get at there? llw two words that come to mind are sad and reprehensible. you know, i was working in congress when he was speaker and disagreed with just about everything that he did. but you got the sense there was some principle volved. he s clearly a very intelligent person. and to see him it makes me think, by the way, he s probably pretty sure he s going to run for president, becse he s clearly trying to appeal to the folks that are supporting christine o don in delaware tomorrow. and you know, whether he believes there s a perceived weakne there or not, i ll leave that to him to answer. but it has no place in our politics. he knows better. he s made comments like this in the pastaround the islamic center in new york,at for instance, th are really not the newt gingrich i think a lot of us remembered. so i think it s very prehensibl. it may have an audience during the iowa caucuses next year or, pshire or new h south carolina. but i don t think that s where most americans ar