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Gingrich: Hillary Tough to Beat in 2008

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is warning Republicans that New York Sen. Hillary Clinton will be a "very formidable" presidential candidate in 2008 who "might even win."

"I think any Republican who thinks she's going to be easy to beat has a total amnesia about the history of the Clintons," Gingrich told the American Society of Newspaper Editors, in quotes picked up by the New York Times.

He also warned that "the smartest American politician" - her husband - will be her chief political adviser.

Because the team of Clinton and Clinton are "that good tactically," Gingrich said, Republicans will have to work overtime to overcome their advantage.

"If we don't prove that we have better solutions, that we're in touch with reality and that we're prepared to do things on the scale that the future requires, we will not be guaranteed of beating Hillary in a tactical race."

Clinton could even pick up some Southern states if she moderates her abortion stance, Gingrich said, explaining, "There's a zone where you can be pro-choice, with modification, that could carry the South.

"You probably have to be at least against partial-term abortion," he said.

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