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Updated 3:53 p.m. - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has joined forces with the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) to launch a fundraising committee aimed at helping to pay off the millions of debt owed by his erstwhile presidential campaign while also helping active GOP candidates for Congress.
A committee, "Solutions Start in the House," registered with the Federal Election Commission at the end of May. Proceeds from the joint committee are split between Newt 2012 and the NRCC. The next fundraising stop for the committee is coming up in Nevada.
"The goal of this venture is to raise money for candidates running for the House but also to pay down our own debt," Gingrich spokesman, RC Hammond, told NBC News. "We want to pay off the debt off as fast as possible but we are realistic that it will take a few years to pay down the debt."
After Gingrich withdrew from the presidential race in early May, FEC reports showed he was nearly $4.8 million in debt. As of last month, the campaign still owed slightly more than $4.7 million.
Hammond says this partnership with the NRCC is just one of the avenues Newt 2012 is using to pay off the debt. Gingrich has also been traveling to various states to host small luncheons and receptions on his own to raise money and the campaign has been renting their email and mail lists in addition to Solutions Start in the House.
Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney has not directly helped Gingrich pay off any debt but the former speaker has attended at least two known fundraisers with Romney in Georgia and Nevada that could have brought new funds to Newt 2012.
According to a source close to many of the creditors, the campaign set up long term deals with many companies owed money back in May that they would make monthly payments. The payments came for the month of June, the source says, but not for July.
There is still a long way to go, Hammond admitted, but said they were trying to be "proactive." Creating this group with the NRCC, fell in line with Gingrich's desire to help create a conservative platform for the GOP ticket and encourage a greater majority in the House of Representatives.
Adding to his visibility, the former Speaker will also appear on The Tonight Show this Wednesday.
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There is a name for a guy like Newt...
What's the word I'm looking for again..?
Wonder if he's petted any penguins lately?
Who's gonna help Mitten's pay-off his debt after he gets his ass whupped, come November?
Obama/Biden 2012
Maybe Willard's bosses can help him out.
This is like reading words of wit from an incompetent moron. How is it the liberals are so down with all their liberal causes... save the whale, feed an orchid, touch a beetroot, save the spotted, striped and chartreuse lizard, but treat human beings like sh!t?
I have a notion... they are hypocrites.
Just commenting...no matter which way you slice it right now its a close election...
Brianb -
Not sure what your point is here, but WTF is a "Beetroot"?
Alan - you should probably go to real polls so you're not so devastated in November!
well, Feisty, thanks to Mitt's carpet bombing negative ads during the primary, we know it's not President Gingrich.
Wonder if Tiffany's is one of the creditors Newt has to pay off?
The committee better keep a close "Eye on Newt"........He may have a different scheme!
BrianB, do us all a favor and get a prettier avatar. Your concrete tower is so depressing!
Now look at me, I have a nice lighthouse.
Why will anything be different in November? If Obama wins he's not going to get a Congress that is much different than now, maybe slightly more Republican. He could barley get Democrats to pass legislation that he supported 2009 - 2010, and now we have total gridlock. This is what the voters wanted and I don't see them changing between now and November.
If Romney wins then we may get a revamp of the tax code and some business friendly updates but so what? We still have the same deficit and debt and unless he really goes after entitlements it will just be more of the same but the President will have an (R) after his name.
I mean seriously what is the substantive difference between Obama and Bush? Now we have Obama swiftbaining just like Bush, only now Democrats are applauding how they are so like Republicans. I swear if you changed the (R) and the (D) you'd see no difference except that most of the people on this site would be against the Administration instead of for it.
For example, did you think deficits mattered when Cheney said they didn't? I did and still do. I still think Iraq was mistake just as I think the "surge" in Afghanistan was a mistake. The Bush tax cuts were wrong in 2001/2003 and they were wrong in 2010. Problem now is that the economy is still so bad it might be impossible to cut them now.
