The much-anticipated Nightline interview with Newt Gingrich's
ex-wife Marianne aired last night — and it was the pffffffttt
heard round the world. She'd claimed in the past that she could
"end her husband's career with a single interview," but she
certainly didn't release her Kraken when it would have done
significant damage, just as Newt's poll numbers are climbing and
the South Carolina primary is tomorrow.  Rather than tell us
anything new about Newt, Marianne's conversation with ABC's
Brian Ross mostly revealed that it really sucks to be cheated on
by your power-hungry narcissist of a husband. The supposed
revelations that she did make weren't technically revelations at
all, since she'd already revealed them once before, in her 2010
interview with Esquire. But she still makes for a very
interesting interviewee.  The part where she talks about the
"open marriage bombshell" (see the above clip) is definitely the
most damning, but once you move past the "OMFG OPEN MARRIAGE"
shock, it's really not as scandalo