Newt Stepped On It

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich seems to be self-destructing just after he officially threw his hat into the presidential ring.

Gingrich was leaving an event at a Dubuque, Iowa Holiday Inn when an Iowa Republican approched him and said:

"Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself.”

Gingrich is under fire from Republicans for his statements on Paul Ryan's proposal on Medicare. On yesterday's Meet The Press, Gingrich said, "I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate."

In this exchange with host David Gregory, Gingrich didn't help his cause:

GINGRICH: We ought to have some requirement that you either have health insurance or you post a bond...

GREGORY: But that is the individual mandate is it not?

GINGRICH: It's a variation of it.

What Gingrich did was, in effect, (I have to clean this up a bit) stepping on his [male member].