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February 21, 2012 in Nation/World, City, Idaho
Gingrich to stop in Spokane, CdA on Thursday
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will hold campaign events in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene on Thursday, Republican party officials confirmed.
A rally is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Bing Theater in downtown Spokane. It’s free, and open to the public, a campaign official said.
He will has a private fundraiser at a Harrison, Idaho, home around 4 p.m., and a town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Inn.
Gingrich is the third GOP presidential hopeful to make a stop in the Inland Northwest. Rick Santorum spoke in Coeur d’Alene last week and Ron Paul held a rally at the Spokane Convention Center on Friday.
Mitt Romney’s son will visit Spokane Valley this afternoon.
“It’s pretty exciting,” Jonathan Parker, Idaho GOP executive director, said. “It’s one of the primary reasons we went to the caucus system, one, to be relevant and actually have a say in who our nominee would be, but No. 2, to bring presidential candidates to Idaho to discuss issues important to Idahoans and to get them here to court our vote.”
Gingrich, despite being from Georgia, has noteworthy ties to Inland Northwest politics. He engineered the 1994 Republican sweep that — among other things — took leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives away from Spokane when Republican George Nethercutt beat sitting House Speaker Tom Foley, a Democrat. Republicans, after capturing control of the House that year, chose Gingrich to replace Foley.
Washington holds its precinct caucuses and straw poll on March 3. Idaho’s caucuses are March 6.
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dougfresh on February 21 at 12:41 p.m.
This guy is still running?
mikeln on February 21 at 12:52 p.m.
So he’s going to a fundraiser? More likely a meeting with the people that are going to give a butt load of money to his super-pac. What a crooked, crooked government we have.
Nugget on February 21 at 12:53 p.m.
More info please. Where, what time, how much??
Loudin on February 21 at 1:04 p.m.
Lock up your daughters, fathers…Newt is coming to town!
BTW: Somebody must have told him this is a Catholic city, and being as he’s been Catholic for about twenty minutes now, he feels the need to grace us w/his presence. Lucky us…
Loudin
SMARTGUY on February 21 at 1:06 p.m.
No he is not still running, just still collecting money.
Codywiench on February 21 at 1:10 p.m.
This guy’s gonna give us $2 gas from drilling from his moon colony. This is my guy.
Diana on February 21 at 1:16 p.m.
“Must be some kind of Republican-envy syndrome or something.”
Nah, we just like to point and laugh.
Loudin on February 21 at 1:24 p.m.
Wheresdabrain bemoans Democrats commenting on GOP candidates and yet, if you look at his posting history, he’s infatuated w/Obama (articles upon which are technically “Dumbocrat articles”).
Kettle meet pot, pot meet kettle. Goes to show that hypocrisy is not limited to only one group of blind partisans; way to be the thing you loathe, Wheredabrain!
Loudin
Scoutster on February 21 at 1:25 p.m.
Kinda like having the BEST minor league team come to visit.
wheresdabeach…how are you able to change your mind about any issue of the day, or do you just not bother? Do you just figger you know what’s right and any new information would just be a waste of time?
Not sure what label you would put on me, but if it includes tolerant and willing to listen to serious policy discussions from any side, well, Yup, I’m guilty. As a voter and citizen I enjoy and feel a sense of duty to learn what the best and brightest of both the GOP and the Dems have to offer. Currently, the brain trust of one of our major parties is vacant, IMHO. But, I’m open to whomever has practical solutions to vexing problems.
Interesting you find that predilection “cute”. It certainly tells us something about you that you do.
I will refrain from generalizing that all conservatives share your same narrow vision.
Shadedmuse on February 21 at 1:28 p.m.
and the tea-bagging freak show marches on the road to cliff, no foubt susie Daisy and Hawkin will be thier.
MrNatural on February 21 at 1:31 p.m.
The Bing will need to be washed and disinfected…
slamdunk on February 21 at 1:36 p.m.
