Liberal RINO Newt Gingrich: Raise the Debt Ceiling

[King]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says House Republicans are making a mistake by using the issue of increasing the borrowing limit to challenge President Barack Obama on spending issues.

Gingrich tells "CBS This Morning" that's a losing proposition. "In the end, it's a threat they can't sustain," he says, because no one wants to see the country default on its debts.

The former Georgia congressman also says Republicans have two "much better arenas" for a fight, including a stopgap spending bill and a budget sequester.

Obama told a news conference Monday he wouldn't engage Republicans in a fight over raising the federal debt limit.

In the interview Tuesday, Gingrich accused Obama of trying to "bully House Republicans," but said the GOP shouldn't "pick fights" that they cannot ultimately win.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The amended title reflects my thoughts.

[wan]

Gingrich should know the outcome. He shut the Government down and look what happened to him.

[Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey]

Using the term liberal RINO to describe a conservative in an ironic manner only works when said conservative is clearly conservative.

[memphis]

Gingrich never comes out of the woodwork without  a self-centered purpose. Wonder what he's up to.

[Sol]

Betcha Gohmert's embarrassed now!

[Beet]

Pinko communists Ronald "assault weapons ban" Reagan, Newt "raise the debt ceiling" Gingrich, and Mitt "Romneycare" Romney can go cavort with our muslim socialist president. The Real America will rise again!

[Maxwell]

Gingrich never comes out of the woodwork without  a self-centered purpose. Wonder what he's up to.

Gingrich/Cuomo 2016?

[wan]

The GOP is a party without portfolo, ideas, or common decency.

[Blue3]

It's much more significant that Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have said the debt ceiling needs to be raised.

Gingrich is just trying to get back his pre-campaign respect as an elder statesman.

[BigSkyBob]

Using the term liberal RINO to describe a conservative in an ironic manner only works when said conservative is clearly conservative.

No, Gingrich is not "clearly conservative." His rhetoric is clearly conservative. But, things like his endorsement of Dede Scozzafava came back to haught him when the even more liberal "conservative" Mitt Romney rat-ed him for supporting her.