Poor Newt. He has trouble finding anyone who ever worked with him to vouch for him. The latest person to spill the beans is Tom delay who gave a radio interview yesterday in which he said
As speaker, Newt “was erratic, undisciplined.” Gingrich would propose one agenda, the Republican leadership would prepare for it, and several days later, he would have a completely different agenda. “We spent a lot of time working with Newt, if you will, to keep him focused and keep him online with the agenda we had promised the American people.”
Now there is always a note of caution when listening to anything Delay says. He is a convicted felon who was a bug exterminator before becoming Majority Leader of the House. But on this we can probably take him at his word.
What may be worse for Newt than Delay saying he was "erratic" is that according to Delay he is not a "Conservative." Oh the horrors. Yes, Delay said
Gingrich is “not really a conservative,” but someone who will “tell you what you want to hear.” Newt stepped down as Speaker because “conservative Republicans, wouldn’t vote for him again. . . . I’m just telling you who he is. He doesn’t stand on principle.”
So the guy is a gadfly and a nut case and not a conservative. Now we can understand why he is a "Tea Party" favorite.