[C. Edmund Wright]

Yep, and he’s the only candidate on the GOP side who has any idea what kind of heat is to be expected. He and Sarah Palin have been attacked more viciously than anyone I can remember. Even more so than Reagan I think, though he was attacked too.

That experience in the 90’s is helping Newt weather this storm. He has clearly learned a lot. I don’t think anyone else would have survived the past three weeks besides Newt, let alone the crap he took in the 90s.

[going hot]

If one guy is bad rapping you, you may be able to handle it and shrug it off. When all major and minor news outlets and all the major newspapers and weekly magazines are in on it, it becomes a tad heavier load.

The fact that he is back and willing to take it adds a few points in his column for many voters.

Junk yard dogs are not pretty, but they do pack a bite.