{"id":11122,"date":"2011-11-10T02:11:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T02:11:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-11-10T03:11:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T03:11:52","slug":"Newt-Gingrich-gets-a-super-PAC","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11122","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich gets a super PAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new, pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC \u2013 Solutions 2012 \u2013 launched around the time of the GOP presidential debate last night. Charlie Smith, a former College Republicans chairman, is heading it up and made the case to us that discontent conservatives and disheartened Rick Perry supporters will start to turn toward Gingrich.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Rick Perry gave that performance as the Republican nominee, they wouldn\u2019t have to count the ballots; it would be over on the spot,\u201d Smith said. \u201cCompare that to Newt, who showed the kind of intellect that conservatives have long known and respected. That contrast will absolutely lead to more support for Newt.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the super PAC pitch in video form, focusing on Gingrich\u2019s policy chops and unwillingness to attack other Republicans: <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"450\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k24V_sQsCJ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Not all super PACs are created equal, notwithstanding the tendency to write about them as though they\u2019re some kind of high-tech weapon system (\u201cNewt Gingrich has acquired super PAC capability.\u201d) Just because there\u2019s an instrument allowing supporters of a candidate to give unlimited amounts of money doesn\u2019t mean that they will. Still, having the instrument is a start, and if Gingrich is ever going to have a moment in the race, this is probably it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>People are discovering for the first time what I have known all along, that Newt Gingrich is the man for the job!  For starters, Speaker Gingrich is the only Presidential Candidate that has challenged President Obama to a series of debates that focuses specifically on Obamacare and the healthcare industry in general!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/1111\/68069.html\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new, pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC \u2013 Solutions 2012 \u2013 launched around the time of the GOP presidential debate last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Joshua","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62ee23f8f40307578d1f284ecd823d77f32da8ea35541e7dbdafeb5da1a4e877?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"A new, pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC \u2013 Solutions 2012 \u2013 launched around the time of the GOP presidential debate last","magazineBlocksPostCategories":[],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":120,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Joshua","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1213"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62ee23f8f40307578d1f284ecd823d77f32da8ea35541e7dbdafeb5da1a4e877?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}