Well, the problem with that thinking is that Newt has been a Reagan conservative all along. It’s not a new thing to him. And he’s not pretending.
I think everyone should watch this interview w Kudlow outstanding stuff:
http://www.nationalreview.com/kudlows-money-politics/285135/one-one-newt-gingrich
A Reagan conservative would not have been, for money, fishing for a way to keep Fannie and Freddie not only alive, but thriving at a time when their operations had and were destroying the economy of this nation and, to a large extent, the world.
No one who has ever believed, even for a second, that the “era of big government is over” — or even SHOULD be over — would have gone there.
Imagine how different things would be today if the Republicans had overcome the opposition of Newt and the Dems and actually straightjacketed Fannie and Freddie in 2005. We might not have had TARP or any of the bailouts. And we might not have President Barack Obama.
Words have meaning and so do deeds. And Newt has some very stinky deeds that he should be held accountable for.
Do you remember when Speaker Newt proposed buying a laptop for every school kid in America? Back when laptops cost around $5,000 each? The bullcrap just shoots out of his mouth and always has.
Doesn’t mean he can’t, won’t or shouldn’t,, under all the circumstances, be the nominee. But I would never in a million years say he has the track record of a Reagan Republican.
He doesn't have to be pretending he's a conservative to have a problem staying on track with conservatism.
He just has a problem staying on track with conservatism.
It could be because of his worldview or his ideology, or it could be because he's an undisciplined person, an egomaniac or a difficult boss. Or a million other reasons.
It doesn't matter why.