December 22, 2011
Trip Gabriel
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This article gives readers a look at the two sides of GOP candidate Newt Gingrich. The "Old Newt" lacks self control and discipline and is a self absorbed "sharp tongued firebrand" while the "New Newt" is a mellow and mature Catholic grandfather who is trying to run a positive campaign. The main idea of the article is that in this race, Newt Gingrich might be his own worst enemy. Voters are wondering if Newt has really changed for the better. He has been compared to a recovering alcoholic who might be disciplined one week only to relapse the next week. Newt has made some positive changes in his life. His resigning from the House is 1999 definitely influenced some of that change. Converting to Catholicism, seeking advice from friends on pacing himself and editing his speech so as not to seem intemperate have also added to the "New Newt's" positive attitude. However, the public has seen glimpses of the "Old Newt" reappear, and its brings up the questions has Newt really changed?
Some view Newt as a hypocrite. Newt Gingrich wanted Bill Clinton impeached over his affair with Monica Lewinsky while Newt himself had extramarital affairs with his future wife Callista. Newt claimed that he wanted to run a positive campaign, but he fired shots at Michelle Bachmann for her misplacing the start of the
American Revolution. Newt's controversial comments regarding Palestinians as an "invented people" and on child janitors also go against the image of this "new" and positive Newt Gingrich. While Newt is a frontrunner in the polls now, these views could definitely change that fact. Voters might get scared that while in office, Newt will return to his old destructive ways. No one wants a president who is unpredictable. American citizens want someone that they can trust, and Newt's actions prove that citizens may not always get the positive man who is running before them today.
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