This new Romney spot features a former colleague of Gingrich accusing him of "leadership by chaos":
The second ad in the series is here. Zeke Miller explains Mitt's decision to stop ignoring Newt:
Romney's presidential campaign is renewing its assault on Newt Gingrich days before the South Carolina primary. … [T]his means one thing — the once cocky Romney campaign is growing nervous in South Carolina. The strategy of allowing Gingrich to fall under his own weight has been abandoned. Now Romney is trying to crush his rival.
Gingrich himself "fully expect[s] the Romney campaign to be unendingly dirty and dishonest." William Jacobson reacts to the above ad:
Theater of the absurd is an understatement. While Newt was advocating for the Contract with America and helping pass welfare reform and other conservative agenda items, Mitt Romney was running away from almost everything on the conservative agenda. … Romney was very disciplined in 1994 — against conservatism.
In an animated preview of the Romney-Obama matchup seen below, Newt's Super PAC targets Mitt's electability:
An official Gingrich mailer in South Carolina showcases Romney's "pro-abortion record." Here's Santorum's latest against Mitt – an anti-establishment homage to Orwell:
Romney's PAC counters Santorum, calling him "the ultimate Washington insider":
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