“If this just degenerates after a historic election, back into the usual bologna of politics in Washington and pettiness in Washington, then the American people I believe will move towards a third party in a massive way.”

— Newt Gingrich

In appearance on CBS News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImvI-G5gA9g (11 November 1994)
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