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...IMPORTANCE THE PRESS HAS GIVEN TO Gingrich is, as of this moment, out of proportion to his actual accomplishment. It may prove to be justified, but right now it is vastly inflated. It's so inflated that if you look at Gingrich in the overall scope of American history or the American Congress, it bears little relationship to historical reality. He may want to be President, but what he is right now is a legislator. And the only measure of legislative leadership is legislation, the laws you get passed. Right now, Gingrich's sum total of realized accomplishment is minuscule...
...contrasts with Gingrich are fantastic. Rayburn was absolutely silent. He gave very few speeches. If he really wanted to say something, he would step down from the Speaker's platform and go into the well of the House. And he only did this a handful of times. When he did it, he would say, "Do this for me." And they would do it for him. So far, Gingrich has great control over his party, but let's see what happens now that things are turning against...
...saying Gingrich will not achieve major things. If he were to be Speaker for 17 years, as was Rayburn, he might, at the end of that time, have achieved what he wanted. But I wouldn't say that right...
...like the term revolutionary leader. We're not in the midst of any kind of revolution. A good term would be reformation. Gingrich is the leader of the reformation, no one doubts that. He may have been misled by the rhetoric of revolution, having an exaggerated sense of what can be accomplished in the first couple of years. After all, there is a Democratic President; we haven't chopped off his head...
Placing his simple breakfast (a banana and an unbuttered bagel) on an end table in his Capitol Hill office, Newt Gingrich sat down with half a dozen TIME editors and correspondents early last Wednesday morning. During the ensuing 90 minutes, Gingrich reviewed his accomplishments and setbacks during his first year as Speaker and outlined where he hoped to take his revolution in 1996. Excerpts...