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Newt Gingrich blasts Mitt Romney as moderate Massachusetts Republican

By Sarah Schweitzer

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 04, 2012

In his first post-caucuses appearance here today, Newt Gingrich unleashed a string of criticism against Mitt Romney, saying Romney’s narrowest of victories in Iowa only underscored his fundamental weakness as a candidate. Speaking at the Holiday Inn to reporters, Gingrich said the former Massachusetts governor had outspent rivals by hundreds of thousands only to eke out an eight-vote victory. “The fact is three out of four Republicans rejected him,” Gingrich said.

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