WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CAN’T ABIDE NEWT: Jonathan Tobin is spot-on:

Not content with noting their anger at some of his statements, the paper crowed about the fact that Gingrich’s moral failings were probably a greater obstacle to his election than his other shortcomings. They may be right about that, but it ill behooves a newspaper that once counseled Americans to get over Bill Clinton’s similar misdeeds (which were compounded by perjury) now to say that we should never forget those committed by Gingrich. He isn’t the only hypocrite in our public life, but he is the only politician who overturned 40 years of one-party rule in the House of Representatives, transforming American politics in the process. One suspects that victory, and not his presidential run or his many goofy pronouncements, will be what Gingrich will be remembered for. It’s also the one thing for which liberals will never forgive him.

Hopefully Gingrich is more aware of the Times’ punitive anger than the hapless Senator McCain was in 2008. McCain, in a remarkable display of naivete, seemed genuinely surprised when the Gray Lady quickly began to devour him in 2008 after spending the previous decade or so using his “Maverick” contrarianisms as a cudgel against other Republicans.