Paul Is Going After Newt With Guns Blazing

Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
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If you’re Ron Paul, there’s one candidate who currently holds the affections of potential supporters: Newt Gingrich. So Ron Paul, who is generally perceived to run quiet campaigns, is aggressively going after Newt.

Monday, Paul released a new web ad online attacking Newt Gingrich as a profiteer taking in huge sums of cash during his political career. The 2-minute ad is basically a montage of Newt talking about making money and pundits recounting the myriad lobbying, consulting, and speaking fees Newt has accumulated, marking him as a Washington insider who made millions off of a career inside the Beltway. This isn’t the first Paul ad to make this point, and it’s not likely not the last.

Right now, Newt is benefiting from the support of tea partiers who have a strange obsession with picking a Washington outsider. Painting Newt as an insider is exactly what Paul needs to syphon off Newt’s supporters. Paul is currently polling in second place in Iowa, with Newt in the lead and Mitt Romney not far behind.

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