Could Lou Engle sink Newt Gingrich’s presidential hopes?

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Last week former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced that he’s running for the Republican presidential nomination. The field of hopefuls features every stripe of conservative from Ron Paul, who recently called for legalizing drugs, to Mitch Daniels, who refreshing called for a truce on social issues and to aw-shucks Minnesota-nice Tim Pawlenty.

Like those guys, Gingrich has developed his candidate persona: a thrice-married Catholic convert, super fiscal conservative, who is highly introspective and regretful for being an adulterer. The Los Angeles Times has a strong piece examining how Gingrich is using religion to position himself for the race. But could being too buddy-buddy with Kansas City-based, world-renowned

hater of most people, Lou Engle, hurt him more than help him?