January 20th, 2013 should be renamed Groundhog Day.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Four Legs Good, two Legs bad.....Four Legs Good Two Legs better....Two Legs Good, Four Legs Bad
He can't help it - it's from his
room with a viewcell...I thought the preferred GOP method was bankruptcy - ya know, leave everyone else high and dry. Oh, and where is the Chinese whore Adelson - isn't he swimming in big bucks from China. Surely he can spare $4.4m out of his paltry billion dollar empire. Maybe Newt could beg a Koch or two or three - I hear they have a 'change for chumps' program.
Alan - so you're good with the GOP holding the US hostage until they get what they want? How pathetic! And, this is the party you want running the country? Again, how pathetic!
Obama/Biden 2012
Imagine my surprise (not) to come inside and read New Gingrich has millions in debt from his failed presidential campaign and now is teaming with the NRCC to hold a fundraiser to "bail" out Newt. This from one of the loudest complainers about the government spending money it doesn't have yet Gingrich continued to spend millions on a losing campaign.
Maybe it is the heat but I find it funny that NoLimitSoldier comes on FR to post a complaint that he thinks someone else said nothing he thought worth reading yet that is all he/she said. Pot meet kettle, NoLimit.
So just got home and watching MSNBC. They were discussing Obama's upcoming schedule. Looks like he'll be at the White House all of part of one day this week.
You know, what with all the campaigning to do.
Odd, he's running really hard for a job he already has, but is disinterested in doing.
Well, at least everything is going so good. Particularly the economy.
Jody, dear - were you equally surprised by the millions in debt Hillary had in her failed presidential bid?
I bet not, you silly duck.
Yo Jody, refresh our recollections - who bailed out Hillary?
You silly libbies, never do seem to get how all this stuff [or the world for that matter] actually works.
But by all means keep focusing on Bain.
Plus Obama now channelling Pochahonus Warren and saying if you made it in business it's cause you had help.
I wonder - for all the failures out there, who couldn't make it in business/on their own - did they get help in their failure, and if not, where o' where was Obama's government?
Mine is the best avatar! Go Obama!! You're sooo HOT!
You get my vote! ☺
I don't understand. I live in NJ where the President will win the state by 5 - 8%. We will return Menedez as Senator and have a Democratic majority for the House delegation. This will happen whether I vote or not. However, you say the GOP is holding the US hostage. How? If the US, i.e. the voters return their congressman/woman and pick their Senators that is their decision. Unless the GOP fails at the ballot box they are not holding the US hostage but being elected by their constituents. In 2008 this worked to your favor and in 2010 you were defeated. If the American people agree with what the GOP are doing then they will be returned to power. If they do not then the GOP will be defeated. I think it's pathetic that you deem to speak for the people.
Elections have consequences.
So, Spanky...
Tell us about the felony Romney probably committed...you know the one...just how much jail time could he be facing...unless this is going to be just like your other uninformed posts where you cannot and will not defend the useless POS that is Romney?
Seems even the GOP is questioning his sincerity, so I'm sure you, being the "fair weather friend" you are, has also been questioning his motives?
Twenty years of tax returns to McCain, and McCain picks...Palin...
...uh oh, something just ain't right...care to gaze in to that crystal ball you have and place a wager on just how long before Romney bags it and someone else gets the nod at the Convention?
Sure you do...
Poor silly dems, just can't seem to accept they hold the White House AND the Senate.
And yet the republicans control everything.
Huh.
But see the dems wholly control Cali and Illinois, and man, do they suck.
Mickester!
Still going with the felony thing, eh Mickey.
Good luck with that.
So Mickey where be the college and law school transcripts from President Choom Gang?
Transparency is a two way street.
A nice lighthouse with a dim bulb.
Yet another knock on Eric Holder.
Why has he not announced an investigation into Romney's SEC violation. The Obama campaign would not back down from the felony charge, and even the President stated there would be no apology. They must have some pretty strong evidence to back up their accusation. When is Holder going to subpoena the Obama campaign for their evidence? Why has Holder not issued an indictment against Romney? When is the trial? Why are they delaying? What is wrong with the AG and the DOJ?
