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by David Kurtz
05.17.11 | 2:22 pm

The thing about Newt that I admit I had forgotten from the ’90s is that he was more often a political blessing to Democrats than a bane. He was the perfect foil for Clinton then, and today Democrats on the Hill admitted to TPM they couldn’t be happier with the TV ad fodder Newt is now providing them to use against his fellow Republicans.

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