OK Newt Gingrich didn't say the words 'I agree with Obama' but during Jon Stewart's extended interview of him, he agreed with Obama's policies. Deficits grow the economy.
The Daily Show
During an exchange where Jon Stewart was asking Gingrich why people should believe Republicans when they never have shown themselves to be fiscally conservative once in office. So Gingrich said Bush failed and was voted out but Reagan is the guiding light.
Newt Gingrich: Reagan was genuinely different.
Jon Stewart: But he grew government. When he left, government was bigger than when he got there including a whole other department.
NG: But he controlled domestic discretionary pretty tightly. And the fact is government as a share of the entire economy was lower than when he arrived because the economy grew faster than government. And that’s the first thing we have to set as a goal.
JS: But we also grew a pretty big deficits during that period
NG: That’s right but we grew the economy dramatically
JS: Why do deficits bother now when they didn’t bother before
So from what I understand from that exchange, Gingrich understands that deficits grow the economy.
Perhaps Gingrich would complain that Obama is growing government faster than other parts of the economy. However, the bailout money has largely gone outside the government, with some of it being more of a returned investment than actual spending. You would think that Gingrich would be on the same page as Obama.
Perhaps it's the potential to raise taxes because of the deficits that Gingrich disagrees with Obama's policies and agrees with Reagan's.
But no, after Reagan's initial tax cuts failed and he looked like he was heading into no reelection, he raised corporate taxes.
The biggest difference though is Obama's overtures to not just using top-down economics but also in aiding the middle class. This part of Obama's plan has yet to come to fruition but it's the most necessary part. People are the ones who need the money, corporations are not people. Enough top-down economics that give money back to and bail out entities. It's time for Obama to give Gingrich a real complaint and go for some bottom-up economics.