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Gingrich: Obama will lose in ‘fair’ fight, House should investigate Holder’s beliefs

By | 05.12.11 | 9:49 am | More from The Iowa Independent

Hours after officially throwing his hat into the 2012 presidential contest via Twitter, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich told a national news outlet that he doesn’t expect to “get a break from elite media,” President Barack Obama will lose in 2012 if it is a “fair” fight, and More…

After Delays, GOP Set to Release New ‘Contract With America’

By | 09.21.10 | 9:46 am

Republicans are announcing that their much touted “Contract With America,” will be unveiled in Virginia on Thursday and they promise that it will present a clear and constructive alternative to voters before midterms. While the GOP is riding a strong anti-incumbent wave of sentiment among voters, its two year More…

Republicans Working on New, Jobs-Focused ‘Contract With America’

By | 07.07.10 | 12:59 pm

In May, House Republicans created a new website, America Speaking Out, that allows regular folks to submit ideas for policy solutions on jobs, the debt, national security and other crucial topics. The GOP hopes to create a new party platform — specifically, an update of Newt Gingrich’s 1994 “More…

Tea Partiers and FreedomWorks Craft a 2010 Agenda

By | 01.25.10 | 2:48 pm

Before Ryan Hecker presented the Contract from America to his Sunday night audience — 63 activists huddled inside of a meeting room in the Washington, D.C. office of FreedomWorks — the free-market think tank’s spokesman promised great things.

“You watch,” Adam Brandon told TWI. “This is the idea that’s going More…