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    My Weekend with the Gingrich campaign in Iowa

    By: joshgosser (Diary)  |  July 22nd at 09:50 AM  | 

    (The tense in this article is outdated. I first posted these Saturday and Sunday on my blog Team Gingrich.) After I arrived in Iowa yesterday, I went to a game of the AAA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Newt threw out the first pitch, which I was not there for, but I did get to meet him and a couple of his staffers, R.C. Hammond | Read More »

    Co-chairman of House progressive caucus “leaning toward” no vote

    By: joshgosser (Diary)  |  March 4th at 01:51 AM  | 

    If Raúl Grijalva is not posing — and he would not seem to be in a position to have to pose — then this is a huge blow to getting to 216. The four GOP provisions — some version of tort reform, extra access to health savings accounts, higher Medicaid reimbursements, and undercover patient — all angered him. But the HSAs was the tipping point. (The surest | Read More »

    Princella Smith for AR-1

    By: joshgosser (Diary)  |  February 21st at 07:36 PM  | 

    Smith first made news when she won a speech contest put on by MTV, which won her a primetime speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention. From there, she has gone to work for, among others, Newt Gingrich at American Solutions and most recently was Rep. Joseph Cao’s communications director. AR-1, despite being R+8 according to Charlie Cook’s ratings, has not been represented by a | Read More »