Another way King could have asked the question is by saying something like…

 ”Mr. Gingrich, seeing as how the republican party has historically stood for family values, and with the other candidates having such a strong and ostensibly (i question santorum’s orientation [the ones that scream the loudest are the ones caught wearing leather chaps and pink boas while 'checking the polls' with young, male staffers {nod nod wink wink}]) stable, happy families, how sick will Calista have to get before you trade her in for another?”

I find the word “takedown” unfortunate.  It is because of those kinds of terms – that we have a primary filled with vitriol. 

Rather, I thank Mr. Blitzer for asking the apt questions of Gingrich.  I’m sure Wolfe did not try to put Newt “in his place” as a supporter of Newt’s said to him of his encounter with Juan Williams.  But rather I think that Wolfe believed (as I do) that he had the right and the responsibility – to ask Gingrich for accountability.  It is not acceptable (to me), for a candidate to say one thing on the “stump”, and then not have to back it up in a public debate.

Isn’t this supposed to be what a primary is all about?  Isn’t this a vetting process? 

This last debate told me more about the candidates than most of the ones before it.

I thank Mr. Blitzer for his courage and his professionalism.

The only thing I don’t like are hints that someone like King or Blitz are partisans. They have solid histories of being middle-of-the-road and kinda boring.
This whole attack on the media Newt has been pandering is so damn OLD now. Coulter was right: he’s ruining it.

How about this question for Obama:

If an unsubstantiated claim about open marriage from Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife is fair game in a debate, how do you respond to the unsubstantiated allegations about cocaine use and gay sex that Larry Sinclair leveled against you?

Read about a question they could ask at The Political Commentator here: http://bit.ly/yhRmww

Claims against Obama are all racist plots. Don’t ya know that?

‘Goldberg also noted that the audience booed Blitzer, but considered it a “reflexive reaction” towards the mainstream media’

and who’s fault would that be Bill???

I’ve heard that! Just another tool of the Democrat politburo. 

I would like to see the President watch the video of Larry Sinclair making his accusations to find out how he would respond.

No spin-zone O’Reilly is definitely pretty close to being MSM.

and when mediaite has a story titled  ’irrelevant bullshit some clown decides to post just to be an asshole because it has no meaning to the story posted and is probably just a friendless, unemployed kid living in his mother’s basement and most likely benefiting from the ‘obama cares’ health reform clause that allows him to be on his parents health insurance for his depression medication’ then you can be the first ball sack to post something.

The question ought to have been asked by any decent journalist. While Blitzer often falls short of that mark, he did himself proud this time. Unlike the moderators who have completely avoided follow-up questions, most notably Baier, Kelley and Sawyer.

That these two (2) old coots welcomed the question is not at all surprising. FOX “News” All Romney, All the Time!

Right, how does the “number 1 news agency” not consider themselves the “mainstream media”?

To me it is just another tactic to show that liberals have it in for america, and republican ideas are the only things that can save it.

Oh Bill he could have  asked a really great question like, Hey Newt I see your disapproval rating are really high, how does it feet to know that people don’t like you?   You know the same intellectual and  well thought out question you asked Obama during the superbowl interview.

Agreed although O’Reilly is not comparable to the rest of the commentators on Fox. He is a bloviating megalomaniac! 

I have to say that by the content and the tone of your comments you have got to be one of those tolerant left-wing libs. You do your kind proud.

John King has a boring reputation. I don’t mind King, but King asking the question at all was tedious.

It’s a sad day when CNN has such old-timers as their main news folks. Two old white guys. That’s always effective.

Why is Joe Biden morphing into Guy Fawkes?
http://themorningspew.com/2012/01/27/freaky-friday-joe-biden-fawkes/

Can we vote the Republican audiences out? Is the common Republican that stupid?

Bill likes that Blitz watches out for the CNN watching folks.

What really got me was that Gingrich had been using Romney’s money against him IN THAT VERY DEBATE.  He said something like “comparing my investment’s to Mitt’s is like comparing a mouse to an elephant.”  You don’t call your opponent a rich you-know-what, do a U-turn when the debate goes badly for you, and then try to take the moral high ground like you weren’t being negative five minutes ago.  Newt had his clock cleaned in this debate, and he deserved it.

Dem’s are salivating when the GOP crazies are considering running Gingrich. The man is a has been but still claims the rights of a pompous, egotistical Washington Insider who left the House with ethic violations and fines, his infamous character is something to behold. Do the Dem’s want to run against this snake oil salesman?,you bet.They do not want to run against Romney(he can carry most Independents except those leaning toward Obama). Independents will either vote Obama or stay home if the GOP was crazy enough to run Newt. Analysis of the debate would have never gave Newt the title of the great debater in most debates he had time to come up with a good one liner that appealed to the audience(it got loud applause),and after TV commentators would make a positive statement about it. Then he hit the  ”ball out of the park one liner” for the Evangelical crowd in SC.Media crowned him a good debater and he(Newt) took the cue and started challenging Obama to 6 3hr Douglas style debates That was some more of Newt’s buffoonery, was never going to happen, maybe one to three controlled QUIET debates as occurred in Tampa.Romney wiped the floor with Newt in the last two FL debates. Two reasons: he cannot defend influence peddling from his K Street office, too much documentation. After his SC knockout one liner he was prepared to do the same in Tampa, he got there an it was to be a quiet debate with no audience participation. He walked  in looking defeated, there was no great debater, he could not feed the lions red meat as he had hoped, to produce loud applause and standing ovations. He bombed big time and the Jacksonville debate also. Now the public has come to the realization, he is not the great debater but a terrific game player. He is a con man, huckster, charlatan, blowhard that is able to put out a good line of B.S. Floridians need to send this guy packing as did Iowan’s and the people of NH. He is a disaster for the GOP in the general election.Why don’t the Newt supporters realize that something big time is flawed with their candidate when the elders of the GOP start coming out against the guy with very harsh words?   The far right (tea party and religious right) don’t seem to be politically aware enough to understand this concept, they must take their marching from the far right AM radio shock jocks.

You have have it turned 180 degrees !  The Dems want to run against the National Enquirer candidate Mitt Romney because they know obama will smoke him at the polls !  Watch how all the Big News Media is sticking on Romney’s side against Newt.  They know that Newt Gingrich is the only candidate that can beat obama !

Debates are about the countries problem issues and what the cadidate would do to try and solve it. Mud slinging is for the candidates own money on separate commercials.

Funny,  on Celebrity Jeopardy Wolf Blitzer went broke and finnished $4600.00 in the hole.  He couldn’t even correctly answer who was buried in Grant’s tomb.

Newt was just following the example Obammy sets for his SOTU addresses.