Newt Gingrich and I go a long way back, to the beginning of the Reagan supply-side revival of free-market capitalism. I thought we shared that philosophy. But his attacks on Bain Capital — using the class-envy language of the left against capitalist success — are a great disappointment to me. Newt resumed that Bain attack when he said in Florida that Mitt “lives in a world of Swiss bank accounts and Cayman Island accounts and automatic $20 million income for no work.”
Romney earned his income. And his successful investments all represent market opportunities. However, once again I fear that Newt is all too willing to sacrifice his principles for political expediency in the heat of the campaign. Below, in two parts, is my interview with Gingrich which aired on Thursday night’s Kudlow Report.