Gingrich is a popcorn popper of ideas, which is all well and good, but not necessarily a good quality in a President. Newt sometimes comes across like a fire hose, spraying ideas all over the place. He has a legislative temperament. Remember the Contract with America? Remember him sitting on the couch with Nancy Pelosi and pitching a solution to global warming in an ad sponsored by Al Gore's outfit? President Reagan, in contrast, had firm convictions that guided him in choosing ideas that were in the best interest of the United States, but he was anything but random in his approach to governing.
I am afraid too that Mr. Gingrich will be found to have been out tom-catting with the lobbyists and living the Good Life on their tab, even more than has been disclosed already. That is not something that would be helpful to surface during the general election campaign if he were the Republican nominee. So I hope that Newt enjoys his time in the media sun, but I don't think that he's the one.
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