How Newt Gingrich Is Secretly Winning The Most Important Vote Of The 2012 Primary
Gingrich now appears to have picked up the support of shadowy evangelical activist David Lane, a major kingmaker for the Christian Right. Lane, who rarely gives interviews and generally stays out the spotlight, is widely credited with reenergizing the GOP's conservative Christian base after the 2008 election.
Lane was instrumental in convincing Rick Perry get in the race earlier this year, and even helped orchestrate The Response prayer rally, the de facto launch of Perry's campaign. But sources who know Lane say he has been distancing himself from Perry as the Texas Governor slipped in the polls. Now Lane seems to be throwing his weight behind Gingrich.
Lane's support for Gingrich was made clear at a secret meeting of influential Iowa pastors last month, according to sources who attended the event. Sources told Business Insider that Lane basically anointed Gingrich, joining the candidate at the podium after his speech and calling on the pastors to put their hands on Gingrich and pray for a leader that who would be in the position of becoming the next president.
One source who witnessed the prayer described it as the most moment of the two-day conference.
Gingrich counters Romney with $10 bet
Newt Gingrich bets Mitt Romney $10 to give back what he has earned from "bankrupting companies."
At Republican debate, Newt Gingrich rolls on with steady performance
Politico - In a campaign that has been chiefly shaped by debates, Newt Gingrich demonstrated Saturday night why he tops the polls — and why he won’t easily be dethroned. Facing tough questions from his Republican rivals and debate moderators in Des Moines, Gingrich parried blow after blow without losing his cool or showing the much-discussed undisciplined side of his personality.
It was the former House speaker’s first debate as the undisputed frontrunner and not only did he stand up to the fresh scrutiny, he reminded Republican primary voters of his command of the issues, his intellectual dexterity and his self-assured, forceful arguments. When Mitt Romney scolded Gingrich for his provocative claim that Palestinians are an “invented” people, the former Georgia congressman concisely captured why his brand of bombast is playing so well with a roiling GOP electorate.
“I think sometimes it is helpful to have a president of the United States with the courage to tell the truth, just as was Ronald Reagan who went around his entire national security apparatus to call the Soviet Union an ‘evil empire’ and who overruled his entire State Department in order to say, ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall,’’ said Gingrich, calling himself a “Reaganite” and then adding a memorable kicker: “ I will tell the truth, even if it’s at the risk of causing some confusion sometimes with the timid.”
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