Posted on 01/23/2012 6:54:27 PM PST by Steelfish
Romney Takes It To Gingrich At Outset of Florida Debate
Mitt Romney dropped the gloves within minutes of the outset of tonight's Republican presidential debate, assailing main rival Newt Gingrich as an unreliable conservative who could embarrass the GOP.
The former Massachusetts governor, who suffered a 12-point loss just last Saturday to Gingrich in the South Carolina primary, went aggressively after Gingrich at the very top of tonight's NBC News/National Journal/Tampa Bay Times debate — reflecting his effort to halt any momentum Gingrich carries into Florida's Jan. 31 primary.
"The speaker was given the opportunity to be the leader of our party in 1994. And at the end of four years, he had to resign in disgrace," Romney said.
Romney hammered Gingrich on his work for mortgage giant Freddie Mac and the ethics troubles Gingrich encountered as speaker, reminding primary voters of the headaches Gingrich had caused for the party during his time in office.
"Don't forget at the end of the speaker's term as speaker, his approval rating was down to 18 percent. We suffered historic losses," Romney said.
It was the kind of red-hot fight most political observers had expected tonight after the GOP presidential primary was thrown into upheaval by the former House speaker's victory in this past weekend's in South Carolina.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if Romney “took it to BHO”, instead of a fellow Republican? Maybe Mitt just doesn’t like Catholics.
I saw some of that, and was surprised at their coverage. I
“Romney was attacking Gingrich this evening because he was “lobbying” for the GSE’s. Well guess what, Romney’s investing in them.”
Newt should have had opposition research on the amount Bain paid for lobbyists. Then he could have said something like, no I was never a lobbyist, but you spend xxx million dollars hiring one.
excellent point!
Insider? No, of course not.
I am so glad that I watched something else. Lucky me.
Be sure to listen all the way to the part where Newt speaks about the release of Romney’s tax returns...
Gingrich Threatens to Skip Debates if Audiences Can’t Participate
It looks like, because of Newt’s showing, Romney has found out that the public, right now, likes forceful, so suddenly, just like silly putty, Romney has suddenly morphed into someone forceful. Too bad for him he can’t carry it off.
Romney Epic Fail...
Top Romney advisers lobbied for Freddie Mac
http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/25/top-romney-advisers-lobbied-for-freddie/
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