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Yes, I know this link was already posted, but I thoguht it need a better title to reflect reality.

Christie: Gingrich 'embarrassed' the GOP

While Christie has pointed to Romney’s difficulties in connecting with people before, he said Sunday it’s due to Romney being a “reserved guy.” He then turned to what he deemed Gingrich’s liabilities.

“Strategic adviser? That is the oldest Washington dodge in the book. That's because he didn't want to register as a lobbyist,” Christie said.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2012/01/christie-gingrich-is-an-embarrassment-to-the-party-111818.html

Now let's go back in time...

Before he was flying in state helicopters to his kid's baseball games, Christie was flying on private jets as part of the law firm Dughi, Hewit & Palatucci, for whom, as a lobbyist, the future governor fought for the rights of Wall Street. In fact, one of Christie's primary lobbying projects on behalf of Wall Street was to win an exemption for securities fraud from New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act. For those Americans whose 401(k)s have been gouged in the last few years, that won't play well. (The only reason this wasn't much of an issue in his gubernatorial campaign was because his opponent was Jon Corzine, who sucked off Wall Street's teat with even more gusto than Christie.)
But it gets worse for Christie.

In a detail that practically writes its own commercial script, the Wall Street client on whose behalf Christie lobbied was the Securities Industry Association. Which, at that time, was led by one Mr. Bernard Madoff.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/27/chris-christie-2012_n_984089.html

So to summarize: Bernie Madoff's former lobbyist is calling Newt Gingrich, a former lobbyist, an "embarassment."