Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda.

The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work.

We should not allow wealthy people, including corporate criminals, to hide their assets and avoid paying their bills.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

I would love to be able to serve in office in some capacity with Romney as president.

Replacing General McChrystal with David Petraeus was a good first step, but more will be needed.

Gov. Romney is a proven and effective leader with vast experience in the business world, in the non-profit world and in government. And in every capacity in which he has ever served, he has been effective as a leader.