NewtGingrich360.com

Brandon Todd, who started Teabook.org, has recently started newtgingrich360.com.

Teabook.org has about 12,000 members (including me for about a year), and -- according to Todd -- "it looks like Teabook [has] overwhelmingly changed its preferences to Gingrich." He wrote that the day after the Ames Debate.

I will be cross-posting the content from this blog over there, and please sign up on the site. It will almost assuredly be the most important Newt supporter website within a short amount of time.

Newt 2012 has seen "an uptick" in donations since Ames Debate

Rebutting those who say Newt is not serious about raising money, Politico did a story in the middle of last week in which they quote Newt's spokesman R.C. Hammond: "[Newt] spends a lot of his days -- six or seven hours -- on the phone, goes to dinner, then goes into an evening session."

"Gingrich's campaign says he’s been on a circuit of unpublicized, intimate house parties," writes Kendra Marr.

"Small gatherings in people’s homes is low overhead on our end. Hearing Newt talk, explaining what he’ll do for the country -- it’s much more effective," Hammond said.

Marr: "His campaign says he recently saw an uptick in online contributions after the Republican primary debate in Iowa, where his criticisms of the supercommittee and the media drew the biggest applause of the night."

I don't ask for contributions to Newt's campaign often, but please go to Newt.org and give what you can.

Audio of Newt on Sean Hannity's radio show

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"An influx in donations" coming into Newt.org since the debate

"Gingrich claimed an influx in donations that's helped his campaign after his combative performance during the debate in Iowa,"The Hill wrote

Michael O'Brien quotes Newt:

"I took about two months of the elite media explaining I was dead. And, I'm still here," Gingrich said on Fox News. "The polls have started back up. We got many new donors coming out of Thursday night who went to Newt.org and gave money voluntarily. And, frankly, that's all been very helpful in rebuilding the campaign."

Video of Frank Luntz discussing Newt's debate performance

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Interesting to hear what he says about the straw poll -- "purely how many people you can get in a a tent at one time."

Luntz points out that five million people watched the debate, a much bigger number than the attendance of the straw poll.

"What They’re Saying about Newt's Debate Performance"

The campaign put together this list of some of the praise Newt got for Thursday night's debate performance.

I will post a couple.

From Kevin Hall of IowaRepublican.com:

The former House speaker was fired up and had a terrific debate. Substance on the issues has always been his forte and Newt showed that. He was also combative with the moderators, demanding they ask substantive questions. The audience responded very strongly to that. Gingrich showed a fire and passion that conservatives are longing for. He would utterly dismantle Barack Obama in a one-on-one debate. It was a terrific performance.

Craig Robinson of the same website:

...his grasp of history and his ability to reference it in some of his answers is incredible…The best moment of the debate came when Gingrich took Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace to task. Doing so was risky, but Gingrich came off as the most serious candidate on the stage last night.

Iowa Radio Talk Show Host Steve Deace:

[Newt Gingrich] was forceful without looking undistinguished, aggressive without losing his self-dignity, informed, informative, and put leadership ahead of policy. This was the Gingrich of the 1994 Republican Revolution.

Craig Shirley:

Gingrich was simply head and shoulders above the rest. This is the Newt people have been waiting for; an articulate and forceful conservative who knows the world he lives in.

Go onto Newt.org and read the rest. Lots of great quotes.

Keep the Newt 2012 Momentum Going: An Action Plan

Wow.

Tonight was Newt at his best, and it is reflected in him being the winner of the debate according to most observers. (See my earlier post here for more reaction to the debate.)

But we, as Newt supporters, need to help the momentum going. Here is a little bit of how you can support -- remember: be with Newt, not for him -- Newt 2012:

First, if you have not already, go to Newt.org and sign up. Give money if you can.

If you are on Facebook:

-- "Like" Newt's page if you, unlike 144,054 people as of this moment, do not already.

-- Sign up on Newt Volunteer's page, Create Jobs Now: Repeal Dodd-Frank, and Team 10: Small Government, Big Citizens.

-- I help run a Newt supporter group on Facebook as well.

If you are on Twitter:

-- Follow Newt's personal account, Newt2012HQ, Newt2012IA, Newt2012NH, Newt2012SC, Newt2012FL, Newt2012NV, and Newt2012GA.

-- Here is a list I have created of Newt 2012 staffers. You can follow it by clicking here.

-- When tweeting about Newt, please try to include the hashtag #withNewt.

-- My own personal account: JoshGosser1776.

Of course, spread the word about Newt to your friends and family.

Also, and not to distract from official Newt 2012 business, but you can sign up for e-mail updates from this site. (The e-mail will come in the morning and contains all posts from the previous day. The e-mail subscription box will not show up when viewing this on a mobile device but otherwise will be on the right side of the screen.)

If you are not in one of the early primary states, you can also sign up on your state's page on Newt50States.com, which I run.

Tonight (well, last night) was great for the campaign. We need to keep it going.

#withNewt.

Reaction to Newt's Ames Debate Performance

First, during the day, Katrina Trinko from National Review posted this picture:



Then, two Newt supporters in Iowa posted pictures of their views of the debate.

Jeremy Danilson:



Ashley Ervin:

Now onto the actual debate reaction. And what a positive reaction it was for Newt.

Among those saying Newt won: Craig Robinson of IowaRepublican.com, Iowa talk radio host Steve Deace, David Yepsen, pollster Frank Luntz, Pat Anderson, Rod D. Martin, Noel Sheppard, and Brent Bozell (who said Newt was "not just winning debate; he's crushing).

(For the full Newt2012HQ Twitter feed, in which many more calls of a Gingrich victory are included, click here.)

Some of my favorite tweets:

GregoryTapis:

You are killing everybody tonight...I cannot wait to caucus

JoNBCNews:

Audience coming out of debate overwhelmingly say Gingrich came away winner.

Strong_America (Strong America Now):

@newtgingrich just mentioned Lean Six Sigma in the Fox News debate! We need more talk on real solutions!

doesntmakecents:

@newtgingrich is right. Our country should be about efficiency, not waste. Lean six sigma. @Newt2012HQ

Kensley_Stewart:

The BEST idea out of the debate: Newt- implement Lean Sigma-Six in all areas of government.

Newt's campaign also proved its adeptness on social media by posting Newt's record on Facebook, then putting the link on Twitter, within minutes in response to moderator Chris Wallace.

Here is a video clip of Newt from the debate, in which he rips the "Super Congress" idea.

I will post another video clip, though not from the debate, of Newt discussing the fight to recall three Iowa judges last year who usurped power and voted to legalize gay marriage. (All three were defeated.) During the debate, former Senator Rick Santorum said he was the only candidate there who helped in the recall effort.

In the following video (starting at about the 2:16 mark), Bryan Fischer says Newt was "very involved, very supportive" in the effort.

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