With polls showing that Newt Gingrich might be making up ground in South Carolina,?Mitt Romney launched an three-pronged assault Wednesday that painted Gingrich as unreliable. ??
Mitt Romney is going in for the kill.
Skip to next paragraphAmid signs that Newt Gingrich has momentum heading into Saturday?s primary in South Carolina, Mr. Romney unloaded on the former House speaker Wednesday. He released two web ads critical of Mr. Gingrich, put two surrogates on a conference call with the press focused on his ?record as an unreliable leader,? and ridiculed Gingrich himself for claiming to have helped create millions of jobs as a relatively new member of Congress.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, leads in polls of South Carolina Republicans, but Gingrich has been closing the gap. In two out of three major polls released Wednesday, Gingrich polled within the margin of error. Romney?s stumbles in Monday night?s debate, combined with Gingrich?s strong performance, have given the former speaker hope that he can stage a comeback.
Gingrich?s biggest challenge with South Carolina Republicans is that he splits the conservative vote with other candidates, particularly religious conservative favorite Rick Santorum.
Enter Team Romney. In the first web ad, called ?Undisciplined,? former Rep. Susan Molinari (R) of New York had nothing kind to say about her former colleague.???
?The last time Newt Gingrich was the head of the Republican Party as speaker, he became so controversial, he helped reelect a Democratic president,? said Ms. Molinari, describing Gingrich?s style as ?leadership by chaos.?
The second ad, called ?Unreliable Leader,? features former Sen. Jim Talent, who also served in the House with Gingrich.
?He would make outrageous comments that would blindside us and undermine our conservative agenda,? Mr. Talent said.
The Romney campaign put both Molinari and Talent on a conference call Wednesday to drive home the message. Both elaborated on Gingrich?s four years as speaker, which they said undermined the conservative movement by putting the focus on him and his erratic style.
It was that ?leadership by chaos? that led his fellow Republicans to oust him from the speakership, the two said.
?He had become the issue,? said Talent.
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