Like John McCain before him this week, Newt Gingrich let it be known he's unhappy with the RNC for posting a very partisan, gotcha-style web ad making all sorts of dark insinuations about Obama and the unfolding Blago story.

Wrote Gingrich:

The recent web advertisement, “Questions Remain,” is a destructive distraction. Clearly, we should insist that all taped communications regarding the Senate seat should be made public. However, that should be a matter of public policy, not an excuse for political attack. In a time when America is facing real challenges, Republicans should be working to help the incoming President succeed in meeting them, regardless of his Party.

Gingrich's point is well taken. But as we noted last week, it's been the Beltway press corps that been waaaaay out in front of the GOP in terms of laying on the Blago spin as thick as possible. It's been the press for the most part, not Republican operatives, who have been scheming and dreaming up all sorts of what-if scenarios.