Gingrich on credit for Pres. Obama on recent drop in the unemployment, “Give him some credit.”

GOP presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer today about his thoughts on Donald Trump’s endorsement of Mitt Romney, if Pres. Obama should get credit for the recent drop in the unemployment rate and much more. Highlights from the interview are after the jump.

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Part 1: Highlight from Interview
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BLITZER:  But — but you don’t think, as of now, he deserves any credit, is that what you’re saying?

GINGRICH:  No, Wolf, it’s irrelevant.  Give him some credit.  If it makes you happy, give him some credit.  The fact is he’s — his policies in general have driven up the national debt massively.  They have weakened the United States economically.  They have increased the price of gasoline so it’s double what it was when he came in.  The economy, even at 8.3 percent, is dramatically weaker than it was under Ronald Reagan at this exact same point in his first term.  And he’s not going to be able to go to the public and say look how successful I’ve been.  The most he’ll be able to say is, I’m — I’m less destructive now then I was a year ago.