Right now, some gridlock would suit me just fine.
My opinion would be different if I thought the GOP had the desire to repeal things like Obamacare, No child left behind, Medicare Part D, the Patriot Act, Sarbanes/Oxley, etc. Maybe encourage domestic energy production. I just don’t see it happening.
I think it might be interesting to see the conservative revolutionary of 1994 as a Speaker, get a chance to lead another conservative revolution as head of the Executive Branch.
A historical conservative leader in the White House, matched with the historical tea party legislative gains creating Republican control of the Congress and Senate, might be the conservative version of the 1930s, or 1960s leaps in radical change, except this time, for the good guys.
Newt said he’ll repeal Obamacare, Sarbanes/Oxley, Dodd/Frank on his first day. And he’s been talking about encouraging domestic energy production for years. Plus Newt has the strength to push Congress to go his way. He’ll be willing to take the heat for it and take the cause to the American public to “shame” Congress into doing those things the same way he “shamed” Clinton into passing welfare reform after Clinton vetoed it twice.
No one’s going to repeal the Patriot Act because that would be stupid. We’re at war with Islamic fundamentalists and unilaterally disarming is suicide.