9:02 PM: Fight Club.
9:04 PM: About as good an answer as Newt could give to that question. In fairness to Newt, that was at least the trigger for Newt leaving the Speakership — he took the hit for losing the 1998 mid-term election.
9:06 PM: “resigned in disgrace” … “influence peddler” … Now we’re talking.
9:08 PM: Okay, don’t think this debate is going to disappoint.
9:10 PM: Can’t believe Newt’s going with the historian line. That said, Mitt give Newt an opening by conflating the ethics thing and Gingrich’s resignation a couple years later. Not actually related.
9:13 PM: I haven’t seen it that much remarked about how Santorum is now running consistently to the left of the other candidates on economic issues. Not really in substance in policy terms. And it doesn’t take much with this set of candidates. But still, clearly a considered decision.
