Backdrop Backstory: Newt Gingrich’s Dinosaur-less Office   It’s
time for another round of Backdrop Backstory, our favorite new
feature. The above screen shot comes from presidential candidate
Newt Gingrich’s two-minute-long video about the Federal Reserve,
which we slogged through yesterday.  On to the speculation!  1.
Here lies a Minnesota Vikings helmet and a Green Bay Packers
helmet. Why would Gingrich, who grew up in Pennsylvania and
represented Georgia’s 6th District in Congress, have
paraphernalia for two Midwest football teams? Our colleague
Bruce Handy smartly notes that Callista, Gingrich’s current
wife, is from Whitehall, Wisconsin. The Vikings and the Packers
are fierce enemies, though—no way Newt and Callista could like
them both. Perhaps a misguided attempt to “butch up” his egghead
(for a Republican) image?  2. A ceramic statue of the Virgin
Mary. Gingrich converted to Catholicism, Callista’s religion, in
2009. Gingrich’s last marriage was annulled by the Church, so
he’s not even really twice-di