Newt Gingrich's political director in Iowa, Craig Bergman, resigned yesterday over comments that he made to a focus group calling Mormonism, Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's religion, a cult. He pointed out that the fact that Romney is a mormon would hurt him in the election against President Obama. The comment was made on TheIowaRepublican.com.
WASHINGTON D.C.-The Republican controlled House passed on a 234-193 vote, a one year extension of the payroll tax cut yesterday. All but 10 democrat representatives voted against it. Of the ten who voted for it, all waited until the bill was sure to pass before voting in favor of it.
WASHINGTON D.C.-Calling it a disgrace, a group of non-partisan Senators are calling for the Department of Justice to issue an apology to the wife of late Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. They are also calling for the firing of the Department of Justice employees that with-held evidence in the case of the late senator.
The verbal warfare between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich continued today as each took shots at the other in different venues.