Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama’s plan to fix the economy has “already failed” and “bowing to the Saudi King is not an energy policy” in a fundraising speech Monday for House and Senate Campaign Committees — playing the part previously held by President George W. Bush, who headlined the fundraisers as president the past eight years.
Despite his rhetoric — it appeared that it was Gingrich who may have failed for the night: AP noted that “despite the rallying cry, the GOP faithful still weren’t opening their wallets as they have in recent past. The event took in a relatively small fundraising haul of $14.5 million, the lowest total in at least five years. Last year, it raised $21.5 million, compared with $15.4 million in 2007 and $27 million in 2006.”...................
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