LAS VEGAS — After a likely second-place finish in the Nevada caucuses Saturday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich sought to dispel the idea that he might drop out of the Republican presidential nomination any time soon, promising a hotel ballroom filled with reporters that he will fight on to the convention in the summer. Read full article > >

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Gingrich vows to fight on to the convention

ORLANDO — Is a third resurrection possible for Newt Gingrich? The former House speaker, who has charted the most topsy-turvy course of any of the up-again-down-again candidates during this presidential election cycle, insisted Tuesday night that he would revive his campaign once more. Read full article > >

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Gingrich: Nomination will go on for ‘probably six months’

Today’s Florida primary features the largest and most diverse electorate of any contest to date in the Republican presidential primary fight. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney enters election day with a clear polling lead although former House Speaker Newt Gingrich pledged this morning that “ I’m not going to lose big in Florida .” Read full article > >

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Five counties to watch in the Florida primary

If he were elected president, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney says, he would cut companies’ tax bills . But former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) would cut them more than twice as much . Romney would eliminate some people’s capital-gains taxes. But Gingrich would eliminate everybody’s. Read full article > >

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Romney and Gingrich policy ideas mirror their personalities: Pragmatic vs. epic

TAMPA — Mitt Romney opened a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich in a new poll ahead of Tuesday’s Florida Republican primary, but the Gingrich campaign insisted that the former House speaker is staying in the GOP nomination race for the long haul and remains the only conservative able to beat President Obama in November. Read full article > >

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New poll shows Romney surging in Fla.; Gingrich looks to future primaries

A harsh new ad from former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney uses news footage from 1997 to remind voters of then-House speaker Newt Gingrich ’s ethics violations. “History Lesson” is unusual in that neither Romney nor Gingrich appears. The entire 30-second spot consists of an NBC News report from Jan. 21, 1997, the day Gingrich was reprimanded by Congress for using tax-exempt money for political purposes and giving the House Ethics Committee false information. Read full article > >

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NBC objects to Mitt Romney’s ‘history lesson’ ad

The first Republican presidential debate of 2012 is just hours away — 9 p.m. on ABC (or WMUR if you are in New Hampshire) to be exact — and we are, admittedly, a little too excited. Since the last time the GOP candidates shared a debate stage, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich peaked too soon, Iowa voters, well, voted and one-time top-tier candidate Michele Bachmann ended her campaign . (Texas Gov. Rick Perry hinted at doing the same but decided to stay in while on a run in Iowa . Not kidding — that really happened.) Read full article > >

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New Hampshire debate: What to watch for

An unusually emotional moment occurred on the campaign trail today: Former House speaker Newt Gingrich teared up during an Iowa town hall while talking about his late mother. Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who moderated the event, asked Gingrich, with reference to the impact on his policies and beliefs, “When you think of your mom, what special moment comes to mind?” Read full article > >

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Gingrich tears up talking about mother (video)

Pundits say the darndest things on television. Take, for example, the genius who said in January that “the president has a fairly easy” reelection ahead of him. Or the guy who said in June that Newt Gingrich was “finished, whether he knows he is or not.” How about the talking head who said in July that House Speaker John Boehner had suffered a “mortal wound” at the hands of fellow Republicans? Or the one who predicted in August that Rick Perry would “hold his own” in the presidential debates? Read full article > >

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A few cracks in my crystal ball

Pundits say the darndest things on television. Take, for example, the genius who said in January that “the president has a fairly easy” reelection ahead of him. Or the guy who said in June that Newt Gingrich was “finished, whether he knows he is or not.” How about the talking head who said in July that House Speaker John Boehner had suffered a “mortal wound” at the hands of fellow Republicans? Or the one who predicted in August that Rick Perry would “hold his own” in the presidential debates? Read full article > >

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A few cracks in my crystal ball

Both the House and Senate approved a measure Friday morning to extend the payroll tax cut through February. The action ends a bitter, weeks-long partisan stalemate and barely escapes a deadline to keep 160 million workers from seeing smaller paychecks after the new year. The Senate passed the bill first, taking a little more than a minute to complete a simple voice vote attended by a handful of members. About a half-hour later, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) presided over a brief session, and lawmakers took only a few minutes to approve the measure. Read full article > >

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House, Senate pass 2-month extension of payroll tax cut

President Obama called House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday to urge him again to allow a vote on a Senate-passed measure that would extend a payroll tax holiday for two months, as Democrats and Republicans sought to step up pressure on each other over an impasse that risks hitting millions of Americans in their pocketbooks next year. Read full article > >

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Obama presses Boehner to allow vote on Senate payroll tax measure

House Speaker John Boehner gave a spirited reply when asked recently about whether his party’s resistance to middle-class tax cuts risked making Republicans appear to be lackeys of the rich. “I’ve got 11 brothers and sisters on every rung of the economic ladder, all right?” Boehner said . “My dad owned a bar. I know what’s going on out in America.” Read full article > >

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On tap: Radical Republican Winterfest

House Speaker John Boehner gave a spirited reply when asked recently about whether his party’s resistance to middle-class tax cuts risked making Republicans appear to be lackeys of the rich. “I’ve got 11 brothers and sisters on every rung of the economic ladder, all right?” Boehner said . “My dad owned a bar. I know what’s going on out in America.” Read full article > >

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On tap: Radical Republican Winterfest

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Monday morning that the House is poised to defeat a Senate-passed bill to extend the payroll tax cut for two months and instead will send the bill to a bicameral conference committee, because, Boehner said, the Senate bill “creates uncertainty” for the U.S. economy. Read full article > >

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Boehner reaffirms that House will defeat Senate payroll tax bill, sending it back to conference committee