Newt Gingrich, the face of the "new" GOP

If this GOP gets any newer, they'll have to open up their own AARP branch.

The latest news on the Republican rebranding effort being led by number two Republican in the House, Eric Cantor, is that former House Speaker, and uber-conservative attack dog, Newt Gingrich is joining Cantor's group. Cantor says that Gingrich has been pushing conservative ideas for the past couple of years, so he's a perfect fit.

Actually, Gingrich has been pushing conservative ideas for the past couple of decades, and then some.

It's as if the GOP is planning a wedding and just can't find the courage to cut the invite list back. (They have to invite Aunt Newtie, you know, because she's dad's cousin's daughter's mother-in-law, twice removed.)

How is angry, intolerant, old Newt Gingrich the face of the "new" GOP? The face of the current decrepit and dwindling GOP, absolutely. But the new, younger, hipper, more tolerant GOP? Newt?