Here’s a link to the scene from Scent of a Woman where Al Pacino gives his “If I was the man I was 5 years ago, I’d take a flamethrower to this place!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xgQIokLsDI at around 2:55
I think that’s the attitude Newt needs to have towards DC. He needs to show that passion that he’s going to root out the establishment-of both parties. That he’s running to give power back to the people, not to the elites. He’s not running so the same old crowd that was in charge under W can come riding back in. He’s running so a brand new crowd can saddle up and ride herd. He’s not running to return the establishment to power, he’s running to remove them from power and replace them.
Making that anti-establishment theme explicit and running on it and showing that passion a la Pacino would be a good start.
"I think that’s the attitude Newt needs to have towards DC. He needs to show that passion that he’s going to root out the establishment-of both parties. That he’s running to give power back to the people, not to the elites. He’s not running so the same old crowd that was in charge under W can come riding back in. He’s running so a brand new crowd can saddle up and ride herd. He’s not running to return the establishment to power, he’s running to remove them from power and replace them."
That is exactly what he did at the Villages today where there was estimated to be about 4000 gathered. It was a terrific speech and a terrific crowd.