I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors started a very dangerous gunpowder business in 1802, and my great- grandfather and his father were both killed in gunpowder explosions.

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Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and...

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and...

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work,...

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work,...

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't...

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't...

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House....

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House....

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a...

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a...

Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and...

Newt correctly assumes that the American public is beginning to look down the road and...

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power...

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power...

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to...

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to...

Moderates shouldn't be nervous about Newt because he has a vision, he's laid it forward....

Moderates shouldn't be nervous about Newt because he has a vision, he's laid it forward....

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won...

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won...

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You...

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You...

Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making...

Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making...

The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just...

The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just...

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of...

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of...

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus...

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus...

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business...

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business...

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government...

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government...

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election...

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election...

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club...

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club...

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make...

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make...