Analysis: Newt Gingrich survives first big night of attacks - By Chris Moody | The Ticket
It does sound like it was a very good night for Newt and a very bad night for Mitt. And in that I do rejoice. Granted there is some risk in a Newt nomination. Even if it is all smoke and mirrors - he can handle himself in a debate in a manner that can bamboozle a lot of people - especially low information independent voters. Yes, Obama is smarter than Newt. But I would still be concerned about one advantage Newt would have in a one-on-one debate with the President. Newt is a sociopath. The President with whatever faults he may have -is not.
Still I do think the prospect of seeing the greatest Democratic landslide since 1964 is still very strong. The right-wing loves him because he so demonizes his opponents and is so fall of himself and so full of hate. I am confident enough that the public will see this and grant us an opportunity to crush the right in a manner that has not been seen in almost 50 years. That is why I whole heartedly support Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination.
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Romney and Gingrich (AP)
Even though most of the criticism was aimed at Gingrich, Romney will likely suffer the most from the contest. During a brief argument with Rick Perry, Romney challenged the Texas governor to a $10,000 bet that he never supported a national individual mandate to purchase health insurance in his book No Apology, as Perry accused. Expect to see that clip played repeatedly over the course of the campaign.
If Saturday's Republican presidential debate was the weathervane that would signal whether the Republican primary race would go negative in the days before the first caucuses and primaries, we're in for quite the slog.
Since Republican support for businessman Herman Cain began to slide--he dropped out of the race last weekend--Gingrich has replaced him as the the latest "anti-Mitt Romney" candidate. And based on the response from Romney's campaign this week, it is clear that Boston is taking Gingrich's rise seriously. Romney this week launched his very own blitzkrieg against Gingrich, deploying the many surrogates who have endorsed him to nail him at several angles. The campaign also released a bruising anti-Gingrich web video that reminded voters of the time he criticized the entitlement reform plan put forth by Republican Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and passed by the House GOP, calling it "right-wing social engineering."
Gingrich on Friday struck back, accusing Romney of "running to the left of Teddy Kennedy" when he ran for Senate in 1994. In those comments, Gingrich suggested that Romney is a politician who is only a conservative when it's convenient, a criticism that has been ruthlessly lobbed at the former governor for years. Later that day, Gingrich's team in Iowa blasted Romney for launching the latest attacks on Gingrich, calling the effort "a load of crap."
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