WHY IS NEWT RELEVANT?

Newt Gingrich has been out of office for years so why is he a "go to guy" for the media? He doesn't hold an official position in the GOP - he doesn't even have his own radio show!

THE FIX
WaPo Politics Blog
March 9, 2009; 6:05 AM ET

White House Cheat Sheet: The Politics of Stem Cells

Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), a former Speaker of the House, told the Fix late Sunday that Obama's move on stem cells was an "ideological sideshow" that took focus away from the continued decline of the economy. "It is dangerous for the Obama administration to pick a wide series of fights," said Gingrich. "Each of these fights simply drains energy away and increases the coalition which decides it has a collective interest in stopping everything."