We've always had to carve out our own space

While I for one think it's still important to keep Newt Gingrich's shortcomongs front and center, lest we lapse into self-delusion in our zeal to get behind the most likely anti-Romney, a Newt campaign consultant, Craig Shirley, has penned a Politico piece detailing the struggle of the conservative movement to assert itself and prevail over the Reasonable Gentleman GOP establishment over the last fity-two years.

He makes the point that people proudly call themselves Goldwater Republicans or Reagan Republicans, but that nobody goes around calling himself a Rockefeller Republican or a Ford or Nixon Republican.

It's only because of us that the Republican party stands for anything.