Newt: An “Idea-Spewing Machine” indeed

Published May 18, 2011 4:00am ET



Newt! He’s just so full of ideas! You can’t get though a profile of the former Speaker without hearing that he’s a “one-man think tank,” an “idea-spewing machine”:

“Newt’s been the Republican Party’s main idea man for close to a generation,” said Terry Holt, a Republican strategist who closely observed Gin­grich as speaker. “This is a guy who brings unlimited energy and creative thinking to a race that needs new ideas.”

Even in the middle of Newt’s implosion, Jonah Goldberg chalks his problems up to “the downside of being the smartest guy in the room.” It’s like his mind was just too fertile for its own good. Tripped up by his all-powerful brain!

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