Gingrich surprised by Obama’s approach to governing

At a panel discussion Friday afternoon at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative panel chaired by Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich discussed the life of Ronald Reagan, and the current state of American politics. Gingrich said that he is surprised by President Obama’s strategy in dealing with the economic recovery package because Obama has neither been exclusively partisan or bipartisan but has been going between the two extremes day by day. Gingrich continued that the Republican stand in the House against the President’s economic stimulus plan “has absolutely revitalized the Republican base in this country,” and that President Obama is rushing through something he will have to live with for the rest of his Presidency.

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Pentagon Correspondent Dawn Casey will cover the Pentagon gaggle and press briefing.
News Director Lovisa Frost will be reporting the White House press briefing.
The Washington Bureau will be covering a discussion with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on his solutions for the financial crisis. They will also cover a forum at the Institute for Public Policy on “The Election and the Economics of Inequality”.

Pawlenty, Gingrich, and Sharpton discuss education reform

This morning, "Time to Choose: Children or Bureaucracy" a panel on education reform was held at the Marriot Hotel in Minneapolis. It featured presentations from several distinguished speakers, including documentary director Bob Compton, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and the Rev. Al Sharpton. All participants spoke about reaching across party lines and acting on education reform as soon as possible.

Rev. Sharpton said, "The fact of the matter is that all of us, whatever we believe, whatever our party, our philosophy, our religion or our ideologies, all of us will leave behind a world that somehow our kids must go through." Much of Sharpton's focus on reform was aimed towards making parents more responsible for and involved in their children's education.

Speaker Gingrich had a more dramatic approach, one that appeared to be popular with the crowd. "I believe we have to elevate math and science education to a matter of national defense," he said. "We must improve it greatly to increase our security and secure our future."

Gingrich Discusses Fixing America the "Right" Way, Criticizes Obama

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and current senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute of Public Policy Research (AEI), gave a speech today focused on the problems America faces domestically and his thoughts about correcting such problems.

Gingrich's speech was critical of Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and American culture in general. Gingrich expressed a desire for America's poor to learn to bring wealth into their communities for themselves, not by doing so with the benefits of government programs.

Gingrich criticized Obama's plans to improve urban education, even opining, "no one on the left is prepared to rebuild Detroit," a city the former member of Congress was particularly adamant about rebuilding.

Gingrich's plan to rebuild America focused primarily upon improving the cultural values that dominate our society today. Also, Gingrich praised former Mayor of New York City Rudy Guliani for his efforts to curtail crime in New York. Gingrich explained that American education must be reformed for our students to be able to compete with Chinese and Indian students.