Awkward...

Newt and his wife the Bird Lady are going to have to endure inquiries into why the latter's head was in the former's lap so often in his various Chrysler Towncars for a half-dozen years (I'm sure it was an effort to get him to convert to Roman Catholicism).

Anticipating a potentially damaging interview with one of Newt Gingrich’s former wives ahead of the South Carolina primary, the Gingrich campaign issued an open letter on Wednesday night to “ABC News leadership,’’ the network that conducted the interview, in preparation for a Thursday night broadcast. Marianne Gingrich, the second of Mr. Gingrich’s former wives, was married to him for 18 years. After they divorced, Mr. Gingrich married his current wife, the former Callista Bisek, with whom he admitted conducting a lengthy affair while he was still married.

Next up, an interview with Romney's former pets.