So what you are saying is, he's a socialist if he's asked to help? Sorry, that's bad enough. Can you name any other conservative who did that, when, "asked to help?" No, because there isn't one. Even Bush and McCain wouldn't do what Gingrich did. Hence, he's waaay to the left of them.
The Global Warming scandal at the University of East Anglia (hockey stick fraud) was not exposed until 2009. Prior to that time many scientists were concerned about carbon emissions in the atmosphere. We were already installing catalytic converters on automobiles and taking other air-pollution concerns seriously.
Newt, like many of us, is not a physicist or climatologist - and like us, trusted the integrity of the science.
HE HELD NO INFLUENTIAL OFFICE OR LEGISLATIVE POWER.
HE WAS NOT IN ANY POLITICAL OFFICE WITH LAW-