[oldbill]

Did Gingrich ruffle some feathers when he was speaker of the House? Yes, enough for it to cost him that position. But he also showed that he could produce results.

What results? He was elected on the Contract With America"

Name one of those 10 contract items that have survived. Just one.

His presidency will be likewise promises made while he preaches global warming and amnesty and expanded government programs like he did with Medicare and TARP.

[Servant of the Cross]

What results? He was elected on the Contract With America.

I would suggest that a very credible source, Dick Cheney, gives Newt the credit for the Contract With America.

When Newt showed up he said, we can become the majority, we can take back the House of Representatives. We hadn't had the House since the 1940s. And initially, none of us believed it. But he was persistent, he was tenacious. He kept it up, kept it up, and kept it up. Finally by '94 he's the newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives with a Republican majority. So I wouldn't underestimate him.

[duffee]

They stripped him of the Speakers post and immediatly started spending more and much more in earmarks and increasing government. Look at the stats and see how spending increased after his departure. Sometimes you can tell if someones your friend by his enemies.