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Walter Rodgers  Gingrich rise and fall: A question of decency?
Newt Gingrich’s earlier spike in the polls, and Republican
voters' enduring wariness of ‘Mr. Clean’ Romney, raise the
question: How is it that voters loathe Obama, with a personal
history of high moral standing and liberal policies, while
supporting a conservative with a history of immorality?  (Page 2
of 2)  Beyond that, it is not unusual to hear a few people in
the anti-Obama crowd refer to the nation’s first African-
American president in highly insulting personal ways, including
racist ones.    Skip to next paragraph  And yet there isn’t the
slightest hint of personal scandal about Mr. Obama. He’s an
exemplary husband and father, and a moral man. Indeed, the
president has been the personification of decency, dignity, and
unshakable civility.  Most disappointing is that Republicans
seem inclined to reject their own “straight arrows” like former
governors Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney