Newt knocks GOP corruption

Ungently, does Newt get his revenge.

One of the biggest issues is the growing power of incumbents and their dependence on contributions from lobbyists, Gingrich said.

``There are a series of behaviors, a series of attitudes, a series of crony-like activities that are not defensible, and no Republican should try to defend them,'' he said. ``The danger for Republicans is to pretend this isn't fundamental or to pretend that they can get by passively without undertaking real reform.''

Most likely they'll pretend to undertake real reform. Frist is already floating proposals to take the heat off his SEC investigation. Nonetheless, it's shaping up to be a tough year for the GOP and we haven't heard from Fitzgerald in a long time. Who knows how many vipers he'll drive out of the snake's nest?

I don't want to get my hopes up but it's starting to feel like 06 could be a real turning point if the Dems manage to pull their noses out of the polls and start listening to the people.