Newt Gingrich almost destroyed the Republican Party right after giving it it's great '94 victory, by blathering until one thing or another he said had offended most americans. He was a big part of Clintons '96 reelection.
After years of grass roots work, the Pubbies have it all now.
Newt Gingrich, Trent Lott and Rick Santorum are not bad people.
They don't have bad ideas, but they are incapable of knowing when to shut up.
They are incapable of expressing themselves in a way that won't drive all moderates to the democrat party.
"Raw Meat" polemics are great to hold your base together when you are in the minority, but it will destroy a majority every time.
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