Romney v. Gingrich in Florida

In South Carolina the negativity of the Republican campaign increased.  Following Gingrich's "rout" in the January 21 Palmetto State primary and viewing Florida as a "firewall" state, the Romney campaign determined it needed to keep up the heat on the former Speaker.  During the days leading up to the January 31 primary, the campaign put up a steady barrage attacking Gingrich in conference calls, web videos, ads, and press releases on everything from grandiose ideas to his work for Freddie Mac to his conservativism.  The Gingrich campaign responded with a mix of defensive releases and jabs; it was not nearly as prolific as the Romney campaign.  The list below shows titles of press releases and advisories from the two campaigns centrally focused on the opposing candidate in the closing two weeks of the Florida campaign (does not for example include "Newt's Notes" which covered multiple topics).  Also note, the Florida debates occurred on January 23 in Tampa and January 26 in Jacksonville, and the candidates directly exchanged plenty of zingers in those forums.  The Romney campaign's attacks continued unabated heading into the next contest in Nevada (shown in gray below). 





-ICYMI: Laffer: Why Gingrich's Tax Plan Beats Romney's Jan. 31 [NEWT PROMISED FLORIDIANS THE MOON – WILL HE PROMISE STARDUST FOR NEVADANS?]

-SPEAKER GOES SPEECHLESS: NEWT CAN’T EXPLAIN SUPPORT FOR OBAMACARE MANDATE

[UPDATED: Media Advisory: Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, Former Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich, and Former Sen. Jim Talent to Hold Press Conference Call on Newt Gingrich Being Unreliable for Nevada]

[NEWT GINGRICH: PART OF THE PROBLEM IN NEVADA]

[Media Advisory: Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, Former Congresswoman Barbara Vucanovich, and Former Sen. Jim Talent to Hold Press Conference Call on Newt Gingrich Being Unreliable for Nevada]
 

Jan. 30
-NEWT & NANCY'S LOVESEAT: BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEORGE SOROS

-REP. JASON CHAFFETZ: GINGRICH IS A “CONVENIENT CONSERVATIVE” +

-THERE IS NO DENYING IT … GINGRICH ADVOCATED FOR THE OBAMACARE MANDATE

-MITT ROMNEY: “HE IS THE SAME OLD NEWT GINGRICH”

-AN OVERDOSE OF GRANDIOSE

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Congressman Jason Chaffetz To Hold Press Conference Call On Newt Gingrich's Record
 
-More Troubling Questions about Romney's Finances

-Newt 2012 Releases New Website: TalesofMitt.com

-Questions Raised About Romney's Taxes, Disclosures
ICYMI: Soros: Obama, Romney 'Not Much Difference'
Jan. 29
-Media Advisory: Congressman Jason Chaffetz To Hold Press Conference Call On Newt Gingrich's Record

-GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE:  “IT OFFENDS ME THAT NEWT GINGRICH WOULD ATTACK THE CHARACTER OF MITT ROMNEY"

-CONGRESSWOMAN ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN: ROMNEYS “ARE PEOPLE OF EXCEPTIONAL HONESTY AND CHARACTER”

-CONGRESSMAN JASON CHAFFETZ: “NEWT’S NEW ATTACK ON MITT’S CHARACTER IS A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE HIS CAMPAIGN”

-GOV. TIM PAWLENTY: FOR NEWT GINGRICH TO “QUESTION THE CHARACTER OF MITT ROMNEY IS OVER THE LINE”

-GOV. BOB MCDONNELL: “MITT ROMNEY HAS THE CHARACTER AND THE VALUES WE NEED IN OUR NEXT PRESIDENT”

-ROMNEY: GINGRICH’S PROBLEM IN FLORIDA IS NOT DEBATE AUDIENCES, IT IS HIS WORK FOR FREDDIE MAC

-EARTH TO NEWT: TELL THE TRUTH

-ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW WEB VIDEO: “CREDITS”

-Another Big Lie From the Romney Campaign

-ICYMI: Sarah Palin: Newt 'Crucified' By Romney Allies, GOP Establishment
 
Jan. 28
-NEWT AND THE FACTS: IT’S COMPLICATED

-ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT IN FLORIDA: “HISTORY LESSON” #Newtorious

-New Video: Newt 2012 Releases New Florida TV Ad "What Kind of Man?"

-Open Letter to Governor Romney from Hispanic Leaders
Newt 2012 Releases New Florida TV Ad: "What Kind of Man?"

