In Gingrich Mold, a New Voice for Solid Resistance in G.O.P.

New York Times by Adam Nagourney | Feb. 15, 2009 (News Report)

The last time Congressional Republicans were this out of power, they turned to a college professor from Georgia, Newt Gingrich, to lead the opposition, first against President Bill Clinton in a budget battle in 1993, and then back into the majority the following year.

As Republicans confronted President Obama in another budget battle last week, their leadership included another new face: Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, who as the party’s ... Full Story »

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Norman Farrell
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 by Norman Farrell - Feb. 15, 2009

This is a puff piece for GOP Whip Eric Cantor and his claimed mentor, Newt Gingrich. It hails "solid Republican resistance" and fails to note the hypocrisy of the party claiming desire to reach out to Obama while acting diligently to obstruct . Nagourney passes along uncritically Cantor's gratuitous insults of Democratic leadership. This is lazy, unhelpful journalism that ignores the major issues of the day.

Polls suggest that more than 2/3 of Americans want action taken to restore faith in financial institutions and movement away from the disastrous GOP policies of total deregulation. They put the thieves in charge of policing themselves and look what happened. Surprise?

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