columnist david brooks, who the times might say is a conservative, conservatives say he s not, but he s clearly a center-right columnist. he writes, he has every negative character trait that conservatives associate with the 60s. excess, narcissism, self-righteousness, self-indulgence, intemperance. now, in brooks defense, it was a column going, i should be for newt. he s a guy that sort of likes government, but he couldn t do it, and it seemed to be personal. i ve always thought that newt is more of a henry clay type of leader. for the speaker who really wanted to transform the role of speaker, and also believed in an activist government. he s a big concrete guy. he believes that government has a role in health care. he s not one of your 1920s, joe canon type speakers, who wants government to do absolutely nothing. in a sense, you re right. david brooks should be with him, but brooks also doesn t like the fact that newt can kind of flame out and say something crazy, and you