Armey Insists Gingrich Still No. 1

House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas, seeking to dispel the notion that Speaker Newt Gingrich’s job is on the line, insisted that Gingrich (R-Ga.) is doing fine and can keep the speakership as long as he wants it. Armey, the No. 2 House Republican, blamed journalists for a furor over rumblings within the GOP against the speaker. “We’ve got a press corps that can’t stand to see people getting along and they are obsessed with a bunch of trivial stuff that nobody is interested in,” Armey said on NBC-TV’s “Meet the Press.” Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott agreed. Gingrich will survive, Lott (R-Miss.) said on CBS-TV’s “Face the Nation.”