I was traveling and in meetings most of the day. So unlike most every other day, I was almost totally off the news grid. I caught a few headlines here and there on my iPhone about the unfolding Newt implosion. But, my God, I couldn’t quite grasp the scope until I got back to my hotel room and started reading our stories. And now it comes out that this afternoon Newt was compelled to personally call Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to apologize for questioning and criticizing Ryan’s Medicare phase-out plan. His spokesman publicly stated that Newt apologized. Publicly. On the record. Voluntarily.

I mean, wow. Watching TV just now, I see that South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) is now lashing out at Gingrich as some sort of GOP health care policy traitor. Read More

Senate Republicans successfully filibuster oil company subsidy repeal bill.

The thing about Newt that I admit I had forgotten from the ’90s is that he was more often a political blessing to Democrats than a bane. He was the perfect foil for Clinton then, and today Democrats on the Hill admitted to TPM they couldn’t be happier with the TV ad fodder Newt is now providing them to use against his fellow Republicans.