I seem to remember him being a Castle supporter and Romney being a supporter of the Tea Party candidate Christine ODonnell.
Now is seems that the tides have completely shifted the other direction.
Yep. Newt predicted that Mike Castle would win the Republican nomination in Delaware. Christine McDonnell won and Gingrich then supported her.
Mitt Romney donated $5000.00 to Christine McDonnell's campaign in 2010. Here is a list of who else benefited from Romney's donations. (This information came from National Review Online from an article titled I Suppose All Tall Massachusetts Men Look Alike
In 2010, Romneys Free and Strong America PAC donated $5,000 each to the campaigns of Christine ODonnell, Sharron Angle, Pat Toomey, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson, and Jim DeMint. The PAC donated $5,125 to Marco Rubio.On the House side, his PAC donated $5,000 to Sean Bielat in his bid to unseat Barney Frank in Massachusetts. Then $2,500 to Allen West of Florida, Sean Duffy of Wisconsin, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Tim Griffin of Arkansas, Doug Hoffman of New York, Daniel Websters bid to unseat Alan Grayson in Florida, Tim Scott in South Carolina, Bobby Schilling in Illinois, and dozens of other Tea Party favorites. The full list is here.
In the 2010 cycle, Romneys PAC donated $639,304 to House Republican candidates and $159,995 to Senate Republican candidates. So far this cycle, it has donated $253,000 to House Republican candidates and $91,500 to Senate Republican candidates. In 2010, Romneys PAC donated the maximum to 25 GOP candidates, and so far this cycle it donated the maximum to 120 candidates. The PAC donated the maximum to Michele Bachmann in the 2008 cycle and another $2,500 to her last cycle. He donated to Rick Perrys reelection bid, too.
In governors races, Romney-affiliated PACs donated $62,000 to then-gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley in South Carolina and $30,000 to then-gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad in Iowa. Was that an obvious effort to build up goodwill in early primary states? Sure. But Im sure Haley and Branstad appreciated the cash infusion in their competitive races all the same. So was the $6,800 to Chris Christies bid.
It seems interesting that last year Gingrich was positioning himself as a more mainstream candidate (also thinking about his endorsement in NY23 of Dede Scozzafava), and the liberal Romney was attempting to position himself as the Tea Party candidate.
One year later, Newt is supported by the Tea Party. Romney on the other hand is supported by the establishment and the flaky Christine O’Donnell.