GINGRICH IMPLOSION may be good for the GOP: “[A]n ‘exceptionally broad array of conservatives—from the DC establishment to the talk radio world to the grass roots and the Tea Party’ rallied together to defend the Ryan plan. This is a huge leap forward for fiscal responsibility for the GOP. Newt has solidified the reduction of entitlement spending as the new litmus test of GOP primary politics. Other 2012 campaigns ignore this lesson at their peril.”