The Newt Factor: Gingrich as Trump's VP Would Be a Scary, Power-Hungry Monster @alternet:
"Now why Trump would think Gingrich, who hasn’t been in congress for over 16 years, is the mover and shaker who can move his agenda through Congress today is a mystery, but he certainly has a working knowledge of how the government functions which is something Trump is completely lacking. It’s unclear if he even knows that there are three branches and what they do. (But then, George W. Bush was famously confused on that as well, saying it is the executive branch’s responsibility to “interpret the laws,” so it isn’t unprecedented.) And Trump already likes the cut of Newt’s jib. According to this article by Eliana Johnson in National Review, he’s already one of the campaign’s most important advisers: Gingrich’s influence within Trump World is widespread. Inside Trump’s newly established campaign offices in Washington, D.C., his fingerprints are everywhere. “Right from the minute I joined we were told that Newt will have his hand in every major policy effort,” says one Trump aide. “So one of the things I do when I’m researching or writing anything, in addition to looking at what Trump has said about anything, I look at what Newt has said"."
