Newt and Dede sitting in a tree, erasing lines between "R" and "D" (TobyToons via RedState): The latest Club for Growth poll on NY-23 shows conservative candidate Doug Hoffman continuing his surge over the liberal Democrat and the radical leftist "R" in the race. (Caveats: Sample size is small and CfG is pro-Hoffman. Still. Hoffman's... Read More

The most prominent GOP endorser of radical leftist NY-23 congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava is openly musing about running for president in 2012. No, thanks: "They" shouldn't bother. The conservative base is wising up and pushing back. And constantly invoking Reagan isn't going to erase the damage Gingrich has done to his brand over the years... Read More

Check this out. Newt Gingrich is on his latest book promotion tour -- and his embrace of radical leftist Dede Scozzafava (whom he champions as a "moderate Republican") is getting heated pushback from movement conservatives in the heartland. Earth to Newt: There is nothing "mooooderate" about radical leftist Dede Scozzafava. Here are video clips of... Read More

Judge the Margaret Sanger award winner by the company she keeps: Via Politico.

So, Newt Gingrich is invoking Reagan to defend his endorsement of radical leftist Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 special congressional election? Triple-gag: Let's quote Reagan back to Gingrich, shall we? From his seminal 1975 CPAC address: Let our banner proclaim our belief in a free market as the greatest provider for the people. Let us... Read More

If you have given to the NRCC, RNC, or Newt Gingrich under the impression that they are using the money to support conservatism, you might want to ask for your money back. As I mentioned in my column post on the NY23 special election, the NRCC is using conservatives' money to back a radical leftist... Read More

This is what happens when you get too much Beltway on the brain. Newt Gingrich -- who sidled up on a couch with Nancy Pelosi for one of Al Gore's global warming ad campaigns -- championed President Obama's education speech today. Subtext be damned. Gingrich, you should know, has been on a summer road trip... Read More

Really? He crumbled on the behemoth bailout. He cuddled Nancy Pelosi on Al Gore's global warming couch. And he's played footsie with Hillary Clinton on health care. Is Newt Gingrich really the best choice for RNC chairman? You tell me:

You'll note that when Newt Gingrich announced his opposition to the bailout last week, I wrote: "Couch buddies no more. For now, anyway (emphasis added)." I knew he'd be back on the sofa. So did you. See? God save us from bipartisanship. We're Screwed '08. *** Update: GOP Rep. Mike Pence remains a staunch "NO!"... Read More

I know a large number of michellemalkin.com readers have shared my deep-seated reservations about John McCain. Those reservations -- especially regarding border security, the environment, campaign finance, and his Soros flirtations -- remain. And you know I will not hesitate to pound on them. But the Palin VP choice appears to be a huge step... Read More

Divorce A lot of readers were excited about Newt Gingrich's appearance today on Capitol Hill with the House GOP revolt leaders. Gingrich had tough words for Do-Nothing Nancy, Barack Obama, and the anti-drilling Democrats. Allah's got vid. Eh: An old hand at leading GOP insurrections, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. (1979-1999), offered his support to... Read More

I mentioned the massive, $300 million Gore-bastic global warming hype ad campaign a few weeks ago. I thought the Robertson/Sharpton pairing was going to be bad, but it's nothing compared to these two stiffs on a couch peddling eco-alarmism. There was a time when Newt Gingrich and the Beltway GOP establishment could be counted on... Read More

McCain-Feingold gets in the way of Newt Gingrich's presidential aspirations. Looks like he's got his hands full with "American Solutions." More here. Is there more to the story?

...over its requirement that employees speak English. It's ridiculous. Newt Gingrich asks: "Why is the government undermining the efforts of charities to encourage people to learn English? And doesn't it have better things to do with our tax dollars?" Apparently not.

Eavesdropper. Blabbermouth. Corruptocrat. Well, well, well. Remember left-wing, sleazebag loon Jim McDermott, the Democrats' favorite hypocritical wire-tapper? There's breaking news on his decade-old case (hat tip: William A.): Rep. Jim McDermott had no right to disclose the contents of an illegally taped telephone call involving House Republican leaders a decade ago, a federal appeals court... Read More

Newt goes to Focus on the Family's James Dobson to acknowledge his extramartial affair carried out during the Clinton/Lewinsky era: We are all, as I said earlier today, fall

Here's our second Hot Air video report from CPAC--An interview with Newt Gingrich during his visit to bloggers' row. Topics covered: illegal and legal immigration, the Diversity Visa Lottery (he'd kill it), Visa Express and Saudi visas, the matricula consular card (he said he doesn't know about it), the war, and defeating Hillary Clinton. My... Read More

Bryan Preston, Ian Schwartz, Erick Stakelbeck, and I will be covering the 34th annual Conservative Political Action Conference for Hot Air. I'll also liveblog events and photoblog here at mm.com throughout the 3-day conference. If you're planning to attend, we'll have a booth in the exhibitor hall that opens at 10am later today. In addition... Read More

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference will kick off later this week. Hot Air and I will be there covering the action, manning a booth, shooting video, signing books, and reporting on the scene. Patrick Ruffini sends word that Rudy Giuliani will attend. Via the Politico's Jonathan Martin: We'll try and catch him for an... Read More

Getting away with it Hello, culture of corruption: A refresher on the case: The ethics complaint stems from a tape recording made by a Florida couple, who gave it to McDermott in January 1997. The tape recorded then-Speaker Gingrich, R-Ga., in a December 1996 conference call with GOP leaders regarding a separate ethics investigation of... Read More

Former Gingrichite Arianna Huffington scolds Hillary Rodham Clinton for being a political fake. I think I need to go to the emergency room and get my sides sutured up from bwa-ha-ha-ing at Arianna Huffington's op-ed attacking Hillary Clinton in the Los Angeles Times this morning. So, what's Arianna's beef with Hillary? Sticking fingers in the... Read More

Disgraced GOP Rep. Mark Foley's instant messages with an underage page are absolutely appalling. He was a 54-year-old man abusing his position of power with a 16-year-old boy. Based on all the reporting so far, and there may yet be more to come, Rep. Foley was exactly the kind of sexual predator--"sicko," in his own... Read More

Hot Air affiliate Flip Pidot of Suitably Flip, inspired by the Rep. William Jefferson case, has the photoshop of the day: *** Meanwhile, Roger L. Simon notes Newt Gingrich's tin ear. Denny Hastert's got it, too. Glenn Reynolds has more. *** Previous: Foiled again!

Baghdad Jim McDermott finally gets his due: *** Reader Daniel G. writes: *** Previous: Eavesdropping for me, but not for thee Tales of the tapes

Democrat Rep. Jim McDermott of Seattle, who leaked the contents of an illegally recorded cell phone conversation between former House speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. John A. Boehner, is complaining about the NSA's warrantless surveillance progam. Audio clip here. Chutzpah.