Conservatives talk a good game about personal responsibility and accepting the consequences of one’s actions, until …
Newt Gingrich is a rising candidate in the Republican presidential sweepstakes. It’s primarily for his record as a conservative leader, though I do give him credit for leading the Republicans out of 40 years in the congressional wilderness as a neutered minority party. It’s also not for his conservative or free-market positions, since he’s been in favor of global-warming antics (to cite one example), and certainly not because “lean six sigma” is more popular than “American Idol.”
Rather, Newt’s popularity stems primarily from his ability to verbally stick it to people, particularly, President Obama, and the legacy media.
Did ABC and Gingrich’s ex-wife #2 ambush him? Yep. Republican voters may have enjoyed seeing him rip into yet another member of the legacy media. But his attack doesn’t make him a conservative leader, let alone suitable material for the White House.
Perhaps he is the best available for the job. But pulling a Bill Clinton (I’m outraged you would ask me that) isn’t enough of reason to say that.