Catholic leaders chide Gingrich, Santorum race-baiting

theGRIO REPORT - A group of more than 40 Catholic leaders fired off a letter to the two leading Catholic contenders for the Republican presidential nomination Friday, urging them to stop 'perpetuating ugly stereotypes'...

Gingrich in '93: Blacks don't 'understand' wealth

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Newt Gingrich has been slammed for race baiting with his comments about blacks and welfare, and by calling Barack Obama the "food stamp president." Now, a recently uncovered hand written speech draft suggests Gingrich's unique take on race dates back to the 1990s...

Return of the 'welfare queen'

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She rakes in about $150,000 a year in welfare benefits and, of course, people assume she must be African-American...

Watts: GOP needs more blacks 'at the strategists' table'

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theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. J.C. Watts said Monday the Republican presidential candidates needed to have more blacks 'at the strategists' table' to woo black voters and help them avoid controversial statements that might offend African-American voters...

Sunshine state will be stormy for Mitt Romney

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OPINION - After suffering a big loss in South Carolina, former Republican front-runner Mitt Romney faces a tough road in Florida, where the January 31 primary gives him perhaps his last, best chance to slow Newt Gingrich down...

Gingrich wins in South Carolina with fiery rhetoric

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theGRIO REPORT - Liberals have sharply condemned Gingrich's claim that President Obama is the 'food stamp president,' arguing it is race-baiting as well as being misleading in a time with millions of Americans want to work but can't find jobs...

Gingrich wins South Carolina presidential primary

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Newt Gingrich has won the South Carolina Republican primary...

South Carolina: What to watch for in the results

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theGRIO REPORT - South Carolina voters head to the polls Saturday in a critical primary, after 10 days of intense campaigning...

Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes

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Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have in common: They're all on food stamps...

Gingrich angrily denies he sought open marriage

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Thursday angrily denied that he asked his second wife for an "open marriage" that would allow him to have a mistress...

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Catholic leaders chide Gingrich, Santorum race-baiting

Gingrich in '93: Blacks don't 'understand' wealth

Return of the 'welfare queen'

Watts: GOP needs more blacks 'at the strategists' table'

Sunshine state will be stormy for Mitt Romney

Gingrich wins in South Carolina with fiery rhetoric

Gingrich wins South Carolina presidential primary

South Carolina: What to watch for in the results

Food stamp families to critics: Walk in our shoes

Gingrich angrily denies he sought open marriage

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