This is pretty interesting. Newt Gingrich sat down for an interview with two conservative bloggers, Robert Bluey of RedState and Ed Morrissey of Captain's Quarters. While the two understandably were most interested in Gingrich's contention that Hillary is the most effective candidate among the Dems, another line grabbed our interest.

Specifically, Newt denounced the campaign Republicans ran against Kerry in 2004 as "cheap and nasty." Take a look:

Gingrich, speaking about Hillary, says:

"The most effective candidate in the race is Hillary Clinton. She has done exactly what you asked. It's just that her answers are wrong. Senator Clinton is a serious, competent, formidable person who works hard every day. She's for too much government, she's for too liberal a policy, she would appoint judges who are way too liberal. But she is a formidable person. No one on our side is going to beat her by the kind of cheap and nasty campaign that beat John Kerry."

"Cheap and nasty" -- that's what a lot of Dems, and independent observers, were saying about the GOP's campaign against Kerry at the time, too. What did Newt say he thought of the campaign against Kerry while it was happening? Might be worth checking into. At any rate, definitely noteworthy, and interesting that Newt thinks that Hillary is not "swift-boatable" the way Kerry was.