There have been a ton of 'Newt is no conservative' posts, including some from me, so I thought the flip side was worth a look. Here's a well-written piece from Tony Blankley.
RealClearPolitics - Newt's Past and Future Leadership
Blankley was Speaker Gingrich's chief of staff and then went into journalism. He puts up a vigorous defense. This might be the money quote:
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Originally Posted by Blankley
...Gingrich's four years as speaker proved to be the most productive, legislative congressional years since at least 1965 to 1967, and they were led by Lyndon B. Johnson from the White House. Working against -- and with -- Democratic President Bill Clinton, we passed into law most of the Contract with America, welfare reform, telecommunications reform (which ushered in the modern cell phone and Internet age), we had the first balanced budget since before the Vietnam War, we cut taxes and lowered unemployment to under 5 percent.
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