Newt Gingrich may be abrasive and/or unelectable, but no one can disagree that the guy is one of the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to public policy and that he articulates things in a way that just make plain sense to most people. To highlight my point, watch this video of Newt talking about illegal immigration a few months back:

It's probably no coincidence Rudy Giuliani has adopted the same sort of language...