Newt Gingrich has a lot of baggage from when he was Speaker. He had an affair with a woman (whom he eventually married.) He had a big ego and Bill Clinton got the best of him when the government shutdown occured. Yet, as I watch the people running for president on both the Republican and Democrat sides it seems like Gingrich is heads above the others. He has more, and better, ideas about how to solve the real problems of the future than ten other candidates. Ideas matter. I do not know if he can get elected but he is the best man for right now.