The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, December 20, 1995           TAG: 9512200008
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A18  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

NEWT HAS GOTTEN TOO BIG

Gingrich has to go. What happened to balancing the budget all of a sudden? Now he wants $18 million to overthrow Iran's government. And where does this money come from? His pocket?

Gingrich's guiding principle is power to throw around at a whim. Is our only recourse to put up with these shenanigans? The guy frightens me. A recent TV biography said that he is more powerful in Washington than the president. It is not what the framers of the Constitution intended, and we had better be concerned.

ELEANOR KANTER

Portsmouth, Dec. 21, 1995 by CNB