Newt plugs Gavin Newsom's book, "Citizenville." Yes, that Gavin Newsom.
— Brian Hughes (@BrianHughesATL) March 16, 2013
On Saturday morning, Newt Gingrich, ever the professor, assigned some reading to the CPAC audience: “Citizenville” by lefty California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom.
Um. Newt recommends all conservatives read the new book by…Gavin Newsom?
— Matthew DesOrmeaux ⚜ (@authoridad) March 16, 2013
Newt says we need to read
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government by Gavin Newsom— ComfyPaws™ (@ComfyPaws) March 16, 2013
"Every single conservative in this country should read it," Newt at #cpac2013 on Gavin Newsom's (!!) book, Citizenville
— Katrina Trinko (@KatrinaTrinko) March 16, 2013
This isn’t the first time Gingrich plugged Newsom’s book. Earlier this week he recommended “Citizenville” on the Gingrich Productions website, calling it a “blueprint for the Republican Party.”
How can we transform government through our cell phones? http://t.co/kdSCmFAOnY
— Gingrich 360 (@Gingrich360) March 13, 2013
Amazingly, the best recent outline for how to replace a lot of centralized bureaucracy with a decentralized civil society is written by a Democrat.
Every Conservative should read California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s Citizenville, a new book packed with ideas for using technology to empower citizens to reclaim the functions of government from the bureaucratic state.
I disagree deeply with Newsom, the former mayor of San Francisco, on many social issues. But Republicans won’t find much objectionable in his new book.
Recommended
The publisher loved the endorsement.
Bipartisan tech? @NewtGingrich praises @GavinNewsom's #Citizenville: http://t.co/JhEa7nOBYF
— penguinpress (@penguinpress) March 14, 2013
Update: Here’s the video of Gingrich at CPAC.