Gingrich Tells Team Not To Attack

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Real Clear Politics is reporting that Gingrich held a conference call with his network of informal Washington advisers and his senior staff this morning. According to campaign spokesman R.C. Hammond, “In response to the dynamics over the last 24 hours about the attacks coming our way, his instructions to us were to not say anything bad about Mitt Romney.”

Gingrich apparently intends to act as if he is the true frontrunner, ignoring those sniping from beneath him. One of the informal advisers summed it up succinctly.

“Newt will continue to talk about how lower taxes, less regulation and pro-growth policies that will permit Americans to create real jobs,” the adviser told Real Clear Politics. “Negative attacks on fellow Republicans will not create a single new job or help rebuild America.”

Hammond said that the high road has been Gingrich’s intended path all along, but that it’s just coming to light now that he has emerged as a frontrunner for the nomination.

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