Washington Examiner Goes After Newt Inc.

[Conley]

Newt Inc. thrives as campaign flounders (http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/gingrich-campaign-flounders-newt-inc-thrives/279961)

To judge the success of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign, don't look at the number of county delegates he wins in next Tuesday's Iowa's caucuses, or even where he places in New Hampshire's primary the following week. Gingrich delegates to the Republican National Convention will not be the proper measure of the former speaker's bid. The increase in Newt's net worth will be the true gauge.

As the voting begins, Gingrich's presidential campaign looks even less like an effort to actually become president of the United States and more like the latest business venture by a politician -- the former speaker of the House, no less -- who has made millions exploiting conservatism and the Republican Party.

Newt Inc. is the unofficial name of a small network of enterprises making money for Gingrich on the strength of his name and reputation. "American Solutions for Winning the Future" was one such enterprise, anchored by two books ("Winning the Future," 2005 and "Real Change," 2008), and aimed at building an active network of Gingrich followers debating various "solutions" in web forums -- "The American Solutions Community," as Gingrich & Co. called it.

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/gingrich-campaign-flounders-newt-inc-thrives/279961

Herman Cain part 2? Only in it for the money? What do you think?

[Mister D]

Wow that's rough.

I'm not familiar with the Examiner. I've never even heard of it. Is it a liberal paper?

[Conley]

They sponsored one of the GOP debates...a very small time paper from the same guys as the Weekly Standard.

When Anschutz started the Examiner in its current format, he envisioned creating a conservative (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative) competitor to The Washington Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Post). According to Politico.com (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politico.com), "When it came to the editorial page, Anschutz’s instructions were explicit — he 'wanted nothing but conservative columns and conservative op-ed writers,' said one former employee." The Examiner's conservative writers include Byron York (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_York) (National Review),Michael Barone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Barone) (American Enterprise Institute, Fox News), and David Freddoso (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Freddoso) (National Review, author of The Case Against Barack Obama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Case_Against_Barack_Obama)). [10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Examiner#cite_note-Calderone-9)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Examiner

I guess they are pro Romney!

[Mister D]

Oh wow. The Standard is oriented toward a neocon philosophy. That was kind of vicious. I'm a little surprised even if it's true.

[Mister D]

There must be laws that severely restrict what you can do with those funds.