Spanky - transcripts are not required for any Presidential candidate. Get over your jealousy that our President is a REAL lawyer; graduated Harvard; and headed Harvard Law Review - none of which you were/are qualified to do!
Obama/Biden 2012
Good enough for government work?
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/238081-obama-misses-new-budget-deadline
[Still going with the felony thing, eh Mickey.]
Stop deflecting and answer the question, toadie...Obama is already president, and Romney, well...I just think he's in it for the laughs at this point. I know he can't promise you a "moon base" like Newt can, but you're STILL voting for this POS, right?
Sure you are...
You know that SEC document is a game changer...so, tell us "counselor", just how much time could Romney face?
I know it's a difficult question, but try putting that "big brain" of yours to work, and give it a shot.
Maybe we'll know when AG Holder reads the charges against Romney. Why has he not done so? As you say it's a game changer so it must be a slam-dunk conviction.
What is wrong with Holder and why has he not filed charges?
ROTFLMAO....Go look in the mirror Harry. You're not a light skinned black man who can speak without a Negro dialect when you want.
[As you say it's a game changer so it must be a slam-dunk conviction.]
Alan, Holder won't have to prosecute...the "game changer" here is Romney bagging his campaign, either for improprieties regarding the SEC docs or that he paid little or NO taxes for the years in question. Either way he's a gonner. It just doesn't look good for GOP.
Good thing to see a "real conservative" helping the other "real conservatives" keep the House a bastion of low debt fiscal conservativism..... Now all they'll have to do is have a Republican President so they can get into two more wars they won't pay for....
As for Mitt Romney and the tax returns... he's not gonna budge on this, he knows that releasing his tax returns will prove several things: he lied on the tax returns OR he lied on financial disclosure forms OR he lied to the SEC or he lied on his voter registration forms... Possibly he lied on all of them... now wouldn't that be interesting....
What, are they going to raise taxes on the rich? Oh, for awhile there I thought they were going to do something about the debt. Isn't Romney helping Newtster in return for his lukewarm support?
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"Can Newt Gingrich be reclassified as a pollutant? A carcinogen? The guy’s like the dioxin of husbands." –Jon Stewart
Gingrich is pathetic....
Millons in debt and hosting little luncheons, selling email lists, simply pathetic.
Newt, please "go gently into the good night"
Now before the resident savant and her minions start the attack statements, ask yourself this: Isn't this a process that each party uses to reduce the debt of the candidates?
Nothing new, nothing to see, just move on liberals.
Well, it would appear the Residen Savant beat me to the punch! Attack as usual.
...says retiredceo in a perverse show of name calling and personal attack....
They just can't help themselves... NDD! lol
You have to wonder what DRIVES these people, Feisty? As if anyone believes that person was CEO of anything besides a lemonade stand.
Well, I know three character flaws they posess are hate, envy & deceit!
I think you're giving our little re-reg too much credit!
This clown couldn't organize a one car funeral!
Boy, there has been a lot of that re reg stuff going on lately!
I have never heard this saying - - - - L O V E!
Thanks for the giggle!
Yep - liberals at their finest... their very best... attacking other people. You do yourselves proud! The bigger the attack, the better you hypocrites feel about yourselves.
Brian!
Sit down & STFU!
Who started with the personal attack again?
If you think for one second, I don't have the right and or ability to defend myself, you're an even bigger fool then I previously thought!
Layton,
Happy to oblige & you're welcome! ☺
Desperate times call for desperate measures... NDD... lol
brianb clearly missed the point. As he returns a post with same sort of attack that we can expect from him. I suppose it is a measure of desperation, they see it all slipping away.
But, brianb will join us in voting for President Obama in November. The way Romney is campaigning, even poor brian will see that is the only choice.
