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Everybody knows they are. ripping people like newt gingrich's hearts out. is that healthy for the republican nominee process, or is it just reaffirming to the public that the kind of washington in-fighting, squabbling, so on, is alive and kicking in the gop? >> i think it is a sad reality of our time. frankly, i do hope that our party and our eventual nominee will decline to take part in that sort of thing. it's perfectly constitutional and right for people to have their say, but it needn't always be a negative one. it has to be noted that the president and his allies are the most skilled prac...