Apparently Gingrich thinks that IF he should ever take the Presidential Oath it also creates an Open Marriage.

The story from Evan McMorris-Santoro here, about conservatives turning up their nose and saying “Meh” to the upcoming Marianne Gingrich revelations, even the open marriage stuff, is completely anecdotal. But it fits with a general story about redemption that conservative Christians often tell themselves to allow for a candidate who fails them morally but still offers them low taxes and a strong national defense.

Satire is dead; the Republican Presidential contest killed it, stone-cold dead. And we don’t even have to recite all the outrageous things they’ve said, or things others have said about them, just in the last 24-48 hours. It’s too depressing, too mind-numbing to relate.

A few of the recent polls of South Carolina still show Mitt Romney leading but there are strong signs that Newt Gingrich has gained some serious momentum after Romney’s poor debate performance this week. For example, the Marist poll, which shows Romney with a large 10 point lead, picked up a big shift in the last day of their polling.

Rick Perry is going to end his campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. The AP and Politico both report that Perry will endorse Newt Gingrich after dropping out of the race.

Mitt Romney is on track to quickly wrap up the Republican party’s nomination, given his leading position in upcoming primaries. He retains sizeable leads in South Carolina and Florida and is well positioned for primaries in February.

So here we are in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a Fox News, Wall Street Journal and South Carolina Republican Party Debate on Martin Luther King Day, with Bret Baier of Fox News, and Gerald Seib and Kelly Evans of the Wall Street Journal asking the questions.

Last night, Colbert closed his announcement with the words “Thank you, God bless you, and God bless Citizens United.” Nobody has done more to show how ludicrous our campaign finance system has become. If it leads to a reassessment of the system, his SuperPAC money will have been money well spent.

The full 30-minute attack ad called “When Mitt Romney Came to Town” is out, and it is really hardcore. Dolloped with a hint of xenophobia (Romney speaks French in the film twice), the film features the roadkill from the freight train of vulture capitalism, the workers who had the misfortune of getting caught up in a Bain Capital leveraged buyout. Romney is portrayed as such an unyielding greedhead that Gordon Gekko would blanch.

The other night I thought was watching an episode of ‘The American Experience’ about the Romneys, but it turned out to be Downton Abbey… still worked for me (Republicans are such a ‘Mary’ and ‘Edith’ hybrid).