Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich insisted for months he would run a positive campaign........until he discovered his strategy wasn't working.
After a stunning drop in the polls, Gingrich has characterized his attempts at a positive campaign as "an experiment" and called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar.
Hey now, that kind of sounds like a personal attack. It sounds like the type of politics that Gingrich has repeatedly denounced during the campaign. It sounds like Newt has gone negative.
Despite Gingrich's lip service to run a positive campaign, he has often attacked his opponents, later characterizing it as drawing distinctions between himself and the others. When others draw distinctions, Newt calls it negative campaigning. When he does it, it's simply illustrating how he differs from others.
Simply put, Newt's biggest opponent is Newt. He was delusional if he thought the past wouldn't come back to haunt him. Fortunately for the GOP, Gingrich's baggage has been opened and checked at the ticket counter during the primaries instead of at the gate during the general election.
After a stunning drop in the polls, Gingrich has characterized his attempts at a positive campaign as "an experiment" and called former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney a liar.
Hey now, that kind of sounds like a personal attack. It sounds like the type of politics that Gingrich has repeatedly denounced during the campaign. It sounds like Newt has gone negative.
Despite Gingrich's lip service to run a positive campaign, he has often attacked his opponents, later characterizing it as drawing distinctions between himself and the others. When others draw distinctions, Newt calls it negative campaigning. When he does it, it's simply illustrating how he differs from others.
Simply put, Newt's biggest opponent is Newt. He was delusional if he thought the past wouldn't come back to haunt him. Fortunately for the GOP, Gingrich's baggage has been opened and checked at the ticket counter during the primaries instead of at the gate during the general election.
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