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Owner59 -> It`s git`n nasty.... (12/1/2011 8:26:03 PM)
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"No more ‘Mr. Nice Candidate’ as 2012 GOP field goes negative"
Say goodbye to the back-patting, the shout-outs, and the unified front against President Obama: It's time for the Republican field to go negative.
This week appeared to mark the informal start of the negative phase of the 2012 GOP nomination fight, with candidates bypassing the largely harmonious tone of the early stages of the race, and starting simply to go for the jugular.
"Newt Gingrich has a long record of liberal appeasement, flip-flopping on key issues, and lobbying for insider millions," Texas Rep. Ron Paul wrote in an email to supporters Wednesday touting an online video attacking the former House Speaker on multiple fronts as a "counterfeit conservative."
"This candidate was for the individual mandate that served as the model for 'ObamaCare.' He was originally for the TARP bank bailouts before he was against them. He joined with Nancy Pelosi to promote the anti-business 'global warming' agenda," Paul wrote.
Paul may have clashed with Gingrich on stage in several recent debates, but the ad represents the first targeted attack against the candidate, who is regarded as a major contender in both the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire and in the first-in-the-nation caucus state of Iowa. Iowa holds its vote in less than five weeks.
You can watch Paul's anti-Gingrich video below:
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