DNC Compiles Gingrich Backlash Into Video

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http://www.rollcall.com/news/-205768-1.html

The Democratic National Committee is piling on to Newt Gingrich’s woes in the wake of his reference to House Republicans’ Medicare proposal as “right-wing social engineering” that should be avoided.

In a video to be released Thursday, the DNC highlights the virulent criticism the presidential candidate and former Speaker has received from fellow Republicans for knocking the GOP plan during an appearance Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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The DNC views Gingrich’s Sunday comments as another opportunity to paint the GOP as committed to “dismantling” Medicare, which is very popular with seniors.

“If there’s one lesson we learned from the ferocity with which Republicans attacked their supposed ‘ideas man’ and the speed with which he caved, it’s that dismantling Medicare is the new litmus test for any would-be Republican presidential nominee,” DNC spokeswoman Hari Sevugan told Roll Call.