If Newt's pulling down big bucks from some cable outfit presumably it's because he has some expertise, some inside knowledge of what works in politics.
I didn't think much of Hillary's speech, but Newt may think that he just can't rubber stamp everything his side says as great and everything the other side says as failed.
he doesn’t have to say it “failed” (the speech), the question is why on earth he thinks it was “spectacular”
there is a lot of room between failed and spectacular