I agree. I’ve always thought we send the smartest guy out there to make the case, educate the electorate while doing it, and once elected have folks like the Tea Party apply pressure to keep Newt on the conservative side. As we see, he seems pretty saavy of who he is apealing to and who is supporting him so I would hope he stays true to his supporters. We know we don’t have to worry about him when it comes to foreign policy and if the conservatives can understand Newt’s a big thinker and he’s going to throw some ideas out there we may not be used to. I would advise them to hear him out and explain why he feels it might be a better idea than from the typical conservative playbook. I always thought that once he was elected, he would eventually meet with Paul Ryan and let them hash out whatever differences there might be. You would have to believe, Newt would love to talk to Paul Ryan and sees him as a young bright energetic up and coming Republican who only lacks some experience the Speaker has. I would bet this would result in an even better plan than the one originally proposed.
Very well put. Lot of small minds around here can’t accept that creative folks come up with all kinds of goofy stuff, and Newt certainly has. But those ideas never went anywhere but the idea stage.
Most of what he has actually DONE is good for conservatism - and he has done a helluva lot. Apparently, he was the conservative influence in Rick Santorum’s early career in fact. He was for a lot of folks who entered congress in the 80s and 90s. He was the professor long before anyone knew his name.