[Servant of the Cross]

this author thinks Gingrich is the source of all the bile ... where Newt was demonstrably the VERY LAST CANDIDATE to attack other Republicans ...

Yep. The analysis could not be more wrong. And for the record, Bachmann was demonstrably first.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Yep. The analysis could not be more wrong. And for the record, Bachmann was demonstrably first.

Bachmann was indeed first, along with Pawlenty - who dropped out quickly when his attacks on Bachmann backfired. (anyone remember Pawlenty's aborted campaign?) The real avalanche was the entire field of six against Newt in Iowa when Newt threatened to lap the field. Newt was absolutely the very last to start the attacks.