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The converse of the argument is that Gingrich, love him or hate him, is a known quantity. It’s not like there is some sordid skeleton lurking in his past that we don’t already know about. It’s hard for the media to trash someone who’s already run the gauntlet.

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There were no skeletons in Cain's past. Did not stop the smear machine from simply manufacturing them at will.

And Newt's professional, and political, history give them a whole lot more to play off of.