polls show otherwise, Palin insisted that Gingrich was also the candidate that had the best chance at beating President Barack Obama in the general election.

"I think that comes down to who can articulate their ideas, their solutions best," she said. "And in a campaign, the way that you articulate that is in a debate. And I've appreciated, again, Newt Gingrich's, his style in debates, his thinking, his way of explaining what it is that he stands for. So I think that in a debate, Newt Gingrich would clobber Barack Obama."

Using violent rhetoric to describe how Gingrich would fair against Obama is nothing new for Fox News employees like Sarah Palin. Last week, Fox News host Steve Doocy claimed that Gingrich would "take off the head of the president" during a debate.