Politico.com
February 7, 2009
Patrick Gavin

You can get members of different parties under the same roof, but that doesn't mean they'll get along.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts experienced two very different sets of Washington's political elite Friday night: While the first family attended a dance performance in the Center's main theater, an impressive showing of Republicans gathered on the top floor to take in the premiere of "Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny," a new film narrated by Newt and Callista Gingrich which paints a glowing portrait of our 40th president.

While Barack, Michelle, Sasha and Malia were treated like rock stars down below, it was Ronald Reagan being toasted up above by such GOP notables as Mr. and Mrs. Gingrich, George Allen, Ollie North, Bob Livingston, Al Regnery, Craig Shirley, David Bossie, Saul Anuzis, Jim Pinkerton and Fred Thompson.

"It's so good to finally be around Republicans!" rejoiced one attendee, and indeed the entire Reagan crowd seemed relieved to be among their own after a brutal week spent on Capitol Hill debating the stimulus bill.

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VAN SUSTEREN: "Ronald Reagan, a Rendezvous with Destiny." That is the name of a brand new documentary produced by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista. You can get the DVD at GingrichProductions.com.

Earlier the speaker and Callista went "On the Record" about their new film and the legacy of our 40th president.

Date Night for President and First Lady Obama came Friday night as the two visited the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to take in "Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater At 50 -- A Golden Anniversary Celebration."

The President, First Lady, Malia and Sasha Obama waved at the audience from a red VIP box decorated with the presidential seal.

The Kennedy Center program describes the show -- which was sold-out -- as "One of America's cultural ambassadors to the world, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater marks its 50th anniversary of bringing African American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the world's stages." Tickets cost from $30 to $89.

Another theater at the Kennedy Center hosted the premiere of the documentary "Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny," produced by Republican activist David Bossie along with Newt and Calista Gingrich.

Bossie's previous film, "HYPE: The Obama Effect," was a less glowing assessment of the Illinois pol. Gingrich recently said that by trying to be both bipartisan and partisan, President Obama resembled President Carter.

Newsmax.com
February 6, 2009

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tells Newsmax that Ronald Reagan was a "principled" leader who will be remembered as one of the two greatest American presidents of the 20th century.

Gingrich also said on Friday - Reagan's birthday - that the president enjoyed telling Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev jokes poking fun at the Soviet system.

Newsmax's Ashley Martella pointed out that Michael Reagan said in a recent Newsmax interview that President Reagan's greatest legacy was freedom - liberating people of the former Soviet Union - and asked if Gingrich agreed.

"First of all, his greatest achievement was turning around America, rebuilding our economy, making us proud to be Americans again," said Gingrich, who has a new DVD out, "Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny."

Fox News Network

NEWT GINGRICH, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (voice-over): ... called himself a citizen politician and only entered politics when he warned government was gaining too much power. By then, he was age 54, with a successful career behind him.