claim: says newt gingrich is responsible for the gridlocked politics of washington.
author: david axelrod
evidence_1: apr 27, 2012 ... let's just say it: the republicans are the problem. by thomas ... we have been studying washington politics and congress for more than 40 years, and never have we seen them this dysfunctional. in our past ... but the real move to the bedrock right starts with two names: newt gingrich and grover norquist.
evidence_2: jan 30, 2012 ... no single person bears more responsibility for how much americans hate congress than newt gingrich. ... we want and they get to say they solved the problem and had a bipartisan bill, there's no incentive for the american people to change leadership,” hoyer told the washington post after the speech.
evidence_3: may 21, 2012 ... ... view and proclivity toward moderation -- say that the republican party is to blame. "the gop," they wrote in a washington post op-ed based on the book, "has become an insurgent outlier in american politics." mann and ornstein trace the partisan style back to the emergence of newt gingrich and grover ...
evidence_4: newt gingrich from: last crazy standing: is it newt time for the gop? gingrich became the leader of what conservative columnist george will described as ... they've become political terrorists, willing to say or do anything to prevent the country from reaching a consensus on one of its most serious domestic problems.
evidence_5: the united states federal government shutdowns of 1995 and 1995–96 were the result of conflicts between democratic president bill clinton and the republican congress over funding for medicare, education, the environment, and public health in the 1996 federal budget. the government shut down after clinton vetoed ...