What Happened to Newt?

Newt Gingrich's strong opposition to the proposed mosque in lower Manhattan has come as a surprise to many political watchers.

Read Ken Silber on the lower Manhattan mosque, here.

I can understand people being discomfited or opposed to an Islamic center being located on Park Place in lower Manhattan, even though I don't share that discomfiture or that opposition. But the hysteria, authoritarianism and outright bigotry Gingrich has displayed on this issue is detestable. May he never again wield any more political power than any other fatuous, rabble-rousing, politically impotent talking head.