Newt would have kept the gov’t shut down! It was quisling Dole that genuflected— I can still vividly see him standing at his desk in the Senate, cutting the rug form under the House conservative insurgents and Newt.
Regrettably, that capitulation by Dole- was what began the down slide in Newt’s revolution— one now he will hopefully revive in 2013.
And that was driven by the moderate mentality that it was bad for Dole’s presidential election.
“Newt would have kept the gov’t shut down! It was quisling Dole that genuflected— I can still vividly see him standing at his desk in the Senate, cutting the rug form under the House conservative insurgents and Newt.”
And, the shut down was seen as hurting Dole’s chance to be elected...................as if.
You are both right!
I believe the ‘rats were one day away from caving before Dole pulled the rug out.