>>>But seriously, I do listen to ideas from "the other side." It's just that Newt Gingrich is pretty far down the list of people I am willing to listen to. After years of witnessing his engagement in the most extreme sort of partisan politics, I am skeptical about his rebirth as a level headed consensus builder. My guess is Jake and Dean would be equally unwilling to give Ted Kennedy or Louis Farrakhan a fresh hearing.
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>>Do you agree with with what Louis Farrakhan stands for?
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>If he suddenly started talking seriously about healing the racial divide would you be willing to listen?

absolutely.
The probelm is I think he is already serious about what he believes and say.