In one breathless year, Newt Gingrich has tried to remake America One recent, frozen early morning, Newt Gingrich marched down the red-carpeted hallway that leads to his Capitol office. The speaker is in the middle of the balanced-budget fight that won't end. It is his constant, obsessive preoccupation. Everything is riding on it--the verdict on his Republican revolution, on his leadership, on the ability of the Republicans to govern. A man known largely for his grand strategic visions, Gingrich has become America's temporary accountant in chief: Are Republicans willing to give ...

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