Watch Newt Gingrich cry remembering his mother

Published December 30, 2011 5:00am ET



Just before the Iowa primary, Newt Gingrich adds his own weeping-on-the-stump moment to presidential candidate history.

You might remember in 2008, when Hillary Clinton shed tears days before the New Hampshire primary. At the time, pundits compared that moment to when Ed Muskie wept shortly before the New Hampshire primary in 1972.