Pinko Perry And Narodnik Newt

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Presumably Team Romney’s plan to combat attacks over Bain Capital has always been to paint anyone raising the issue as a loony left-wing extremist.

However, the barrage has come earlier than expected, and from some unexpected opponents, including Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich.

That hasn’t stopped Romney’s backers from responding with their original plan. So tonight brought us some amazing moments. Who’d ever have thought you’d see Fox News’ Sean Hannity tell Perry he sounds “like something out of Occupy Wall Street”? Or Romney surrogate John Sununu dropping the “Socialist!” S-bomb on Newt? It happened, and you can see it here.

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