Gingrich Seeks Conservative Unity With New Group

Monday, March 23, 2009 8:55 AM

By: Jim Meyers

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has launched a new organization that seeks to unite religious and fiscal conservatives, two wings of the GOP base that have often been at odds since Election Day.

Called Renewing American Leadership, the organization is led by Gingrich’s longtime communications director Rick Tyler and includes leading conservative Christian activists on its board.

“In the last few years I’ve decided that we’re in a crisis in which the secular state, if allowed, will fundamentally and radically change America against the wishes of most Americans,â€