[rabscuttle385]

A progressive/leftist Pubbie (aka RINO) in the spirit of TR?

Yes, by Newt's own admission:

"But I am more in the Alexander Hamilton-Teddy Roosevelt tradition of conservatism. I recognize that there are times when you need government to help spur private enterprise and economic development."

Teddy Roosevelt was not a conservative, and Alexander Hamilton was a monarchist and proponent of Big Government.

[Reily]

You really really need to go a read a book on Alexander Hamilton! Hamilton was NOT a Monarchist!
Read the one by Forrest McDonald. I like you believed all the “pop American history” I was taught in secondary school which put a halo on Jefferson & horns on Hamilton. If you read McDonald's book and read accounts of Washington's administration Jefferson doesn’t come out all that admirable. Hamilton comes out of that story a tragic (and flawed!) hero.

[Jack Hydrazine]

A vote for Newt is a vote for Leftism.
A vote for Obama is a vote for Leftism.

Which one should I vote for?

The Leftist or the Leftist?