I like Newt’s feistiness, but, like a lot of other things about him, he’s inconsistent. Eg: he came on like gangbusters over the gov’t shutdown in 95, but he caved in the end and went down meekly. Like the Pelosi couch ad shows, he goes kissy-face with this vicious partisan who tried to destroy him. How tough is that? I love to watch Newt debate and fence with media jerks and all that, but I can’t figure him out in the end. He’s like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get, but some of ‘em will be awesome and some of ‘em will make you wretch.
I think a lot of us have learned a lot of things since 1995.