Considering that the GOP has far more conservatives today than in the past 5 decades, I'd think you'd be happy.
When Reagan came to power in 1980, the GOP was in shambles. Rockefeller republicans and RINOS were dominant. Reagan changed that and Newt followed up to flip the congress.
I will argue till the day I die that the Contract With America was the greatest piece of political propaganda in American history. Sheer genius!!
I wish we would have had a better make-up in the senate to pass it.
Ironically, though, Newt was a GA delegate for Nelson Rockefeller at the 1968 convention in Miami Beach. I don't think we can put much confidence in him, and neither do his two previous wives.