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Romney Attacks Gingrich over House Ethics Record

HeadlineJan 30, 2012

The Republican presidential candidates have entered their final full day of campaigning in Florida ahead of Tuesday’s primary. The latest polls suggest former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will easily beat former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Romney has soared in the Florida polls after he began to directly attack Gingrich’s record. On Friday, the Romney campaign issued a campaign ad that featured a 15-year-old news clip of NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw reporting on Gingrich’s ethic violations.

Tom Brokaw: “Good evening. Newt Gingrich, who came to power, after all, preaching a higher standard in American politics, a man who brought down another speaker on ethics accusations, tonight he has on his own record the judgment of his peers, Democrat and Republican alike. By an overwhelming vote, they found him guilty of ethics violations. They charged him a very large financial penalty, and they raised—several of them—raised serious questions about his future effectiveness.

Mitt Romney: I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message.

The Romney campaign have so far ignored requests by NBC and Tom Brokaw to remove the ad. Talking Points Memo is reporting Romney has spent five times more money on TV ads in Florida than Gingrich. On the campaign trail, Romney compared Gingrich to Goldilocks.

Mitt Romney: “This last one, Speaker Gingrich said he didn’t do so well because the audience was so loud. The one before, he said he didn’t do so well because the audience was too quiet. This is like Goldilocks, you know, got to have it just right. When I debate the President, I’m not going to worry about the audience, I’m going to make sure that we take down Barack Obama and take back the White House.”

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