The National Post
Newt Gingrich fumes over ‘open marriage’ question at Republican debate
By Steve Holland and Sam Youngman
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Republican presidential candidates tore into each other on Thursday and Newt Gingrich snarled at the CNN moderator in a raucous debate two days before the South Carolina primary, which may decide the nomination race.
The two-hour prize fight came at the end of one of the campaign’s most tumultuous days, with Texas Governor Rick Perry dropping out and a new winner emerging in the Iowa caucuses held more than two weeks ago.
Tension has increased as polls show the race tightening between front-runner Mitt Romney and Gingrich, who took offense at a question about a previous marriage from CNN moderator John King and lashed out.
“I think the disruptive, vicious, negative nature of the news media makes it harder to govern this country,” Gingrich fumed. “I am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that.”
King had asked the former House of Representatives speaker about ex-wife Marianne Gingrich, who told ABC News Gingrich had sought an “open marriage” when he was having an affair in the 1990s.
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