Gingrich: Majority Status Can Be Fleeting (Congress Daily)

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Gingrich: Majority Status Can Be Fleeting By Susan Davis

Former House Speaker Gingrich cautioned Monday that the narrow majority enjoyed by House Republicans could be threatened in upcoming election cycles if GOP leaders do not re-evaluate how they govern the chamber and other factors.

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"On the one hand, has to have a slightly, not dramatically, but slightly greater ability to actually get something decided in the Senate, because the Senate now runs itself largely by exhaustion," he said, adding, "But at the same time the House leadership is making an enormous strategic mistake ... the reason it's a big mistake and not a small mistake is that the great virtue of allowing amendments is that you surface problems early and you begin to notice that the world is different than you think it is."

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[Canuckistanian]

1. ..."the world is different than you think it is."

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.