Idaholians welcome this slug. His ilk is exactly like the rest of the trash in the Idahole leg…..they (meaning the dumbos in Idahole) will vote him in in a skinnit!
reservedparking on February 21 at 1:39 p.m.
Hawken who?
Nugget on February 21 at 2:19 p.m.
LOL…..how many laughed & pointed when Kennedy said we were going to land on the moon? Who had the last laugh?
BTW, I want .99 cents a gallon gas. Time to bring the price down & if Newt’s the guy to do it then I’ll go with him.
jane on February 21 at 2:30 p.m.
With such a contested Primary, Washington gets the whole parade of ant-Christ Conservatives to come visit, lucky us. Maybe their money will bring a little stimulus to our state. In their own ironic way, these candidates are stimulating the economy in the exact way that most economists want to. Large amounts of money/campaign donations from the wealthiest who have no use for it, spend it in middle class America on TV ads, print ads, dropping itno smaller cities with their entourages, staying in hotels, eating in their restaurants. If I was not so educated to know better, I might even call it trickle down working?
ChefGus/ John Olsen on February 21 at 2:52 p.m.
Hawken=Permanent Banned Blogger j :))
greenlibertarian on February 21 at 2:53 p.m.
A thou$and a head in Idaho.
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2012/feb/21/newt-coming-coeur-dalene-too/#comments
Cheap at thrice the price. Give until it hurts!
Newt can win!!!
Dazzeetrader11 on February 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Mike…once again.. THINK before you post. Newt isn’t IN the government. He’s been gone since 99. ANd while I’m at it….neither is Bush.
Hawken should be back,. I hope so anyway. He crush all liberal arguments. Good guy/gal,,,we need his side of the discourse.
SILENCIO!!!!! …<—never a good idea.
misjustice on February 21 at 3:00 p.m.
Newtie gives me a headache; I am currently holding an aspirin between my knees…
*sigh*
force_vector on February 21 at 3:46 p.m.
Since Newt will never come close to the nomination, why do some of you care so much about what he says and where he goes?
reservedparking on February 21 at 3:54 p.m.
John: I knew that :D
Albert on February 21 at 4:03 p.m.
Big yawn….Newt who?
Loudin on February 21 at 4:18 p.m.
@Wheresdabrain:
“You’ll see I don’t resort to changing your name in an immature, childish manner.”
Earlier post by Wheresdabrain:
“Dumbocrats.”
Looks pretty immature & childish to simply label people “Dumbocrats” because you have a partisan disorder.
Now this is where you motorboat for a bit (“Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh, buh…that’s different!”) and play the victim card. Been done here by many of your type (whiny, anti-gub’ment, childish “us vs. them” view of politics) before, so please try to improve upon the low standards set by your predecessors.
Loudin
mikeln on February 21 at 4:38 p.m.
Newt has made his money scamming the government and the taxpayers. The government gives him a pass while the taxpayers take thier medication and forget what happend yesterday. Again I say, what a crooked, crooked government we have.
RedCedar on February 21 at 5:03 p.m.
Well, they’ve got to have Newt, so they have an alternative to Santorum. And of course they’ve got to have Santorum so they have an alternative to Romney. And they’ve got to have Romney so we have an alternative to Obama. And we’ve got to have Obama because…
DB1640 on February 21 at 5:04 p.m.
More information please. Free rally? How much? Some of us would go if we had more information.
jimc on February 21 at 5:38 p.m.
DB1640:
The latest update says the rally is free, at 2 p.m., at the Bing. We’ve been posting information as it comes in from campaign and party officials in two different states.
They didn’t nail down some details until this afternoon.
Jim Camden/The Spokesman-Review.
reservedparking on February 21 at 6:25 p.m.
Need more info: bringing wife? Girlfriend(s)?
bdr on February 21 at 6:42 p.m.
