41.   Newt Gingrich, the crafty and cantankerous new speaker of the House, has managed to monopolize much of the media coverage since the November election.

42.   Newt Gingrich, the new House speaker, has made no secret of his antipathy to the long-standing system of federal grants to arts organizations and artists.

43.   Newt Gingrich, the omnipresent new speaker, has been busy converting those plans into reality, starting with reforms designed to put his own House in order.

44.   Nor do they necessarily see the new speaker of the House as their leader of choice.

45.   Of course, by November, we could have an entirely new speaker, which gets messy and makes the prospect for consensus even less likely.

46.   One of those two men is expected to be named the new speaker Tuesday.

47.   Podesta also said the president suggested to the new House speaker, Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, that the two men meet soon on policy.

48.   Republicans are also split, with rebels talking about choosing a new speaker, Democrats say.

49.   Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking to their new speaker, Dennis Hastert, with a yearning that appears suspiciously like desperation.

50.   Selig and the league presidents, Len Coleman and Gene Budig, met with Newt Gingrich, the new speaker of the House.