[RitaOK]

The negatives are ancient history because of all the personal and spiritual changes Newt has made, leaving now a very tough case for negatives to make.

There are the small group of the sinless, of course, who like to role Newt’s past personal misfortunes around in their fingers, but that says much more about them than anything of his historic accomplishment for the Republican Party, for which he crawled through glass to turn around.

As a party we are indebted to Newt for his genius and his toughness, but some prefer to lay stripes forever over periphreal issues.

[Dagnabitt]

The media had no trouble running with Romney's minor, minor misadventure from high school. Personal salvation or not, Gingrich's far more recent and consequential professional and personal setbacks will be Page One until November. Not fair perhaps, but that's the way it is.

I love Gingrich when he's at the top of his game taking on Obama and Obama-lapdogs in the media. But I'm not that positive is worth the bucket of free ammo that putting him on the ticket would hand to the Rats.