What Newt Gingrich’s three wives tell us about the president he’d be
Maybe Newt Gingrich’s marital history isn’t the leading predictor of his performance as president.
But the way a man treats the women in his life does, as he himself has acknowledged, offer us a window into his character. His record as a husband does parallel a certain fickleness on policy. And the women he ch
Rep. Newt Gingrich looks on as his wife Marianne holds up a copy of their book, “Window of Opportunity” during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, March 20, 1989 in Washington. (John Duricka - ASSOCIATED PRESS)ose to marry do tell us something about his evolution as a person.
Rep. Newt Gingrich looks on as his wife Marianne holds up a copy of their book, “Window of Opportunity” during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, March 20, 1989 in Washington. (John Duricka - ASSOCIATED PRESS)ose to marry do tell us something about his evolution as a person.
In his teens, he married a woman who mothered him. In his 30s, he wed a woman who was broken by him. And in his 60s, he partnered with a woman who accessorized him. As president, is the best we could hope for some combo of spoiled child, browbeating bully and smug trophy holder? Full Story