Roflamo at = Codywiench my thoughts exactly…….! ahhahaaha
I read gangreens gas promise and just howled =no particulars, no exacts, no mechanical info. just fluffy cotton balls and Charmin man promise……..hahahaaha.
Of course a single google SEARCH you can find 2.50 per gallon propane conversions and instructions how tos already on the net……(AND you get to keep your SSI if you don’t vote the Grinch.)
Nugget on February 21 at 6:45 p.m.
I finally figured out why Loudin wears the head gear. I’ve seen children that that can’t control themselves, & bang their heads constantly, wear those.
Yes, now I get it.
Shazamm on February 21 at 7:08 p.m.
Sorry, but a guy whose name is synonymous with a “salamander” is just not going to win.
johnclarke on February 21 at 8:52 p.m.
Enjoy it while you can. Newt looks like he has a hard time walking on level ground. His speech is starting to sound a little slurred like maybe he’s had a couple minor strokes.
misjustice on February 21 at 9:15 p.m.
I’d vote for Newt Getrich; President of the Moon!
; )
Dazzeetrader11 on February 21 at 9:51 p.m.
mikeln on February 21 at 4:38 p.m.
Newt has made his money scamming the government and the taxpayers. The government gives him a pass while the taxpayers take thier medication and forget what happend yesterday. Again I say, what a crooked, crooked government we have.
Mike…once again, you’re thinking of your hero Obowow..he’s scammed the government for everything his whole life. On the government dime forever. Never had a job outside government
.jane on February 21 at 2:30 p.m.
“With such a contested Primary, Washington gets the whole parade of ant-Christ …. lucky us”
. Jane…I think you’re think of Obama. Our conservative R’s are all good Christians.
jane on February 21 at 10:58 p.m.
Yes dazed. Christian if you prefer the term, but in todays world for politics (if you r paying attention) the word has become synonymous with anti-Christ. What moron would think that if Jesus were to b on earth today, he would side with those that preach hate, prejudice, encourage wars, objecting to healthcare for all, and stand firmly behind a platform to try to find ways to get more from the poor and less fortunate to subsidize more to the rich? Be real. Grab a clue. Buy a vowel. Yes, call them Christian conservatives if you will, or call them anti Christ conservatives, but do not try to distinguish between the two.
jane on February 21 at 11:04 p.m.
Ooops dazed, my apology if I was mistaken. When I re-read your post and u said “our conservative D’s are all good Christians”, I should have recognized that as satire……guess soccermomSusie has some competition.
greenlibertarian on February 21 at 11:41 p.m.
jane, dazee is a troll that doesn’t even live in this region.
Please don’t feed the troll.
nslopeofw on February 22 at 2:05 a.m.
I wonder if he’ll be able to explain this better than the libs here have for the last 2 weeks. From the latest Gallup poll:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/211817-gallup-survey-shows-sharp-deterioration-in-job-market-in-feburary?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed
After all, we have been told that we are massively recovering, and ole Barack has saved the economy. Now that we see the truth, will B.O. stop taking credit and go back to blaming GW again? I bet Newt will be a lot more truthful than ole Barry has been.
johnclarke on February 22 at 4:45 p.m.
slope, is it the government’s responsibility to create jobs? What, the tax cuts aren’t working?
idahosnative on February 23 at 1:28 a.m.
newt…..you are “MY IDAHO AMERICAN” idle.
you remind me of the late un-great congresswoman helen chenewith; ok having an affair with a MARRIED MAN-because SHE wasn’t married….talk about “twisted-____s”.
hummmm……..911 happened because of homo’s……if that’s true, TEXASS is burning because of?
wasn’t it the CHURCH that MURDERED christ?
hummmmm………hummmmmm…….hummmmmmm.
my late mom said:
“IF YOU CAN NOT SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT SOMEBODY….KEEP YOU OPINIONS TO YOUR SELF”!
i guess that does not apply to REPUBLICANS.