Even if I agreed with that, some of the things Gingrich has done out of office have been horrible for conservatism and the country.
For example, opposing George Bush's 2005 effort to more strongly regulate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, all the while taking millions in taxpayer money as a consultant to Freddie Mac. According to former Freddie Mac officials, Gingrich was hired:
to build bridges to Capitol Hill Republicans and develop an argument on behalf of the company’s public-private structure that would resonate with conservatives seeking to dismantle it.
If Gingrich concluded that the company’s business model was at risk and that the housing market was a “bubble,” as he said during the debate, he didn’t share those concerns with Richard Syron, Freddie Mac’s chief executive officer at the time, a person familiar with the company’s internal discussions said.
Remember this video? THAT was who Gingrich was aligning with.
That was not the act of a person with good conservative instincts.
Again, I’m concentrating here on what he actually accomplished while in government. He’s going to have to defend himself for any nutty moves he made since. I see that he has apologized for the couch thing and said that it was the dumbest thing he’s ever done. Hope so. As far as regulating fannie/freddie I don’t know. He’s a Reagan like deregulator, but can’t say that was on his mind. Preferable to regulating them, I personally think they should be abolished.