Coburn: Newt is ‘lacking’ as a leader

Published December 4, 2011 5:00am ET



Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has campaigned heavily on his record as leader of the so-called Republican revolution of 1994, but Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., — who served under Gingrich in the U.S. House — said that his experience under Gingrich’s leadership makes him think Gingrich should not be president.

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