Sure the media has become a gossip factory. A lot of that started because of our Congress in the 90’s that investigated Bill Clinton for everything possible. Yeah everyone knows about Monica, but how about the White House Christmas card list or Clinton getting a haircut? That Congress turned everything Clinton did into a gossip style story.

Oh and that Congress? Well it was lead by Newt Gingrich.

But that was then and this is now. What Gingrich is talking about today is the sexual harassment stories coming out about Herman Cain.

Gingrich tells NBC’s “Today” show that news organizations care more about scandal than ordinary citizens struggling to make ends meet.

The former House speaker says voters want a “solution-oriented leader” more than a scandal. He says it’s up to Cain to handle in the way he sees fit. But Gingrich says there’s a gap between the “gossip” he believes journalists pursue, and more deep-seated problems like economic stagnation.

You know, I do wish the news would pay more attention to people struggling, but I also wish our Congress would too. We are nearly 10 months in since the Republicans have taken over the House and they have produced zero job creating bills. At the same time they have pushed legislation like honoring Ronald Reagan, limiting abortion rights and affirming “in God we trust”. So perhaps Gingrich should talk to the man who holds his old job, John Boehner, about this.

And about the “gossip”. Well it’s a little more than that Newt. The NRA has confirmed what happened, Cain has confirmed what happened and Cain’s piss-poor handling of the story has kept it alive. That’s not “gossip”, but rather fact.

Perhaps this is all Gingrich hoping he can become Cain’s running mate. Now wouldn’t that be an interesting duo, a sexual harasser and a three time married man who left one wife while she was on her death bed. Oh now that would really get the media talking!