Morning Quote III: Newt Gingrich's Conservatism

“I'm clearly the more conservative candidate, by any rational standard. And, and I had a 90% American Conservative Union standing for twenty years. I helped Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp develop supply-side (trickle down) economics. I helped lead the effort to defeat communism in the Congress. I helped, uh, as Speaker of the House balance the federal budget for four straight years. Reform welfare as an entitlement. The first tax cuts in sixteen years. I mean…take whatever your list of what conservatism is, and I've done that stuff.”

- In an interview on Fox yesterday, GOP frontrunner Newt Gingrich makes the case for his conservatism vs. that of Mitt Romney. Joe Scarborough doesn't buy it.