turning out to be a rather bumpy road to the republican presidential nomination this year. today newt gingrich's new political director in the great state of iowa agreed to resign. he agreed to resign after word got out he had called mormonism a cult. mormonism, of course, is the faith of mitt romney. mr. gingrich's primary competitor for the party's nomination at this point as well as long-shot candidate jon huntsman, the former governor of utah. a gingrich campaign spokesman saying the mormonism was a cult comment was, quote, inconsistent with newt's 2012 pledge to run a positive and solutions orient orientated campaign. he does say orinetated. i'd say oriented. potato, potato. maybe he's british. he's been saying the key to the republicans beating president obama in the general election is the republican primary should be conducted in a positive fashion. no republican on republican fighting, mr. gingrich says. no negative ads.