Coming from the gay-bashing, non-Christian hating, hypocritical attack man. Oh, and what is that BrianB term for pro-choice advocates?
Perfect - libbie one [NewDay get all pissy about personal attacks] and joined by libbie two, Fiesty, the actual queen of personal attacks.
Refresh my recollection NewDay, what does Fiesty call Christie?
Funny stuff gang.
Spanky - oh my. The "lawyer" who knew all about the Supreme Court decision on Healthcare before everyone else (NOT) now is admonishing people about calling names. Funny how he missed all the little right wingers and their name calling. Oh, I forgot, it's okay for them.
Stay in Vegas - or wherever you are - Spanky. Apparently they can stand your posturing when you've got NOTHING going!
Obama/Biden 2012
Let's not forget SpankMe got his ass handed to him on SB1070 as well... lol
Only thing worse than a 'know-it-all" is a "know-it-all" who is continually WRONG!
So, Brian...find a job yet? Still holding out for that "management position"?
Sure you are...
Oh Sanity, you silly silly libbie.
I said the mandate was an unconstitutional extension of the COmmerce Clause, and BAM that was the ruling.
As for it being a tax - yep, I blew it. I relied on what Obama said many many times.
You do remember Obama saying it was not a tax, right.
So what is it you are trying to say Seeking? As usual yo are all over the place.
Oh and Feisty - SB1070 is in effect. Local authorities can ask demand papers.
Man, you libbies are not very informed.
No Spanks - you ridiculed me that I didn't have a clue about how the ruling would go when - according to you - you knew all along. Yet, as we all know, you knew/know nothing. How's that court reporting going for ya? Talk about not informed - you're the person who represents the totally ill informed little GOPers!
Obama/Biden 2012
Spanky, picking on the ladies again I see,,,how "manly" of you...you know, they have medicine for Low-T.
Oh, by the way...hows that health care thingie working out for you...doing your research? Better hurry up...2014 will be here in no time.
Mickey - no problem - this lady can handle a small man like Spanky - no problem!
Obama/Biden 2012
Seeking Sanity: Spanks was pretty sure he knew how the property tax vote was going to go in ND too. He was spectacularly wrong about that.
North Dakotans handed Spanky his, well, you know by77%!
Obama attacks Romney with negative ads about Bain capital ...non-stop coverage on First Read and MSNBC, er NBC News ....
Romney campaign attacks Obama cronyism with new ads....no mention, no coverage. shhhh...
You are off to a bad start as "NBC News"
Expect instead more snickering snarky coverage of whether Governor Palin will speak at the GOP Convention..liberal media loves to dump on the former Governor and VP candidate...
Bob in VA - no but the GOP is off to it's usual shoddy, inconsequential start!
Obama/Biden 2012
Hey Vag - WTF does that have to do with Newter's paying his bar tab?
"Today Mitt Romney visited a firehouse here in New York City. Of course, he was disappointed when he learned that the firehouse is not where you get to fire people." –Jimmy Fallon
Job1 - LOL!
Why do you spend to much time here, Bob, if you don't agree with their ethics or positions?
Yeah Probe-Boy!
Inquiring minds want to know...
Probing Bob likes self flagellation!
Hey Steeler - how much money you bill your clients today?
You hit them collectively for about $2400 each and every day, right Steeler?
So Steeler - 1%-ers are not appreciated around here.
Yet here you are.
Priceless.
Why do they call them attack ads when they are true? What about the ads Woody runs against the President? Bunch of hypocrites. Ole Woody has got his splinters in a twist... better hand over the tax returns, or if he does I think he'll be in more trouble. He's refusing to hand them over for a reason and I'll bet you dollars to donuts that he's had his hand in some crooked dealings. I love to watch him squirm!
"Newt Gingrich explained why he fooled around on his first two wives by saying he loved this country so much that it led him to cheating. He was so passionate about it he had to take his pants off." —Jay Leno
Poor little Newt ....
