I generally like Dan Balz but this piece is pretty ridiculous. Gingrich ran one of the most shameless campaigns in American history. Even most of the troglodytes in his own party are ashamed of him. Balz acts like he was surprisingly restrained and disciplined. And then he asks the most boring question imaginable: What’s next for the disgraced former Speaker?
In the end, Gingrich the historian managed to make history, though not the kind he might have dreamed about. He became the first Republican in the modern era to win the South Carolina primary and lose the nomination. It has been that kind of year for the former House speaker.
What now? He has managed to keep himself in the forefront of his party for decades. He does not lack for energy or desire to think through what his party needs to win in November and beyond and what conservatism needs to prosper.
Will there be another chapter in the Gingrich political story? There is no way to answer that at this moment other than to say: There always has been.
He’ll go back to selling stupid books to morons and trying to get five-figure checks for bloviating at chicken dinners. Let’s talk about something less easy to predict.
