Orlando, Fla. โ Newt Gingrich stressed inclusiveness and big-tent thinking in his CPAC speech this morning.
โWe always talk about outreach,โ he remarked. โOutreach is when five white guys have a meeting and then call their friends.โ
Gingrich sees a way to change that.
โ[Obama] is the best food stamp president in American history. I want to be the best paycheck president in American history,โ he said. โThere is not a precinct in Florida, there is not a neighborhood in Florida, there is not an ethnic group, there is not an ideological group that wants their children to spend their life on food stamps instead of paychecks.โ
โWe have to have the courage to include every American who wants to have paychecks in our coalition,โ he continued. โAnd we will be the largest majority in modern history if we have the courage to include everyone and listen to everyone.โ
Gingrich acknowledged that such a huge coalition โ which he estimates would include 60 to 70 percent of citizens โ would be โtumultuousโ and lead to internal squabbling.
โWe have to learn to be happy and casual about the fact that weโre going to have a lot more arguments internally because weโre going to be so big,โ he said. โItโs inevitable that weโre going to argue occasionally. But thatโs fine. Thatโs what governingโs all about in a free society.โ






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