If he had spent the last two years denouncing his “mistakes”, maybe. He, instead spent the last two years declaring that he’s been misunderstood because he’s smarter than we are.
He's spent ten years pushing for and profiting from the Beltway political culture. And now that he needs support from conservatives, he all of a sudden is back to embracing limited-government conservatism?
The Newt is a chameleon.