"Comeback kids are nothing new in American political history -- think back no further than Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton -- but there may be no more compelling rehabilitation story today than that of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has once again emerged as a rallying force for dispirited Republicans and a font of ideas second to none in his party," the Washington Times reports.
The Gingrich comeback strategy "includes building a center-right majority in Congress and the state legislatures -- regardless of party identification -- even if that means the heretical idea of Republicans actively promoting and backing conservative Democratic candidates in selected races where a GOP candidate would have little chance of winning."
Said the former House Speaker: "I would urge conservatives in California to find a Democrat to run in
every Assembly and Senate seat in California that can't be contested by
Republicans, and then to run a Republican in every seat they could
possibly win, and then have an overt goal of creating a bipartisan
conservative coalition. I'd do the same thing
nationally."
