Newt, IMHO is a politician and as such is dream-eyed at having power. Anything that doesn’t help accrue money and power (i.e., cap & trade) to Washington will be fought any way possible.
Cap & Trade, just another political euphemism for a tax. Just get the money and we can call it anything we want, but not a tax. Politician believe that the citizens are gullible and will never think of it as a tax if we are lied to enough.
Newt is a smart man, I will give him that. He also writes good books, novels ... even though they are not smooth and easy reads. He may even be a good historian, however he maybe one historian who hasn’t learned from the past.
Newt should continue writing and enjoying that job for as long as he can. Only other RINO’s or liberals would take him seriously.
Newt knows what history says, but I'm not convinced he ofen knows what it means.