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Remember Newt Gingrich? The former House speaker who failed to win the 2012
Republican presidential nomination but entertained the masses by headbutting debate moderators like CNN's John King?
Here he is quoted in the New York Times about his new role co-hosting CNN's "Crossfire" reboot:
Mr. Gingrich gleefully bashed “the media elite” as a candidate, but now he is unquestionably a member. “Yes,” he agreed. “And I hope to move it to the right.”