Ezra Klein wrote What are Newt Gingrich’s big ideas?. "On Saturday’s edition of ‘Up With Chris Hayes,’ Gary Johnson brought up an old Newt Gingrich idea I hadn’t heard before: Putting individuals who brought more than two ounces of marijuana into the United States to death. That sounded extreme, even for Gingrich. So I looked it up. And sure enough, there it is: ‘The Drug Importer Death Penalty Act of 1996.’ What makes the bill even more amazing is that Gingrich himself is a confessed pot smoker. When he was young, he said, experimenting with drugs ‘was a sign we were alive and in graduate school in that era.’"
"His ideas on the big issues are standard-issue conservatism, and they’re mixed in with occasional flights of fancy..., pure plays to resentment and fear..., and a lot of small, specific ideas."
Ginrich is a just a self-promoting ass. He just ran to promote his books and now he's the frontrunner.
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