Council on Foreign Relations

Newt Gingrich is committed to making sure Mitt Romney isn’t the Republican nominee for president of the United States. But on Tuesday, he failed to win two states that many had said were crucial to his victory.

As Republicans and Democrats compete for support from Latino voters in November, Democrats are trying to use Republican opposition to the DREAM act as a way to pull Latinos to their side of the aisle.

The price of gasoline is on the rise, and so is debate on fenergy solutions. In a recent campaign advertisement, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich blamed the Obama administration’s “anti-gas” policies. However, the President remains firm in his belief in a need to invest in alternative energy sources.

Republicans have had run-ins with songwriters and bands for using their music at campaign events. Mitt Romney got dinged for using a K’Naan song, while Newt Gingrich was asked to stop using “Eye of the Tiger.”

Back in 2008, climate change was an issue Sen. John McCain and then-Sen. Barack Obama mostly agreed on. It was real and needed to be dealt with. Today, it’s an issue that Obama and his Republican challengers agree shouldn’t be talked about. Thus are the politics of climate change in a time of economic stagnation.