The Siege of Newt

Manchester, N.H.

After bringing the baloney to Mitt Romney this morning, Newt Gingrich hosted a very special event: a “Hispanic Townhall Meeting” at Don Quijote’s, a Mexican-Caribbean restaurant in one of the city’s less charming neighborhoods.

It started innocently enough. About 50 chairs were set up in a side room of the small restaurant. They quickly filled with voters. The media packed in behind them. By the time Gingrich arrived, that room and the main room were jammed full of bodies and people were spilling out the door.