Now that Mitt Romney’s gone on the offensive against Gingrich, releasing his surrogates John Sununu and Jim Tester in a conference call today, how can we expect Newt to react? With studied mildness, apparently.
In a series of tweets, CBS News’ Sarah Huisenga, who is travelling with the former House Speaker, gave a preview of what came from her one-on-one interview with Newt. You can read them here. The general gist, however, was that he refused to stoop to the same level, and is attempting to maintain his efforts to float loftily and positively above the GOP fray.
“The number of times Gingrich used the word “positive” in his one-on-one interview w/ me this morning…8. #Messaging” – reads one tweet.
“Newt says he’ll remain positive if Romney attacks: ‘(it’s) his prerogative–everybody should run the campaign that they’re comfortable with.’” – reads another.
