The strange journey from Mitt to Newt

It’s not hard to understand why so many conservatives spurn Mitt Romney. He’s had to slink away from past liberal positions on one major issue after another: health care reform, abortion, gun control and climate change. Many on the right are not reassured. They want a true conservative who’s been with them all along. That’s not surprising. What’s surprising is that they have turned, in their hour of need, to Newt Gingrich.

The onetime House speaker is a consistent conservative like I’m a duckbill platypus. In a contest with Romney for most zigzags, Gingrich can more than hold his own.