I don't think anyone has yet pointed out that if Gingrich wins South Carolina, and at the moment that looks likely, the main reason for this will be lefty CNN debate moderator John King, who set up ol' Newt with the perfect question to start the last debate - and what if as a liberal King knew exactly what he was doing? ie. King was thinking: Newt is only a factor in this primary because of his bashing of the liberal media in the debates - as a liberal I want Gingrich to be the nominee because there's no way in hell he beats Obama - so I'll feed him a question that allows him to win the debate and therefore SC goes his way. What if that's what happened here? Cause it's not a stretch at all to imagine that's exactly what has happened here.
But even if that wasn't the plan by CNN and King - the result is the same - that's not disturbing? Seems pretty disturbing to me.
The upside of all this would be, if I were Romney, I'd be extremely pissed off - and if he can't get pissed off and start going to town on Gingrich, well then it's not likely he had what it takes to knock off Obama anyway - so hell, as pathetic and dispiriting and absurd as the primary seems to be, maybe after all the process is working the way it should. I dunno - part of me really just wants to turn the TV off and the whole sad spectacle with it.
