Thanks for sharing your enounter with Speaker Gingrich with us! Rest assured that I will be reading more of his fictional, as well as factual writing in the future. He is a very talented and devoted Patriot.Newt wrote a series of "what if" books on the Civil War-all excellent reads. Anyhow, the point of my reply was that I met Newt about 15 years or so ago, and had a brief, but very engaging discussion (more a lecture!) with/from him, concerning politics. My view was that of a conservative Republican, and I made a generalized statement against Democrats. Newt proceeded to lecture me about the absolute need for a two-party system in this country, along with respect between the parties.