After being pummeled by Paul's attack ads for weeks, Gingrich weathers the storm and counters him pretty effectively. Gingrich Questions Ron Paul on Racist Newsletters "I think that Congressman Paul has to explain his own situation and how he could have had a decade of newsletters that had his name on it that he apparently wasn't aware of," Gingrich said. "I think that somebody should say to him 'OK, how much money did you make from the newsletters?' These things are really nasty, and he didn't know about it? Wasn't aware of it? But he's sufficiently ready to be president? It strikes me it raises some fundamental questions about him." Notice he wisely avoids making the issue about Paul's racism, but rather his incompetence. Way to go, Newt.
I would have done the same. I'm a capitalist, after all. But that compared to Mr. I'm such an idiot I employed racists and anti-semites who wrote in my name for years and never knew it, well, there's no comparison. One is smart, one is stupid.