I’ve already expressed my opposition to Gingrich being the GOP nominee in 2012, but my support for him being in a prominant role in the RNC. It would appear that Newt’s open to the idea of serving as GOP chair.

Newt Gingrich has let it be known that, if Republicans want him, the former U.S House speaker is willing to serve as chairman of the national party and lead it out of the wilderness it’s blundered into.

The question is whether the 168-member Republican National Committee is open to the match.

“If a majority of the RNC thought he was needed, he would accept that appointment,” said Randy Evans’ Gingrich’s close friend and legal counsel. “He fully appreciates the urgency of the moment.”…

For one thing, six days after the election of Barack Obama and substantial gains by Democrats in the House and Senate, Republicans have yet to decide whether a serious overhaul of the party is required.

That better be a joke. Republicans have yet to decide whether an overhaul is actually needed? Nah, let’s just keep losing elections. They may differ on which way the GOP needs to turn, but ever Republican I know agrees that it needs to alter course. The general goal in politics isn’t to lose.

“The RNC has to do some soul-searching and decide what level of change is necessary,” Evans said. “If that answer is bold, energetic change led by someone who has done it before, then Newt would be a good choice.”

If the party is eying a shift toward the middle, Evans added, “that isn’t Newt.”

Our shift away from conservatism hasn’t worked out so well. In order to actually pontificate on fiscal responsibility, one should actually be fiscally responsible. The requests for pork, out-of-control spending, expansion of government, and other non-conservative moves certainly haven’t worked out well for us.

Though he retains his reputation as a polarizing figure, Gingrich served as a sideline strategist for the GOP during the presidential season. He pointed McCain to the issue of offshore drilling. But Gingrich also helped generate skepticism over the Wall Street bailout — which McCain and other Senate Republicans supported.

Yes, funny that. He opposed the Wall Street bailout…just like most Americans. How well did the GOP’s support for the package work out? It sounds to me like listening to Gingrich isn’t the worst thing we could do at this point.

Via Hot Air Headlines.