Gingrich's rise is the revenge of a Republican base that takes seriously the intense hostility to President Obama … The establishment was happy to use Gingrich's tactics to win elections, but it never expected to lose control of the party to the voters it rallied with such grandiose negativity. Now, the joke is on those who manipulated the base. The base is striking back, and Newt is their weapon. … He is who he is and always has been. The base knows this and loves him for it. But for Republican leaders, Gingrich has become inconvenient. He's the loud-mouthed uninvited guest who is trying to rejoin the country club.
--E.J. Dionne
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