GINGRICH'S SOUTHERN COMFORT? It was a week Newt Gingrich probably wants to forget. And fast. The former House speaker was trounced in Florida's primary on Tuesday by Mitt Romney, only to stumble again in the next stop, Nevada.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thrust himself into controversy on Friday by declaring that the Palestinians are an "invented" people who want to destroy Israel.