Article by James Oliphant
In Saturday night's GOP debate held in Concord, New Hampshire, the site of the first primary, Mitt Romney came out ok. It was a completely different case during the next debate on Sunday morning. Romney's rivals all in some way or another attacked Romney, be it on his views, his record, or his integrity. Newt Gingrich started the attack. When asked by moderator David Gregory if Romney was electable and should be the nominee, Gingrich said he was a "timid Massachusetts moderate" and would have a hard time getting elected. Gingrich has been completely against Romney since a pro-Romney superPac ran his name through the mud in Iowa. Gingrich claimed that since he was a true Republican conservative, he would have more of a chance of getting elected that Romney would against Obama. Romney's rivals also questioned his record. Romney stated that he was "very proud of the record I have. People saw i was a solid conservative and I brought important change to Massachusetts: by cutting taxes and balancing the budget. He also claimed Gingrich was out of touch with the GOP of today. Rick Santorum also attacked Romney by asking why he didn't run for reelection in Massachusetts if he was so great. Romney responded by saying that running for reelection would've been about him and he wanted to return to the private sector.
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