Romney and Gingrich caught up in money talk<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOne made a spontaneous $10,000 bet on live TV. The other charged up a storm at Tiffany & Co. And now, in a season of foreclosure, unemployment and an erosion of the bedrock American certainty that…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I don't know if it's the primary season, or the "99%" mood in the country, or just the personalities involved, but watching Romney and Gingrich bicker and lecture and posture over whose vast wealth is "worthier" and less alienating from the ordinary citizenry is … amusing. #ddtb Embedded Link Romney and Gingrich caught up in … Continue reading “Champions of the Working Man”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,77,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-economy","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27100,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/newt-claims-hes-in-it-for-the-long-haul.html","url_meta":{"origin":24640,"position":0},"title":"Newt claims he's in it for the long haul","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Mar-12 6:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which probably make Romney pretty happy, since Gingrich has been splitting the anyone-but-Romney vote with Santorum, but has to have Santorum chewing nails. #ddtb Embedded Link Alabama, Mississippi primary results: 'I'm not leaving,' Newt Gingrich says - Mackenzie Weinger Newt Gingrich said Tuesday night he feels \u201cno pressure\u201d to drop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25325,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/reinstating-the-eleventh-commandment.html","url_meta":{"origin":24640,"position":1},"title":"Reinstating the Eleventh Commandment","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Jan-12 11:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"The GOP establishment is trying to rein in Perry and Gingrich and their attacks on Romney -- or, at least, on Romney's corporate raider role at Bain. 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