Do you KNOW otherwise?
What does "reach out to the Democrats" mean to Newt?
Mainly, it seems to mean pandering to them on their pet issues so as to look like a really swell bipartisan guy.
Or, if he's not pandering to Democrats, isn't the only alternate explanation that Newt actually agrees with them on several points?
Was Newt pandering to Democrats when he decided to help bring awareness to the "problem" of AGW -- or did he actually believe AGW was a problem and that the Democrats had the solution?
Was Newt pandering to Democrats when he decided to advocate for Obama's educations policies by going on an Education Tour with Al Sharpton and Arne Duncan -- or did he actually believe that Obama's education policies were solutions American needed to adopt?
Those are just two of the more colorful examples. There's also immigration, the individual mandate and so on.
All we can do to try to understand what NEWT (not anyone else, including Ronald Reagan, you or me) means when he says "reach out to the Democrats" is look at how he has conducted himself and how and at what points he was agreed with the Democrat agenda.
This is a completely separate issue from the political compromises that must be made to legislate and govern.
Moreover, that last point brings up one of the central ironies of Newt's support right now: that those cheering Attact Newt the loudest are among those who expect that means Newt won't "compromise" with the Democrats at all.
When you’ve talked to Newt personally & can tell us exactly what he meant, rather than your conjecture, let me know.
As stated before, Newt is usually very out front w/ what he’s doing. There’s no cloud of darkness. When he’s dealt w/ AGW, it was out in the open, not behind the scenes. He was wrong then, but we knew where he stood & he didn’t deviate for political expediency, he wasn’t even in office.
Therefore, if Newt says he will do something now, you can probably take it to the bank regardless of how you feel about his PAST positions. Really, isn’t that all that matters, what he will do NOW. Does he have a history of saying he will do one thing, & then doing the opposite? NO!
For better or worse, & sometimes it has been for the worse, he sticks to his guns. There’s no reason to believe he will deviate from that history.