In the 1980s, Gingrich repeatedly insulted Reagan

In the increasingly rough Republican campaign, no candidate has wrapped himself in the mantle of Ronald Reagan more often than Newt Gingrich. “I worked with President Reagan to change things in Washington,” “we helped defeat the Soviet empire,” and “I helped lead the effort to defeat Communism in the Congress” are typical claims by the former speaker of the House.

The claims are misleading at best. As a new member of Congress in the Reagan years — and I was an assistant secretary of state — Mr. Gingrich voted with the president regularly, but equally often spewed insulting rhetoric at Reagan, his top aides, and his policies to defeat Communism. Gingrich was voluble and certain in predicting that Reagan’s policies would fail, and in all of this he was dead wrong.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/ ... ott-abrams

Reagan wasn't perfect, amnesty for illegal aliens is one example, but Newt is a loose cannon who is all over the place at times.

It is interesting to see the full court press from mainline conservatives like Ann Coulter against Gingrich.

Rush is one of the few conservative Newt supporters left.

Sidebar: Did you hear Newt's plans for a full time American moon base? That combined with his views on open marriage are making him sound like a Heinlein disciple.
(Stolen from a tweet by Andy Levy.)