More important, in my opinion than the words of the debate, were the implications. The fact that Gingrich stood up saying, "there has to be, if you will, a green conservative [with] a willingness to stand up and say, 'All right, here's the right way to solve these' ... rather than get into a fight over whether or not to solve it," has meaning. He didn’t fight Kerry over the basis of whether or not global warming is an issue but instead brought it back to a conservative ideal; let the market fix the problem.
While Kerry is just trying to bring light to this issue, Gingrich is setting up a bid for the President. Along with his upcoming book “A Contract With the Earth” he has wrote “Saving Lives and Saving Money” on the issue of healthcare. Healthcare and the environment are typically Democratic issues that Gingrich is trying to steal from them. In the end Kerry, while supporting his issue, was helping Gingrich start forming his liberal issues with conservative solutions agenda.
What does this mean for middle America? Gingrich is one of the architects of Contract with America. He led the charge to retake the House from Democratic control after a generation. Is he just playing the strategy game or is he becoming more moderate? Based on his solutions I think it’s a mixture. Regardless, it makes this election cycle much more interesting to watch, and Gingrich hasn’t even declared his intentions yet.
