Former House Speaker Gingrich weighs in on health care reform, 2010 elections
Examiner
November 12, 2009
 
Speaking via video conference with college students from around the country, Former House Speaker Republican Newt Gingrich offered up his assessments Thursday of the House health care reform bill and his outlook on next year's midterm elections.
 
Gingrich made no apologies for his views and even took some of his fellow Republicans to task over past wrongs.  His only acknowledgement to President Obama's current struggles came with the statement, "You inherit whatever was there before you."  His compassion ended there.
 
The former Speaker who served in that position from 1995-99 blasted the present Democratic leadership saying they're, "arrogant and out-of touch."  He continued to criticize them by saying that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her fellow Democrats don't care a whit for what the American people want.  He claimed this is true especially with respect to the current health care reform debate.  "The health bill is a disaster that will destroy jobs and drive doctors out of business," proclaimed Gingrich.  He said the Democrats never campaigned on such a radical change of various public policies like health care and energy but that now they're finding out just how angry people are over the current proposals being floated through Congress.

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