Newt Gingrich, who took aim at Mitt Romney’s history with the private equity firm Bain Capital during the bruising Republican nomination contest, said that such attacks against the presumptive Republican nominee are ineffective.
In an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday, the former House Speaker and winner of this year’s South Carolina Primary said his ultimate failure as a candidate should serve as a lesson to President Barack Obama, whose campaign has begun to scrutinize Romney’s career with Bain. “That dog won’t hunt,” Gingrich said.