[rawhide]

I happen to like Newt. I wish he would return to politics. He is intelligent and very articulate. Sadly, though, much of the republican party has left him. They are definitely not the the same party when he was in. It is a different beast nowadays.

[Tolik]

There is no thread with Newt where he is not harshly criticized by some FReepers. There is no politician, and there never was, who can withstand criticism from ALL sides of that half (?) of Americans who call themselves conservatives, or at least republicans. I also disagree with Newt on his green triangulation. BUT, there is no politician on the conservative side that generates as many common sense ideas nowadays than Newt. He should have been a head of the RNC already!