I'm sure he's missing the limelight! I can't believe anyone still wants to hear anything he would possibly have to say. Wonder how small is small . . . . . and renting their e-mail lists? I would bet he's got an extreme case of money envy at the moment! And no kidding Mitt's not helping him out ... he's going to need everything he has to try and make something that he does at least appear presidential!
GOPteanuts love to hear their young whine!! Gingrich and Palin need to get married and leave the country. They are totally worthless.
"freeloader" is the word the comes to mind for Newt Gingrich.
No kidding, skip ... his check bounced here in Utah and he couldn't even make it on the primary ticket!
So Newt is looking for help to pay off his campaign debts? What is that popular mantra that the TPGOP is forever whinging on about......."personal responsibility"....... ?
"We have met the enemy and he is us!" Pogo by Walt Kelly
I've noticed a subtle but clear sea-change of atmosphere dating back to last Thursday when Romney doubled-down and claimed he had no hand in operating Bain from 1999-2002. And this despite SEC filings listing him as the triple honcho-in-charge (owner, CEO and CFO).
The right is grimmacing in anticipation of the ten-ton shoe that's bound to drop, namely, when indisputable evidence is discovered that Romney did indeed kept his hand 'in' running Bain from 99-02. The right is grumpier than usual because they see the dilemma they and Romney face: disclose more than the last two years' tax returns and continue feeding the Bain narrative, or refuse to disclose more returns and keep up the suspicion that he's hiding devastating info.
The sea-change in atmosphere has to do with the public's perception of this election. Though far from over, Obama's Bain strategy has indeed turned the tide against Romney. There is precious little Romney can do any longer to win. Obama has effectively etched on Romney's sketch of himself--he's not just a 1%-er. He's hostile to authentic job creation and is only interested in it as a by-product of making profits.
Yes, Obama is running HOT right now! What a glorious Leader that has our country 100% in the right direction, nothing can stop him now! Keep up the good work Chief!
The president does NOT want you to be successful. Just listen to his lousy speeches if you can stand it. He cannot complete a sentence withont chopping it up... ."You...did not...become...successful ....on your own." Oh God make it stop!
Janie Thomas - what an ignorant post. No, of course the President wants everyone to be unsuccessful - do you even bother to think before you post such drivel? And, our President can walk circles around every one of the mental midgets from the Republican party. That's what really frosts you isn't it? You've got NOTHING but arrogant, empty suited shells of human beings to run while we have an actual intelligent, honorable, classy President who has integrity.
You probably won't understand all the adjectives - since no Republican ever has any of them used in describing them.
Obama/Biden 2012
Why the hate SeekingSanity? Us democrats are all about love!
Go Obama/Biden!
He speaks in idiot. Thats what his followers speak. How else would they understand?
If you speak to a lib useing common sense and logic they haven't got a clue what your talking about.
easy Dem. She wouldn't have anything else to say. Hate is all she knows. She is a pathetic human being with no class whatsoever. It is hard to believe that she can be such a shallow, ignorant waste of humanity showing her stupidity here on a daily basis. But here she is advertising her stupidity for all to see.
Now she will come back with her usual "no i am not but you are" ignorant response showing her stupidity once again
Rocco - coming from you - the insults are compliments. Considering how illiterate and ignorant you are, I truly consider any insults from you a compliments. Your lack of integrity and class is abundant and trying to deflect it onto me only makes you look more pathetic. You and rukidding must be related - clearly share the same characteristics - and none of them good!
Obama/Biden 2012
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There is absolutely NO such thing as a Dem4Freedom. But there is a mass of Dems 4FreeStuff. Get a job!
Haha You guys kill me! B.O. is stinking up the country. Where is the progress? Really, where is the TRYING? So if you love B.O. just hand over all your money and he can tell you what to do and how to do it. Are we getting what we were promised? I guess we are. "Fundamentally transforming America" Tax my Baby all night love.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Of course, I meant to say, "Tax me Baby all night long." Doesn't matter. I'm not voting for Obama. You, George Clooney and Sarah Jessica Parker can't make me!
