King's opposition to Gingrich not new

Rep. Peter King's recent attacks on Newt Gingrich as "erratic" and a "danger" to the GOP and the United States have deep roots. In fact, they seem almost tame compared with the Seaford Republican's flamethrowing in 1997, as Gingrich's political fortunes tumbled. In an essay for the Weekly Standard titled "Why I Oppose Newt," King blasted Gingrich for moving to the center and befriending Alec Baldwin and Jesse Jackson. King famously called Gingrich "road kill on the highway of American politics," with a "public approval rating a few points shy of the Ebola virus," and named him "the Man You Love to Hate in the professional-wrestling ring of American politics."

-- Tom Brune