Jacob Sullum on the Case Against Newt

From the perspective of someone who wants to minimize the role of government in every aspect of our lives, says Senior Editor Jacob Sullum, Newt Gingrich is bad in the ways conservatives tend to be bad—and then some. At the same time, Sullum writes, Gingrich is generally not good in the ways conservatives tend to be good, which makes you wonder why anyone would prefer him to Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate.