“a think tank is no different then a financial adviser”
Newt is not a physician, nor a healthcare specialist.
He took money to get legislation passed by congress. As a former speaker he has influence and can get that done.
That is just not true, Newt never lobbied congress.
I'm a Herminator, but let's try and get some facts correct.
Do you have any idea why businesses pay Consulting Companies billions of dollars for their Ideas?
Ever hear of Deloitte & Touche and their counterparts?
IBM has a consulting group {mostly with technical solutions that promote IBM stuff, but not always} and businesses pay them billions for their advice, whether the end user ends up buying IBM solutions or not.
There is a large gap between consultants and lobbyists.
Gingrich claims he never attempted to influence legislators. Have you evidence he spoke to any of them, offered them anything in order to get legislation past?
He claims as an adviser he gave the an opinion on how things they wanted could get done.