influence peddling? newt gingrich was asked to join fred doe mcfor tr strategic advice. it started to go down under carter annex paepbd under khreupand expanded under clinton. he was brought in to see if they could go in a different direction. ultimately he was asked to decide if they should be dispanded. what is never said is mitt romney has earnings from fed demcand fanny may. he was a keynote tpaoebger at freddie mac in 2004. he didn t complain about them then. by the way, mitt romney s burks ndlier list, all of them are on