But there is a big difference here. Cain was paid with private funds. If the National Restaurant Association wants to pay Cain to lobby, or to write the history of the cheeseburger, I say go right ahead.
But Newt was paid $250,000 a year with taxpayer money, my money. What did the taxpayer get for that money? Darn little that I can see. I'm not OK with that.
Newt, IMO, was selling his intellectual insider information on how to work the system. He may not have approached members of Congress directly, but he was writing the script and directing the cast.