A few weeks in, it’s safe to say that the surge of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been different from the rise other Republican candidates have seen. Generally, the fuel to the Newt boom combines electability (in the eyes of GOP voters) with both a brash demeanor and the most attractive of all qualities in this year’s Republican race, not being named Mitt Romney.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=103345