“The segment about marital infidelities was probably very damaging to Gingrich.”
Do you really think that anyone did not already know?
What he means is, those who dislike Newt were given a few minutes to marinate in their dislike, thus disliking him even more.
To everyone else, the segment was either meaningless or even handled pretty well by him.
“Do you really think that anyone did not already know?”
I doubt that most people remember a scandal from over a decade ago involving a congressman.
In any case, Perry made the connection between cheating in private, cheating in business and cheating in public life. This is the bedrock of morality: either you are moral or you are not. Some people may think it irrelevant but Perry’s words will for sure resonate with Christians.