Newt is good on this panel. Gregory changes the subject when Newt speaks about the problem of big government. Newt said the next big bubble is government, Gregory refused to continue the discussion of big government and went to the next topic.
That's why he is there. Deflection,omission,endless spinning,if we don't talk about it, it never happened,all tricks of the DBM left protecting their own.
Once caught in a huge screw up of their own doing they move on to the next issue as quickly as possible.
Being on the left means never having to say you are sorry.