“So a former Republican speaker of the House who wants to become a Republican president has just given Democrats a warrant to label a major Republican proposal “right-wing social engineering” and “radical change from the right.” It’s not hard to see why Russell Fuhrman, an Iowa Republican who happened to run into Gingrich in Dubuque, said: ‘You’re an embarrassment to our party. Why don’t you get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself?'”

– Michael Barone