Gingrich: Maybe the GOP should work with Pelosi on health care

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[anton]

Those stairs Newt, the ones on your left. Yea those. Those stairs lead off the stage Newt. Just go over there and step down one at a time, don’t trip, just get the hell outta here!

[LibFreeUSA]

"Oh, geez, NEWT. STFU!

[Yaelle]

He is probably eyeing someone else’s Democrat wife and hoping for goodies.

[Oceander]

That idea has a lot of merit to it. Particularly since it can be offered to the American people as a legitimate, reasonable way to start the process of reforming the healthcare system in a smart way, by first removing as many of the existing government-imposed distortions to the insurance and healthcare markets so that we can find out what the real, unfettered market costs of healthcare and health insurance are, and then start working toward reform on a stable, non-distorted foundation.

Considering that the Democrats' plan doesn't even start kicking in with new bennies until 2013 or 2014, but does start off immediately with new taxes and penalties, it seems to me that we have every reason to believe that such a common-sense approach to reform would yield a lot better results, in a market-oriented manner, without having to tear up the existing healthcare industry root and branch, as Obamacare does, and still get to substantive reforms and new entitlements - if such end up being truly necessary - on about the same timetable as the Democrats' abomination, but without doing even a scintilla of the damage to the American economy, the American people, and our traditional liberties that the Democrats' abomination would do.

[zerosix]

Uh, "Tort Reform AND inter-state insurance competition?"

Obama would immediately be toast, probably be run out of DC first by the lawyers then by the avowed socialists whose only desire (right now, that is)is to get control of the nation's "health care" and the citizen's money. They will never allow him to sign on to that at all costs.

It has never been about improving the situation, it's always been about controlling it (us.)

[fortheDeclaration]

Here come the Rino’s to rescue the Obama adminstration!

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

We need to hold a rally to tell newt to STFU.Preferably in front of his house.This idiot needs to go away.

[ebshumidors]

That’s good!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Thanks, Newt, now I don’t even have to think about not supporting you.

[flaglady47]

Where’s my duct tape? I need it for a certain mouth thst keeps flapping in the wind.

[FrankR]

"Wasn’t Pelosi involved in getting him fired as speaker. Hey Newt, didn’t you cut a Global Warming commercial with her. 1994 Newt would kick 2010 Newt’s ass!! "

Another shining example of how Washington can corrupt anyone...another argument for term limits...even though it'll never happen.

The get voted in on principle...they get powerful...they have an affair...they get dissed and booted out...they spend the rest of their days trying to get it back...and when they can't, they just get more and more radical.

A never-ending story...

[Gator113]

“.... many Republicans disdain Pelosi so much they simply won’t go along with anything with the speaker’s name on it, even if it serves the party’s larger interests.”

I wouldn’t give Pelosi the time of day, but then I’m not a politician and I hate her guts.

[plinyelder]

I’m sure that you have heard the one about the camel getting it’s nose, just inside the tent?

Once government gets it’s nose ...

[cynwoody]

Newtie is so 1994.

[machogirl]

definition of “work with”: give up GOP principles and give the Dems what they want.

[Califreak]

Wouldn’t him and McCain just be perfect together?

[DB]

Only if it starts with tort reform.

Which isn’t going to happen...

[VicVega]

Wouldn’t him and McCain just be perfect together?

Add a little Graham and it would be picturesque.

I hope JD beats McCain.

[freekitty]

Be glad to answer you, Newt.

Shut up and go away. We the people are tired of your kind. We have no idea why you choose to do what you are doing; but please leave America and its people alone.

[Califreak]

Yuck.