Shut the light, close the door

Well, it's all over. Newt says so.

Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker, says the GOP will have to widen its tent if it wants to be competitive -- his party has room for both Dick Cheney and Colin Powell, Gingrich told fellow Republicans at a fundraiser last night.

And, as for Rush Limbaugh's wish that President Barack Obama's agenda fails, the former speaker suggested that Obama's plan to right the economy with stimulus spending and government intervention in matters such as the reorganization of General Motors has "already failed."

Sotomayor's Talk Made No Waves in '01

Newt doesn't want her on the bench. He should read her speech (given at Berkeley Law).

Sotomayor talked about her Latina identity and how it affects her work on the bench. Today, President Obama nominated Sotomayor as his first appointment to the Supreme Court. This speech was originally published in the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal in 2002.]

What Newt meant

Gingrich takes back Sotomayor 'racist' charge
Newt Gingrich is easing off his charge that Sonia Sotomayor is racist, saying it's what she said about the decisions of a "wise Latina woman" that was racist, not necessarily her.

Sotomayor scores high on Hill trip
Sonia Sotomayor launched her Supreme Court bid on Capitol Hill and began explaining - and showing - what she meant about being a "wise" Latina. The tour came as Republican leaders insisted right-wing pundits don't speak for them.