Who is Newt Gingrich?

"I'm running for President because I think we are in enormous danger of losing America as a country that is exceptional. I think we are in enormous danger of losing our economic vitality, losing our national security, and ultimately losing our freedom. And I think we need a leader who understands what has made America great, and who is prepared to unleash the American people to go back to rebuilding the country that we love."

I think Newt is correct. As I stated in my previous post, not only is America is great peril, not only is liberty and our economy at risk, but, in my opinion, the trajectory of Western Civilization hinges on the 2012 Presidential election. The Great Ideas of Western Civilization coalesced in the Declaration of Independance and the Constitution of the united States; in this Great Experiment, the torch of Liberty was passed to us to carry forward. While it flickered out nearly everywhere else, America had remained a shining beacon, the last best hope of Liberty for the common man -- if he could only get here, he could shed the burden of tyranny which oppressed him and freely apply his God-given faculties to the opportunites that his own land, labour and capital presented him with. Today, that torch appears to be spent and nearly extinguished, as the Ideas which fuel it disappear through ignorance and/or wanton disregard.

Newt Gingrich 2012