Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.
Thou art my single day God lends to leaven What were all earth else with a feel of heaven.
By the time Obama came into office Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion government infusion into the world banking system. Nothing of the sort had ever been done before and it was done spit spot with very little national debate.