though there may be a few wakeful ones of the far-Rightful persuasion stirring uneasily (?)

I doubt that the Newt-folk will ever see these two statements juxtaposed. Hard to imagine any actual comeuppance for an artful dodger so experienced in smoke & mirrors as to be the author of, The Contract With On America (also - a handbook on precisely how to confound any earnest debate: with a memorized string of non sequiturs. Yes, he really Did create this nasty little pamphlet, to be handed out to the Right-people. A while back.)

Real answer: no telling! what/if anything shall be made of these two pontifications, a few months apart. Did I mention, "we're fucked" .. generally?