Mr. Gingrich said it’s not enough that he is the smartest guy in the room, he also has to be wise,” Will said

“Mr. Gingrich said it’s not enough that he is the smartest guy in the room, he also has to be wise,” Will said

Conservative pundits have been lining up to voice their frustration over the possibility that former Speak of the House Newt Gingrich could become the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. And you can add Washington Post columnist George Will to that list. He appeared on Laura Ingraham’s radio program Friday

“Mr. Gingrich said it’s not enough that he is the smartest guy in the room, he also has to be wise,” Will said. “Now you can associate many things with Mr. Gingrich, but wisdom isn’t one of them. Surely the Republican nominating electorate should understand the fact that people have patterns. Don’t expect the patterns to go away. Expect the patterns to manifest themselves again. If Newt Gingrich has any pattern at all — and he does — it is a pattern of getting himself into trouble because he thinks he is the smartest guy in the room