Newt Gingrich

Newt learns politics as an outsider and starts a secret romance with his geometry teacher.

He arrives in Congress with 2 dreams: becoming speaker and building a Republican majority.

A lonely, precocious Army brat, Newt loved animals, the movies and military history.

With his Contract With America, the center of US political power shifts to Newt's agenda.

After Surging in Polls, How Could Newt Gingrich Clinch Nomination?

By transforming his politics and strategy, Newt wins a congressional seat on his 3rd try.

Newt Gingrich discusses his conversion and his concerns about increasing secularism.

The official Republican PAC becomes the instrument that spreads his conservative vision.

Newt Gingrich is asked how Romney can criticize Obama for government investments when he did the same thing as governor.

RALEIGH, N.C. Now that he has survived his campaign corruption trial, John Edwards may face an even tougher fight to regain the public's respect.Image experts and friends recommended that the disgraced former Democratic presdential candidate put his public and political life on hold for a few years. The details of his affair and child with his mistress that were replayed at his trial are too fresh, they say.'Plant a small garden, tend that garden and wait and listen,' said Wade Smith, an attorney who hired Edwards when he was a young attorney and represented him before the trial.Then a number of things might be possible a legal career representing breast cancer patients, and the poor, or life as a stay-at-home father. But not a career in politics, ever.'I think John Edwards has no political future. Nada, zip,' said Emory University political science professor Merle Black. 'I can't think of any Democrat in the country that would want to be on the same stage with John Edwards.'Jurors said they put aside Edwards' transgressions and focused on prosecutors' lack of evidence when they acquitted him on one count of illegally accepting campaign contributions and deadlocked on five other charges. Edwards was accused of orchestrating a plan to use money from campaign donors to hide his mistress, Rielle Hunter, while he ran for the White House.Only time will tell if he can rehabilitate his image from sex scandals like other high-profile politicians, such as former President Bill Clinton, ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.'I would tell him to disappear and take care of his family,' said Gary Pearce, a former political consultant who helped Edwards win a U.S. Senate seat in 1998. 'There is arguably no man in public life more despised than he is.'Edwards wasn't specific about his future plans as he spoke Thursday outside the federal courthouse in Greensboro.'I d

CNN celebrated thirty-two years on air on Friday. America got its first cable news network on June 1, 1980. At the time, CNN was the first television network to air news 24 hours a day. Founder Ted Turner dedicated the channel to the cable industry for its 'pioneering sprit,' and the American people for their 'thirst for understanding.' The network posted its very first news broadcast, which includes Turner's remarks, online last year to commemorate the milestone. The segment opened with a shot of the control room, CNN's logo and a graphic that said 'The News Channel.' Then, straight onto anchors David Walker and Lois Hart, who read out the news very simply. No music, no graphics, no preamble not a hologram in sight. But it was something revolutionary all the same. CNN may be struggling now, but its place in history is secured.WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: Wolf Blitzer of CNN attends the PEOPLE/TIME Party on the eve of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images for People)NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 27: CNN anchor Erin Burnett attends the launch party for CNN's 'Erin Burnett OutFront' at Robert atop the Museum of Arts and Design on September 27, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: Anderson Cooper speaks during a rehearsal before a taping of Jeopardy! Power Players Week at DAR Constitution Hall on April 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)MESA, AZ - FEBRUARY 22: CNN correspondent John King talks to the audience before moderating a debate sponsored by CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center between Republican presidential candidates U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on February 22, 2012 in Mesa, Arizona. The debate is the last one

Former House Speaker and 2012 GOP presidential candidate, Newt Gingrich, joins Morning Joe to discuss why he's now supporting Mitt Romney for president, the role of superPACs in the 2012 campaign and what he's taken away from campaigning for president.