Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America's leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

This, of course, has no chance of passing. But then Tuesday night'€™s State of the Union address could be the first one in history deliberately designed solely to generate a Pavlovian rage response in members of the opposing party.

Insulting the electorate and accusing it of spiritual weakness and sinfulness are not the ways to get yourself the job of president.

Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.