-Conference Call with Reagan advisor Bud McFarlane and Reagan Biographer Craig Shirley Today 11 am

Jan. 27
-AMB. RICH WILLIAMSON: GINGRICH OVERSTATES ROLE IN SUPPORTING REAGAN

-NATIONAL REVIEW: GINGRICH EXPANDED EARMARKS AS SPEAKER

-ICYMI: Did Mitt Tell The Truth About 1992?

-Newt Gingrich: A Loyal Lieutenant of Reagan's Bold Conservatism

-Romney Flip Flops on Blind Trusts

-Did Mitt Romney Approve this Message or Not?

-RomneyCare's Health Care For Illegal Immigrants

-ICYMI: Mike Reagan, Rush Limbaugh Blast Mitt Romney

-ICYMI: Video of Newt Bashing Reagan is Bogus

-ICYMI: Nancy Reagan: Ronnie Turned that Torch Over to Newt
 
Jan. 26
-LARRY KUDLOW: “THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING BACK TO THE ATTACKS ON FREE MARKET CAPITALISM”

-NEWT’S HYPOCRITICAL HAT TRICK

-COMMENTARY’S PETE WEHNER: “GINGRICH ON REAGAN: ‘HE IS IN SOME DANGER OF BECOMING ANOTHER JIMMY CARTER’”

-Media Advisory: Former Reagan Officials To Hold Press Conference Call On Gingrich’s Repeated Criticisms Of Ronald Reagan

-AN HISTORIAN WHO RE-WRITES HISTORY

-BOB DOLE: NEWT IS A “ONE-MAN-BAND”

-UNHINGED: DR. NEWT AND MR. HYDE

-FORMER REP. JEB BRADLEY: GINGRICH SAYING HE’S NOT A LOBBYIST IS THE REAL “PIOUS BALONEY”

-ICYMI: Reagan Biographer: Gingrich More Like Reagan Than Romney

-ICYMI: Newt's Policy vs. Romney's Platitudes

-ICYMI: Top Romney Advisors Lobbied for Freddie Mac
Jan. 25
-Media Advisory: Romney Campaign To Hold Press Conference Call On Gingrich’s Failed Record As Speaker And His Successful Record As A Lobbyist

-JOHN MCCAIN ON GINGRICH: “THE FACT IS HE WAS A FAILED SPEAKER AND WAS NOT SENT BACK”

-NATIONAL REVIEW: “WHEN GINGRICH TRIED, AND FAILED, TO INTIMIDATE TOM COBURN”

[ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT IN NEVADA: “NEVADA FAMILIES”]


-JOHN MCCAIN: I SAW EARMARKS EXPLODE UNDER GINGRICH’S LEADERSHIP

-FORMER REAGAN OFFICIAL ELLIOTT ABRAMS: GINGRICH WAS “DEAD WRONG” ON CRITICISMS OF REAGAN

-NEWT’S NO GOOD, VERY BAD MORNING IN MIAMI

-HISPANIC LEADERS CALL ON NEWT GINGRICH TO PULL DOWN OFFENSIVE SPANISH LANGUAGE AD

-MITT ROMNEY: GINGRICH NEEDS TO RELEASE ALL OF HIS ETHICS RECORDS

-NANCY ON NEWT: “THERE IS SOMETHING I KNOW”

-NEWT GINGRICH: A LOBBYIST BY ANY OTHER NAME…

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Senator John McCain To Hold A Press Conference Call On Gingrich's Troubling Record On Earmarks

-ICYMI: Dick Armey Defends Gingrich's Resignation

-ICYMI: Romney's Crony Capitalism
Jan. 24
-Senator John McCain To Hold A Press Conference Call On Gingrich’s Troubling Record On Earmarks

-REUTERS: GINGRICH HIRED LAWYER TO ADVISE HIM ON LOBBYING LAWS

-POLITICO: GINGRICH WAS “HIGH-PROFILE BOOSTER” FOR FREDDIE MAC

-CONNIE MACK: GINGRICH’S FREDDIE MAC CONTRACT RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

-WELCOME TO NEWT WORLD

-ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW WEB VIDEO: “MR. WASHINGTON INSIDER”

-NEWT GINGRICH: PART OF THE PROBLEM

-POLITIFACT: NEWT GINGRICH “TOOK PAINS TO AVOID BEING SUBJECT TO THE RULES” OF LOBBYING

-MISSING: NEWT’S FREDDIE MAC PAPERS

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Romney Campaign Will Hold Press Conference Call To Look Back On Gingrich's Failed Leadership

-Mitt Romney's Top Conservative Achievements

-RomneyCare & ObamaCare: What's the Difference?

