DNC Uses Newt’s ‘Humane’ Moment To Attack Romney On Immigration

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Here’s something you don’t see every day: Democrats cut a video portraying Newt Gingrich as a reasonable guy.

The DNC posted a web video after Tuesday’s debate depicting Mitt Romney and Gingrich discussing immigration and mostly let both speak for themselves to show the contrast between Gingrich’s criticism of mass deportations and Romney’s anti-amnesty rhetoric. But — in a sign of how highly Democrats regard Newt’s chances of winning the nomination — only one of them is the target of the video, titled “Mitt Romney on Immigration: Dishonest. To the Extreme.”

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