If Newt Gingrich enters the ‘08 GOP primary, it’s looking like he’ll be running the most anti-Bush campaign of all the contenders. In this excerpt from The Elephant in the Room (the 2nd of 4 I’m running), he gives his frank assessment of the Bush years (he calls Bush an “expensive-government conservative”) and of John McCain (he compares McCain to Dole … ouch).

The full interview can be found in the Chapter 8 of the book.