Gingrich surprised by Obama’s approach to governing

At a panel discussion Friday afternoon at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative panel chaired by Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich discussed the life of Ronald Reagan, and the current state of American politics. Gingrich said that he is surprised by President Obama’s strategy in dealing with the economic recovery package because Obama has neither been exclusively partisan or bipartisan but has been going between the two extremes day by day. Gingrich continued that the Republican stand in the House against the President’s economic stimulus plan “has absolutely revitalized the Republican base in this country,” and that President Obama is rushing through something he will have to live with for the rest of his Presidency.