Showing up to the debates in Florida without a strategy, unprepared for the obvious assault he was facing from Mitt, confirms the worst suspicions of who Gingrich is - a shoot from the hipper, overly impressed with himself. Tuesday night in Florida we saw the other Newt - the one who breaks through by articulating powerful ideas with great clarity.

If you're comfortable with how America's decaying, then we don't have to change much. We can just manage the decay.