Newt Gingrich Again Scolds Debate Moderator Over Choice Of Question

In a reprise of his dressing-down of Fox News’ Chris Wallace at last month’s Republican Debate, polling blip Newt Gingrich scolded Politico’s John Harris Wednesday night over his choice of questions at the NBC/Politico debate. Asked to weigh in on the “genuine philosphical difference” between Rick Perry and Mitt Romney over the individual health care mandate, Gingrich responded by (I’m not kidding) scolding Harris for “trying to get Republicans to fight with each other.”

Yes, why does the evil media want people at a debate to disagree?

Gingrich seems to be the debate “medic” tonight, rushing in to repair the damage the other candidates do to each other by pumping them up, and tearing President Obama down. His response to Harris got huge applause from the audience, as he segued from scolding the moderator (and that evil lamestream media) to explaining that every candidate on the stage would be better than Obama, a sentiment he snuck into an earlier answer, as well. Maybe Newt is bucking for the bottom of a ticket, anyone‘s ticket?

Here’s the clip, from MSNBC:

This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters"
Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. Subscribe now!