Posted on 01/26/2012 3:51:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MOUNT DORA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich trained his full arsenal of weaponry on Mitt Romney at a rally here Thursday morning, charging that his opponent wouldn't stand up to President Obama in a general election and questioning his commitment to the GOP.
It was the harshest critique Gingrich has leveled to date and may be a reflection of his slackened showing in the polls. It also underscored Gingrich's strategy of capitalizing on the free media and momentum he tends to capture in debates; tonight CNN is hosting the final debate before Florida voters render their judgment on Tuesday, and the former House speaker's remarks seemed designed to tee up a confrontational line of inquiry from moderator Wolf Blitzer.
Rather than ease into his standard stump speech, Gingrich lit into Romney immediately.
“Let’s be very clear,” he said the moment he took the stage, and then launched into a tirade against the former Massachusetts governor. He ripped Romney for holding stock in government-sponsored mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as Goldman Sachs, all while running ads about Gingrich making money off of Freddie Mac for working as a consultant.
The Republican primary race has devolved into a background check on the two front-runners haggling for the nomination, with both campaigns dribbling out attacks, one by one, against the rival’s connections to lobbying operations and other enterprises.
“They’re counting on us being too stupid, or too timid,” Gingrich seethed, suggesting that the Republican establishment sides with Romney and is trying to prevent Gingrich from honestly detailing his opponent’s connections to K Street and financial firms that have benefited during these difficult times while citizens at the bottom of the financial totem pole have suffered....
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If Romney is the candidate, I am not going to vote. I give up.
RINO season is open! Get some.
I hope that Newt brings up what Norm Coleman said yesterday, that Romney will NOT repeal Obamacare..and bring up how Romney called himself a progressive many years ago
HUH? Does Newt realize that Fannie and Freddie historically have been among the most widely held stocks in EVERY mutual fund?
You should have heard Mark Levin and Jeffrey Lord eviscerate Newt’s critics, just moments ago!
I did, great interview!
All I can say at this stage, as an “anyone but obama” voter, I am very, very worried about the general election.
So it is ok to buy and sell them, but to have a consulting contract is naughty, very very naughty?
He’s still ripping Romney. I am totally enjoying this!
He ripped him for the flat out irony/hypocrisy of Milt even saying anything about Newt’s Freddie relationship...because Milt or Milt’s company had invested in said company. Not for the investment itself.
Levin just said that the Washington comPost is reporting that the Romney camp is now using the strategy of questioning Newt’s mental health. Levin just asked, “Is this the kind of candidate we’re going to get behind? Are these the kind of tactics we’re going to support?”
Good stuff!
The Romney enablers in the media are letting him get away with character assination hoping Gingrich will lose it in the debate tonight. Newt should point to Byron York’s assessment of what happened with Cooter’s ethics complaint.
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