Less than 36 hours before South Carolina became the third state to vote for the candidate of the Republican Party, Marianne Gingrich, the second wife of former President House, said that her husband divorced her after she did not agree to have an "open marriage."
Statements made in an interview with ABC News, served as the basis for the issue of opening the long-awaited debate CNN on Thursday night, the last time the four remaining candidates will appear together before the primary election on Saturday in South Carolina.
"I think the destructive cycle, the negative nature of most of the media makes it more difficult to govern this country, it is difficult to attract good people to run for public office," Mr. Gingrich said John King, moderated the discussion, when asked about the allegations ". And I'm shocked that you begin the presidential debate on an issue like this."
This was the opening salvo in a tirade against the media.
"I'm tired of the media elite to defend Barack Obama," said Mr. Gingrich, saying claims that his ex-wife were "false."
Marianne Gingrich, the former president said has already begun an affair with his assistant and the current Congress, an old wife, Callista, when he made the request.
His chief rival for the nomination, Mitt Romney, national favorite, refused to be drawn into the case. "Time of the real problems," Mr. Romney said, when asked to comment.
During the discussion on immigration, health care and taxes, which makes it important for urgent problems that were barely discussed: jobs and the economy, and external threats, such as the European debt crisis and the growing hostility of Iran.
During the debate, campaign, Mr. Gingrich has released his tax returns, showing that he and his wife, Callista paid $ 994,708 in federal taxes last year on adjusted gross income of $ 3.14m.
Their tax rate is 31.5 per cent in half, that Mr. Romney said that he had paid. Earlier this week, under pressure to release his tax records, the precursor show that he paid "approximately" 15 percent, because most of its income from investments.
Mr. Romney told CNN during the debate that he "probably" the liberation of his return from 2011 and previous years, when my taxes are complete for this year, and I know if I'm the candidate. "
Mr. Gingrich called for his release immediately returned to the Republican Party knew before, not after, he chose his representative if he would fall into the details of campaign documents.
Mr. Romney said he is waiting for his final return to be completed, so that he can release them at the same time and stop the show being dragged through the media. This resulted in boos from the crowd.
"I want to make sure I beat Obama, and every time we release a drip drip thing the Democrats to come up with an array of other attacks that were made in the past," he said.
"If I were a candidate, I will put them at some point we have discussed this."
Tax issue continues to loom over Mr. Romney, while the campaign, Mr. Gingrich could suffer claims that his ex-wife.
South Carolina is the first southern state to vote, and Mr. Gingrich, who in neighboring Georgia, has been soaring in the polls these days, Mitt Romney's favorite works.
The victory of Mr. Gingrich, South Carolina to remove the air of inevitability and Romney campaign will cover a terrible week for the multi-millionaire former head of private equity.
Marianne Gingrich, but the claim could wind the sails of her former husband. South Carolina Republicans, the majority of evangelical voters and socially conservative, there were some doubts about Mr. Gingrich, given his admitted infidelity and three marriages.
"He wanted an open marriage, and I refused," Marianne Gingrich said in an interview broadcast on ABC on Wednesday night. It was his first television interview since they divorced in 1999.
"I just looked at him and said," Callista does not care what I do. "
She said he has no moral character to be president. Mr. Gingrich has never denied his guilt, but the actions have repeatedly said that they were wrong, and that he has repented.
Some evangelical South Carolina - are skeptical about the candidate, given his conversion from Catholicism to Southern Baptists, the denomination Callista Gingrich - said that he could not support it. Others admit that he had asked for forgiveness from God.
While he had an affair with Callista, Mr. Gingrich was speaker and leader of the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton for his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Conservative leaders have hit on Marianne Gingrich at his request, which came at a time when Mr. Gingrich seemed to increase its contribution to the campaign to wrest the nomination of Mr. Romney, a moderate parents are suspected bases of the party.
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative firebrand radio host accused the ABC broadcast the interview at the time, to "cause the most harm."
He added that Mr. Gingrich has done better than Mr. Clinton said he also wanted an open marriage.
"Newt really was kind enough to ask permission for it," he called on his radio show. "Do you think Bill ever do this?"
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