Janie.... who gives a Fly fig LOL... go vote for Woody.... he needs you. LOL
We need to see more Dem's and GOP people asking to see Romney's tax returns. What is he hiding. We want to know. Let's get him to reveal more returns.
I want to see all of HUSSEIN'S sealed records. I especially would like to know about the SS# he has that belongs to a dead man from Connecticut that died in Hawaii. Did Hussein's granny work for the Hawaii SS department? I believe she did. HMMMM HMMM HMMM
RICH! Romney is VERY RICH. Is this a newsflash for you people? RICH vs RICH. I love when the RICH Jon Stewart wags his finger at the camera to Mitt Romney. "You're RICH." Reports are that Romney makes $57,000 a day with his investments. Jon Stewart is probably jealous because he only makes $35,000 a day with his investment. Yes I said and meant "day". Romney is tall, dark, handsome and RICH. Is that a bad thing? You can bet that the pres does NOT want you to be RICH. He wants you to depend on him and the government. GET A CLUE!!!
Ok Romney is Rich that does not bother me. What bothers me is trickle down been hearing about it for years have not seen it in action. Its good that he know how to make money and work the system legally before anyone attacks me i dont believe he did anything illegal. But if you hide money overseas like most rich folk you report less pay less and dont trickle down as much. I also believe you cant make people hire other people if they dont want to but giving them more breaks its old been done and there is nothing to show for it.
Where oh where did the Red Communist Slunt go? The matriarch of the mindless communist HUSSEIN supporters has left the building. It posts it's shytt, and like flies, you pathetic moochers go nuts. WOW
How is a conservative in debt? they bash liberals and everyone else on how they spend and Newt is broke. LOL gotta love Romney treats his Republican opponents the same way he treats American workers hammers them for everything they have and leaves with millions more in his pocket. A true conservative would have seen that he cant outspend his opponent and pulled out of the race earlier i dont feel that bad for Newt he probably would have ran the country the same way he ran his campaign.
Must be nice to run a campaign with no money then pawn it off on your party. Newt is the sleeziest politico in either party.. Politicians are not very smart ,getting nailed once is bad getting nailed twice is a disgrace. One thing about it you have been scr--d twice and if Newt lives long enough he will get you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PS How about his Tiffany TAB ,take care of that also.
Why would anyone want to be seen standing next to Noot Gingrich? He is such a criminal anyone seen with him should expect to be picked up for questioning by the FBI immediately.
To be a fair to Newt he is a person and can probably do a bit more to pay off what he owes then the regular Joe. but right now it seems like he is doing the same thing that people need help do hold out your hand and ask for help. He probably should remember this before he attacks people that really need more help then he does. They dont have rich Friends to bail them out.
"If you have a business, you didn't build that! Somebody else made that happen." THIS IS YOUR PRESIDENT!
Romney runs a business like a chop shop. You know the car you stole is worth more taken apart then whole so he strips down the business and sells the parts. As with any business its a war to make money so the workers end up paying the price they re the casualties.
There may NOT be a Fall election this year, lol! Barack Obama may continue as President by default! Slpitt Romney cannot discuss Bain because he has lied too much already about how long he was there and just what he did, exactly. He cannot discuss his tax filings because there is something illegitimate going on there. He cannot discuss foreign investments and holdings because he didn't pay US taxes on ANY of his offshore accounts. The icing on the cake? He won't even discuss his plan to rescue America if he is elected! The RNC/GOP will NOT confirm Dim-Witt-Mitt at the upcoming convention because he will get clobbered to pieces if he should go up against one of this nation's greatest orators of modern time who will debate him in one-on-one competition that will be televised around the world!!!
I think the GOP will ASK Clitt to resign because THEY know that with a mysterious, tainted, past record like his; the only opponent he could face and have a chance of winning against; might be Santa Claus! Right on...