Realclearpolitics has a good bit on New Gingrich. I happen to agree with his argument that we should make English the official language of this country. It is both good politics and good policy lest we have the problems that Canada now has.

"American civilization eventually will collapse if government doesn't do a better job assimilating immigrants into society, possible GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Wednesday as he urged Congress to enshrine English as the nation's official language.
The former House speaker said political correctness and multiculturalism are clouding the debate about language.

If you are pro-immigration to America, you should be pro-assimilation into English as the common language because in fact your children and grandchildren will have a dramatically better future if they are part of the common commercial civilization," Gingrich said."

However, it would be important to soften this type of legislation with some kind of comprehensive immigration reform bill. I believe that if you could put this into some kind of legislation package dealing with illegal immigration, Conservatives would be more amenable to supporting an immigration bill and I think Democrats would take a big political risk alienating many Reagan Democrats by opposing the legislation on the grounds that it is unfair.