Newt will promise anything to anybody for a dollar or a vote, a chicken in every pot, tax cuts all around and never mind the trillion dollar deficit -- but where was he when Paul Ryan proposed bold entitlement reforms? and where was he when it came to paying for his prescription drug entitlement?
Some critical thinking is called for here. Newt is a pitchman, plain and simple -- in another life he'd be selling used cars or time shares or vacuum cleaners to any sucker who would listen.
And according to his track record, he’ll fulfill those promises, since all the Contract with America items went up for a vote in the ‘90s. If he’s selling, I’m buying, because he delivers.
He supported most of the Ryan plan and wanted to change some things. Analysts say his Medicare reform in his new contract is similar to the Ryan plan.