Newt Gingrich opened Thursday’s debate with a full-throated assault on CNN and the media for having dared ask about ugly allegations made by his divorced second wife.
To make an issue of his past personal failings was beneath the forum of a presidential debate, Gingrich roared at host John King.
It was a masterstroke of debate strategy, but there’s good reason that it’s still funny coming from a guy like Gingrich.
So we decided to put a little ‘then and now’ together: Newt back in 1998, on the warpath to impeach President Clinton, and now – with a recently developed aversion to the personal side of presidential politics.
