[DManA]

Generally good suggestions but are the nation's voters really demanding the census bureau be overhauled? What in the hell goes through this guy's head?

Overhaul the census and cut its budget radically.

[mountainbunny]

Generally good suggestions but are the nation's voters really demanding the census bureau be overhauled? What in the hell goes through this guy's head?

Newt is now heavily into pandering to whichever sides will consider listening to him, struggling to find any semblance of relevancy.

He seems to have decided that pandering to a number of small groups can equal a big win at the polls. He's wrong.

He came up with an 11-point "Values led" list he thinks/thought were critical to success at the polls in 2006. This is just more of that sort of thing.

They were/are:

1). Make English the Official Language of Government.
2. Control the Borders
3). Keep God in the Pledge.
4). Require a Voter ID Card.
5). Repeal the Death Tax, for Good.
6). Restore Property Rights.
7). Achieve Sustainable Energy Independence,
8). Control Spending and Balance the Budget.
9). Tie Education Funding to Teacher Accountability.
10). Defend America From the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam.
11). Focus on Iran and North Korea.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16863

It isn't that some of these aren't decent ideas. Lowering taxes and a coherent foreign policy that protects America are necessary.

If Newt thinks that making English the official language or keeping God in the Pledge are what most Americans think are the most important issues facing the nation today, he is insane.