Newt = Nut - #7 - Nut's in trouble within own party

Reported from an Iowa meeting with Repub voters:

IOWAN: What you just did to Paul Ryan is unforgivable.
GINGRICH: I didn't do anything to Paul Ryan.
IOWAN: Yes, you did. You undercut him.... you're an embarrassment to our party.
GINGRICH: I'm sorry you feel that way.
IOWAN: Why don't you get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself.

That's pretty bad, but it's one voter in Iowa.

But here's someone with more influence and clout, the new darling of the GOP, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. She described Gingrich's criticism of Ryan's plan as "absolutely unfortunate."

"Here you've got Representative Ryan trying to bring common sense to this world of insanity, and Newt absolutely cut him off at the knees. . . . When you have a conservative fighting for real change, the last thing we need is a presidential candidate cutting him off at the knees."

And lamely trying to wiggle out of accusations that he has flip-flopped on a number of issues, Gingrich said:

"The challenges that we face are so big, that no one has the solutions. . . . And we’re going to have to run a campaign where ideas keep evolving."

Watch it, Nut. That's right up there with trying to explain your adultery to the Christian Broadcasting Network:

“There’s no question at times in my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate.”

Pathetic. Just admit that you're a jerk. You might be more acceptable as a simple jerk than as a jerk who is also a weasel.

And we're not going to let you forget it, any of it.

Ralph