Palin:Christie got his "panties in a wad" after SC

Sarah Palin, in a pre-recorded interview to air on Fox Business Network tonight, says Chris Christie made a "rookie mistake" by calling Newt Gingrich an "embarassment" to the party, adding that the New Jersey governor got his "panties in a wad" when his favored candidate, Mitt Romney, lost the South Carolina primary.

“I do care to take him to task -- poor Chris," Palin said in an interview to air tonight at 10 p.m. eastern time on Fox Business. "This was a rookie mistake.  He played right into the media’s hands.  Here’s a host that asked Chris,  ‘Does Newt embarrass the party.’  I think he asked him twice, and there Chris played right into it and spewed that about Newt embarrassing the party. Sometimes if your candidate loses in just one step along this path, as was the case when Romney lost to Newt the other night and of course, Romney is Chris Christie’s guy,  you kind of get your panties in a wad and you may say things that you regret later.  And I think that that’s what Chris Christie did."

Christie made the comments about Gingrich in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
More excerpts from the interview below:

On New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie calling Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich an "an embarrassment" to the Republican Party:

“I do care to take him to task -- poor Chris.  This was a rookie mistake.  He played right into the media’s hands.  Here’s a host that asked Chris,  ‘Does Newt embarrass the party.’  I think he asked him twice, and there Chris played right into it and spewed that about Newt embarrassing the party. Sometimes if your candidate loses in just one step along this path, as was the case when Romney lost to Newt the other night and of course, Romney is Chris Christie’s guy,  you kind of get your panties in a wad and you may say things that you regret later.  And I think that that’s what Chris Christie did. His response to what the media was asking him was reflective of a lack of self-discipline.  I’ve learned my lessons all along the way, too, and not responding, not playing into the media’s hands when they’re trying to get you to say something like is this candidate an embarrassment to your party?” (Continues here)