This is an editorial from the very conservative New Hampshire Union Leader. It's going to leave a mark.
Who knew Newts could flip and flop like that?
Presidential aspirant Newt Gingrich has tried this week to explain away his contrasting statements on numerous subjects. His explanations are authoritative, assured, and unconvincing.
Gingrich says President Obama’s individual health insurance mandate is terrible, even unconstitutional. But in 1993 he was in favor of an individual mandate. That’s not inconsistent, he says, because back then he was opposed to Hillary Clinton’s health care plan, and this time he’s opposed to Obama’s.
Gingrich, it must be said, is not always opposed to Democratic ideas. He joined Nancy Pelosi in supporting cap-and-trade. On Sunday he joined Democrats in attacking Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan. Now, though, he’s changed his views on both.
Republican primary voters must be asking themselves the same question they asked about Mitt Romney in 2008: Is this change we can believe in?