Obama ran on the same message that he will change the way that Washington works. I was never a believer in Hope and Change and am not starting now either.
Newt allied himself with Ronald Reagan to build the Reagan Coalition, the Religious Right, and the Republican majority (together the Reagan Revolution) which directly led the downfall of the Soviet Union, the Contract with America, government reforms, less government, tax cuts, a balanced budget, and the great, long-standing Reagan economy.
Hardly what I would call the hope/changey Obama message!