-Updated Fact Sheet: Gingrich Group and Freddie Mac

-Fact Sheet: Gingrich Group and Freddie Mac

-Fact Sheet: Newt Gingrich Ethics Investigation Vindication

-Mitt Romney: A Decade of Failed Leadership
Jan. 23
-SPEAKER DESIGNATE WILL WEATHERFORD: WE NEED A LEADER, NOT A DC INSIDER

-NOT THE HEADLINES NEWT WAS LOBBYING FOR…

-NEW YORK TIMES: GINGRICH “DID MANY OF THE SAME THINGS LOBBYISTS DO”

-FACT: NEWT LOBBIED LAWMAKERS ON MEDICARE PART D

-NBC NEWS: “GINGRICH CONTRACT WITH FREDDIE MAC LEAVES QUESTIONS UNANSWERED”

-A HISTORY LESSON ON NEWT THE HISTORIAN

-WASHINGTON EXAMINER: “GINGRICH WORKED FOR FREDDIE MAC'S LOBBY SHOP”

-ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW WEB VIDEO: “MR. WASHINGTON INSIDER”

-WE AGREE: GINGRICH IS “SPLITTING HAIRS” OVER LOBBYING FOR FREDDIE MAC

-Media Advisory: Romney Campaign Will Hold Press Conference Call To Look Back On Gingrich’s Failed Leadership

-GOV. TIM PAWLENTY: “NEWT GINGRICH AS A POTENTIAL NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT: REALLY? I MEAN REALLY?”

-MITT ROMNEY: “WE COULD SEE AN OCTOBER SURPRISE A DAY FROM NEWT GINGRICH”

-ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT IN FLORIDA: “FLORIDA FAMILIES”

-GINGRICH AND FREDDIE MAC: WHAT IS HE HIDING?

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Romney Campaign Will Hold Press Conference Call On Gingrich's Work As An "Historian" For Freddie Mac


Jan. 22
Media Advisory: Romney Campaign Will Hold Press Conference Call On Gingrich’s Work As An “Historian” For Freddie Mac


Jan. 21
HAPPY 15th ANNIVERSARY, MR. SPEAKER

-Poll Causes Romney to go on Panic Attack

-ICYMI: Gallup: Romney Lead Collapsing
Jan. 20
-REP. JEFF FLAKE: NEWT GINGRICH IS “THE GRANDDADDY OF EARMARKS”

-NEWT GINGRICH: “GRANDDADDY OF EARMARKS”

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Congressmen Jeff Flake, Jason Chaffetz, and John Campbell To Hold Press Conference Call On Speaker Gingrich's Record As An Unreliable Leader


Jan. 19
-Media Advisory: Congressmen Jeff Flake, Jason Chaffetz, and John Campbell To Hold Press Conference Call On Speaker Gingrich’s Record As An Unreliable Leader

-POLITIFACT: GINGRICH ABORTION ATTACK “MOSTLY FALSE”

-"I THINK GRANDIOSE THOUGHTS"

-POLITIFACT: GINGRICH ABORTION VIDEO “MOSTLY FALSE”

-Congressmen Jeff Flake, Jason Chaffetz, and John Campbell To Hold Press Conference Call On Speaker Gingrich’s Record As An Unreliable Leader

-REP. PETER KING: “IT’S ALL THE ERRATIC, SELF-SERVING NARCISSISM OF NEWT”

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Gov. John Sununu To Hold A Conference Call On Speaker Gingrich's Record As An Unreliable Leader

-Newt 2012 Releases New Ad: "Desperate" Jan. 18
-Media Advisory: Gov. John Sununu To Hold A Conference Call On Speaker Gingrich's Record As An Unreliable Leader

-EVEN MORE DECEPTIONS REVEALED IN PRO-GINGRICH FILM

-NEWT GINGRICH: LEADERSHIP BY CHAOS

-“THAT’S JUST STUPID”

-MORE DECEPTIONS REVEALED IN PRO-GINGRICH FILM

-BUSINESS LEADER: NEWT GINGRICH PRAISED PRIVATE EQUITY IN PAID SPEECH

-ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT RELEASES NEW WEB AD: “UNDISCIPLINED”

-Reminder: Media Advisory: Sen. Jim Talent And Rep. Susan Molinari To Hold A Press Conference Call On Speaker Gingrich's Record As An Unreliable Leader

Romney for President graphic used on top of anti-Gingrich press releases.