Whatever you think of Newton Leroy Gingrich, you have to admit he’s persistent. Given both his personal and public histories, other people would slip away. But not Newt; he’s in it for the long haul . . . again.
Nobody denies that he has a brilliant mind with a Ph.D. from Tulane University. Nobody denies that he can think on his feet and debates well. And according to Wikipedia, Time magazine once voted him the Man of the Year for his role in ending forty years of majority control by the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. That was in 1995. Yet, he resigned from Congress in 1999 because of ethics accusations. Four years vs. forty.
Since then he’s formed companies, traveled the speaker’s circuit, divorced his second wife, married his third, and is currently campaigning for the Republican Presidential nomination to run against the incumbent, Barack Obama.
Earl and I saw Newt up close and personal about ten years ago when he came to the local Economic Club. I wasn’t a fan then, nor am I one now; but I was impressed with his confidence and ability to charm an audience. This is not the same, however, as being able to provide substantive information instead of words merely well strung together.
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