People really need to look beyond their borders before ascribing people with political labels.
Or they could just turn on the TV...
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/newt-gingrich-transcript-abcyahoo-news-exclusive-interview/story?id=14909601&page=2http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/post/rick-perry-doubles-down-on-vulture-capitalist-criticism-of-mitt-romney/2012/01/11/gIQAziWqqP_blog.htmlIn my lifetime it was quite normal for Southern conservatives to have a populist economic message. Campaigning for elected office by advocating feeding the middle class to Wall Street is a relatively new phenomenon.