain endorsed Newt Gingrich for president Saturday night in what was billed as a surprise appearance by the retired pizza …

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Gingrich Fundraising Also Raises Ethics Questions : Roll Call Lobbying & Influence

s Newt Gingrich and his allies scramble to raise enough money to compete with Mitt Romney in Florida’s costly GOP primary, they’re relying on political players who carry almost as much ethics …

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United States | The Economist

Newt Gingrich wins big, but can he keep the momentum going as the campaign moves into friendlier territory for …

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The South Carolina primary: The slog begins | The Economist

“THIS is the beginning of a long, hard slog,” said Ron Paul, at his optimistically titled “Victory Party”. “This is a hard fight because there’s so much worth fighting for,” said Mitt Romney, “and we’ve still got a long way to go.” Indeed we do. A week ago South Carolina was going to be Mr Romney’s coup-de-grace, turning Florida into an afterthought. He had won the two previous contests. Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Rick Perry were squabbling over the …

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South Carolina Raises New Doubts About Republican Contest – NYTimes.com

For Mitt Romney, the South Carolina primary was not just a defeat, though it was most emphatically that. It was also where his campaign confronted the prospect it had most hoped to avoid:

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In South Carolina, a Final Blizzard of Appeals Before the Primary – NYTimes.com

With Mitt Romney facing the biggest challenge to his presidential aspirations since he announced his candidacy, his aides acknowledged Friday what seemed unthinkable just seven days ago:

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Newt Gingrich: Newt and the “food-stamp president” | The Economist

THE AUDIENCE of Monday night’s Republican debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina reached its climax of enthusiasm during Newt Gingrich’s exchange with Juan Williams, who asked Mr Gingrich if he could perhaps see how certain comments he has made in the past might give special offense to …

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Rational Irrationality: S.C. Debate: Mitt Survives Mugging; Perry Goes Postal : The New Yorker

And then there were five.

Jon Huntsman’s podium having been hastily removed from the stage of the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, the remaining candidates went right at it, the logic of the race dictating their tactics. With Romney in a seemingly unassailable lead, Gingrich and Santorum, his two most plausible challengers, were tasked with effecting a knockout. Mitt, naturally enough, was intent on avoiding such an outcome. Ron Paul, as usual, was driven …

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Restore Our Future Attack Ads Harm Gingrich in Iowa – NYTimes.com

The attacks began three weeks ago and have not let up since: Television ad after television ad slamming Newt Gingrich for having “more baggage than the airlines,” for being fined by Congress for ethics …

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Gingrich’s Phony War : The New Yorker

If the 2012 Presidential campaign were analogous to the Second World War—and, for the record, it’s really, really not—what stage would we have reached? And who would even think about it in those terms? The answer to the second question is Newt Gingrich, whose dark …

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Gingrich Ballot Failure Highlights Challenge to Campaign – NYTimes.com

Newt Gingrich had declared confidently the other day that he would get his name on the ballot for the Republican primary in Virginia. In fact, he said he already had the requisite 10,000 signatures plus an …

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