The Washington Examiner’s Bill Sammon, who reported some bold comments made by Newt Gingrich yesterday at an American Spectator breakfast in D.C., has a follow-up piece today on some reaction to the former House Speaker, focused mainly on Sen. John McCain. But Sammon also reports the response delivered today by Robert Novak at the Locke Foundation luncheon here in Raleigh:

Conservative columnist Robert Novak also responded to Gingrich, who
remarked that Novak ?was once a good reporter; he’s now just a
personality.?

Novak criticized Gingrich in his new book, ?The
Prince of Darkness.? ?Well, that’s the first time anybody’s praised my
personality in my whole life,? Novak joked during a speech in Raleigh,
North Carolina. ?So I want to thank Newt for that.”

And a tip of the hat to Mitch Kokai for culling the video clip of Novak’s comments for me.