Gingrich Calls for a Government Overhaul

Newt Gingrich, who led the Republican Party to congressional dominance a dozen years ago, told cheering conservatives it is time to overhaul a slow-moving government locked in the last century.

Citing multiple government failures after Hurricane Katrina, the former House speaker said the government meltdown at all levels illustrated how badly government needed to be updated in all of its operations.

His appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference was scripted like a presidential campaign stop, with young supporters in red T-shirts passing out buttons and pamphlets.