We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

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Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and...

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and...

The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just...

The sea change that has come is the information age. We don't have to just...

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the...

There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the...

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus...

The struggle you see in the Republican Party today is the country club Republican versus...

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House....

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House....

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business...

One of the tragedies of the Bush administration is that we went back to business...

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of...

There were some entrepreneurial du Ponts that are a little different from the heads of...

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club...

Ronald Reagan gave our party a bowling alley image as opposed to a country club...

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to...

Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to...

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors...

I come from a family that has been here for almost 200 years. My ancestors...

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power...

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power...

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work,...

That's the way it is with entrepreneurial people. You try one thing, it doesn't work,...

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government...

If we had known that one of those terrorist attacks was coming, could our government...

Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making...

Talk radio has made an enormous run around establishment media. But the Interne is making...

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make...

Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make...

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You...

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You...

Moderates shouldn't be nervous about Newt because he has a vision, he's laid it forward....

Moderates shouldn't be nervous about Newt because he has a vision, he's laid it forward....

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election...

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election...

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won...

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won...

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a...

Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a...