After being widely derided by conservatives as a Kamikaze mission against Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich’s negative campaign is finally starting to pay dividends with a surge in the polls and perhaps the toughest news week of Romney’s entire run. But Romney should already know how dangerous Newt’s campaign playbook is: after all, it’s similar to the one he used to defeat Rick Perry.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=102213