Just a ten days ago Newt was being excoriated as an Occupy protester, a big government liberal, an enemy of capitalism. But what Newt has learned perhaps better than anyone is that one only has to wait a few days for the story to turn. Over the last week poor Mitt's taxes and his heartless "vulture capitalism" became the story, so the audience turned to Newt, an apparently different character than the one that was largely responsible for the debate on Romney's financial success to begin with.
So, perversely buoyed by an interview with his ex-wife, Newt took the stage both guns blazing. There, in the space of just a few seconds, he blamed the media, his ex-wife, Barrack Obama, and everyone else for having to face questions about his serial adultery. And somehow it worked. The crowd cheered. Sarah Palin gleefully called the media out.
The problem is that the rest of the world goes on. Other news (Iran, oil, Europe, Afghanistan) has to sit next to this ridiculous sideshow. Once people wake up and catch the rest of the morning news, this GOP primary placed beside it, it suddenly sounds exactly like it is: tawdry and stupid. A clown show played in front of apes. It does not reflect well at all.
What the Republican voters have yet to understand is that the longer Newt Gingrich is in the news the more likely it is that Barrack Obama will be reelected.
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