Newt Gingrich: Meghan McCain Doesn't 'Have A Clue' About My Campaign

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Wednesday countered a recent jab by Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), questioning her knowledge of politics.

On Tuesday, Meghan McCain, an avid Mitt Romney supporter, sat down with Don Imus on his radio program and proceeded to slam some of the rival GOP candidates.

"He's just wasting everyone's time," McCain said of Texas Gov. Rick Perry. "It's the same thing I think about Newt Gingrich. I think you're wasting everyone's time. This is obviously some sort of vanity project, and I don't think running for president should be a vanity project."

"I don't like him," McCain added.

Gingrich shot back with an equally biting response Wednesday, in an interview with the Daily Caller.

"How would she have a clue?" Gingrich responded. "In yesterday's New York Times/CBS poll I'm in third place, in fact, I'm exactly where her father was -- in third place at this point in 2007."

Asked if he thought her opinion would have any sway over young Republicans, Gingrich responded, "no," with a laugh.

Gingrich's 10 percent in the Times/CBS News national GOP primary poll placed him in third place below former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, a strong finish for Gingrich, who has remained a consistent second-tier candidate, taking single digits in most polls.

Watch Gingrich's comments in an interview with the Daily Caller:

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Comments

[Carabella1]

04:37 PM on 11/28/2011

Newt is the one who has no clue. John McCain was in third place... and lost... after running a better campaign than Gingrich could ever dream of. Newt sells Newt. That's all he has.

[PanFx]

04:24 PM on 11/28/2011

"Gingrich's 10 percent in the Times/CBS News national GOP primary poll placed him in third place below former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain [...]"

Let's repeat that for posterity -- Newt is polling below Herman Cain. He doesn't have a chance in hades.

[jrfunkenstein]

01:39 PM on 11/28/2011

Right; McCain doesn't have a clue what will appeal to 20-something Conservatives, but Gingrich, ever the hip geezer, clearly does.

The entire GOP nomination process has been a gigantic parade of clowns, with this bloated idiot the Newtonator now acting as Grand Marshall, for as long as his 15 minutes will carry him.

I guess he's the only person in America unaware of his utter lack of relevance or credibility

[maslin]

03:59 PM on 11/16/2011

Newt, if she doesn't have a clue, it's only because no one else does, either.

[retpo96]

01:32 PM on 11/04/2011

Newt is the guru of obstuction His contract On America project shut the Government down... he then had to eat ..... big crow...bit off more than he could chew.Clinton called his bluff....Personality a DeadBeat and cruel person served divorce papers to his ailing wife in her bed with Cancer.Mean is too kind of a word to discribe him.As an American President he would be embarassment.

[upsety]

04:37 PM on 11/04/2011

that is exactly true and I have posted these facts here. He has a giant set of co jones even showing h is pin ched f/a/c/e in public!

[HolyMoses]

01:06 PM on 11/04/2011

Newt's "baggage" is a helluva lot lighter than Bubba's. Meghan McCain? Irrelevant. Needs some time to spend in her Daddy's old cell at the Hanoi Hilton.

[soopershrink]

12:52 PM on 11/04/2011

Damn, she's a good looking woman and she shows some ability to think and reason, all very rare qualities in the Teapublican Party! I can't say I agree with her choice of Mitt though I suppose he is the least of the evils! I predict that as soon as John kicks the bucket, she'll be able to make more intelligent choices!

[soopershrink]

12:25 PM on 11/04/2011

She knows about you Newt, she, like everyone else in the country, just doesn't give a S---! She is a beautiful young woman, and you're an ugly old neverwaswbeen, live with it!

[indamiddle]

12:59 PM on 11/02/2011

After "Mehgan Mc Cain doesn't have a clue".... he could have stopped any further dialog.

[keramos]

01:49 PM on 11/03/2011

Whereas you should have stopped at 'Post a Comment"

[LeftLeanWing]

11:15 PM on 11/03/2011

GoodOne !

[h1ren]

03:25 PM on 11/01/2011

"...Meghan McCain Doesn't 'Have A Clue' About My Campaign."

Neither do you. But then again you are not playing for the prize, you are playing for money raised for your PAC...

[dave1111]

02:39 PM on 11/01/2011

Newtie is just giddy about getting out of the single digits.

[bart4u]

02:28 PM on 11/01/2011

Hey Newt tell us about your campaign. You mean to say you are running for office. That has to be the biggest joke around. We all wish you would just quit so we do not have to see your face on the TV.

[keramos]

01:40 PM on 11/03/2011

He thinks that if he gets to 1% he'll receive a big cash reward with which he can by the Tiffany's chain for the ostrich he married

[jack Winn]

04:02 PM on 10/31/2011

Newt, you don't have a clue about your campaign.

[justhope]

03:32 PM on 10/31/2011

I support Meaghan's right to speak her truth. Unfortunately she supports a mitt for president.. Neither the one she supports or the other narcissists will win.. The clear winner with wonderful ideas for the working class of this country, the 99% will get anywhere the White House. President Obama will be re-elected in 2012.. We need to focus on getting him a strong supportive BLUE Congress so he can get our initiatives passed. We need to help him to help us. A quarterback doesn't win a Superbowl alone. We must provide him with a team which runs the ball in the right direction, not give goals to the other team while pretending to play on ours.

[dfwenigma]

11:45 AM on 11/02/2011

I wish I actually believed you - then I could say confidently "there's no place like home, there's no place like home" and so it would be. Barack Obama faces fierce competition all over the US. Obama is going to be accused of scurrilous things and we may well see a repeat of what we had been Bush and Gore. Meaning that either a conservative Congress or a conservative Supreme Court will decide the fate of the nation. Barack Obama stands for the 90% of the nation that does not include the folks who make $600,000 or above - including himself. Will that impact what will be the smallest voter turnout in history? Probably not. People are angry and anger breeds irrationality. Unless the Democrats and the WH can replace ACORN with a group that will register poor black, Hispanic and white voters we're going nowhere fast.

[indamiddle]

01:03 PM on 11/02/2011

He doesn;t stand for me and I am not within the 10%....In fact states like South carolina are hardly in the 10% and will not vote for Obama.

[indamiddle]

01:01 PM on 11/02/2011

That will never happen. Single party rule will never pass muster with the American people. They had it and squandered every opportunity to lead. Pelosi = fail. Obama Epic failure. At over 9% unemployment 3 years later and the states who support him the most suffering the most......Well your dream will crash.

[champions1]

02:36 PM on 10/31/2011

she always was a looker, but i like her style ....Tell the Big boys to take their toys and go home..oh yeah...You go girl