This a.m. on F&F - Gretchen repeatedly referred to Mitt Romney as ‘Mitt’......never Mitt Romney or Romney.
OTOH it is always ‘Gingrich’, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Jon Huntsman, Michelle Bachmann or their last names only.
Clearly Gretchen is a Mitten.
>> OTOH it is always ‘Gingrich’
To tell you the truth, I prefer to call him “Gingrich” myself, because “Newt” sounds like what you’d call your baby brother when he’s five and you’re eight.
And I’m gravitating towards his camp... I’m not a detractor by any means.
So maybe don’t read too much into that.