[nickcarraway]

Haley Barbour was the architect of the party that Newt Gingrich used to overthrow the democrat majority for the first time in a lifetime.

That is such a myth you are buying into. Barbour and Gingrich were never conservative, but they read the the electorate correctly and peddled what they needed to, with every intention of abandoning it as soon as they could. Barbour is not a sell out, he was never a conservative and only believes in the most naked self interest.

[Bigg Red]

Good point. A lot of people — the husband included — like Newt because he is glib and can land a zinger on the Rats from time to time.

I have cheered his barbs myself on occasion, but I know it’s all a show. He’s a good actor and shallow like most actors.