Skeleton Crew Watch: Will the Last One to Leave the '90s Please Shut Off the Lights?

There's been a round of exasperated incredulity among commentators who have taken a look at Newt Gingrich's proposals to save the Republican party from (real enough) disaster. But I think Rod's takes the cake:

Repeal the gas tax? Empty the strategic petroleum reserve? Implement a GPS air traffic control system? Declare English the official language?

Is Newt smoking pot? Really, it is to laugh. This is one of the smartest thinkers in the Republican Party, and all he can come up with to save his crisis-ridden Congressional party is midnight freakin' basketball?! If that doesn't indicate how intellectually bankrupt the GOP is now, nothing will. Rahm Emanuel has got to be peeing his pants with laughter.