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Newt Gingrich talks politics with Axelrod, meets with UChicago students

By Guest PostMarch 7, 2013Politics2012 election, amateur paleontologist, budget challenges, budget cuts, callista, campaign in america, cheerful persistence, college republicans, congress, david axelrod, democrats, election day, exit polls, former speaker, gingrich predictions, harris school, house of representatives, mandel hall, newt gingrich, non partisan institute, political fights, Politics, president bill clinton, President Obama, republican presidential candidate, republican states, the sequester, united states today, university of chicago, us demographics, voting returns, zhe xi luo

Newt Gingrich described for the audience at a recent University of Chicago Institute of Politics event the shock he felt when he realized last Election Day that President Obama would win re-election, confounding Gingrich’s predictions and hopes.

Gingrich said he and his wife Callista stared at each other in disbelief as they took in exit polls and then voting returns that showed a loss beyond anything he had feared, especially among Senate races in traditionally Republican states. It led Gingrich to take a hard look at the tactical and technological gap that may have contributed to his party’s loss. (more…)

18 Signs that America is Rotting Right in Front of our Eyes

By Guest PostAugust 17, 2010Economy, Politicsamerica is decaying, budget cuts, economic collapse, economic downturn, government debt, government subsidized housing

Sometimes it isn’t necessary to quote facts and figures about government debt, unemployment and the trade deficit in order to convey how badly America is decaying. The truth is that millions of Americans can watch America rotting right in front of their eyes by stepping out on their front porches. Record numbers of homes have been foreclosed on and in some of the most run down cities as many as a third of all houses have been abandoned. Unemployment remains at depressingly high levels and the number of Americans on food stamps continues to set new records month after month. (more…)