“I don’t think you defeat a billion dollar attack campaign by trying to resemble it,” said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday at a town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire. Gingrich was referring to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who is leading the polls ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary, saying that Romney has changed his political affiliation and positions over the years to fit different situations.
Gingrich said that the reason former President Ronald Reagan defeated then President Jimmy Carter in 1980 was by being a sharp conservative contrast to his opponent, which Gingrich said he provides in lieu of Romney’s moderation.
