Mitt Romney?s aiming to topple Newt Gingrich with a media blitz that goes deeper with every cut.
Already this week, Romney sat with POLITICO, the Washington Post, the New York Times, CBS, Sean Hannity?s radio show and Fox News twice. In each, he?s taken a swipe that?s lit up the news for the few hours until his next appearance, when he?s expanded just a little more.
Continue ReadingRomney began Monday morning, telling Fox News that Gingrich should return the $1.6 million he was paid by Freddie Mac. Then he told POLITICO that Gingrich is the front-runner, but he?s in for the long haul of an extended primary season, which he believes his campaign will be able to sustain.
Then Tuesday, on a day otherwise devoted to fundraising, Romney told the Post that Gingrich is an ?extremely unreliable leader in the conservative world.?
A sharper knife came out Wednesday, with Romney expanding his personal attacks on Gingrich. He started with the New York Times, saying of Gingrich, ?zany is not what we need in a president.?
He taped an interview Wednesday morning for the CBS Evening News accusing Gingrich of becoming rich because of his prominence in Washington while hitting him for the $500,000 line of credit from Tiffany?s.
?Newt Gingrich has wealth from having worked in government,? Romney said. ?He?s a wealthy man, a very wealthy man. If you have a half a million dollar purchase from Tiffany?s, you?re not a middle class American.?
Two hours before the CBS interview aired, but after he recorded it, Romney laid the groundwork with a reference to the Tiffany?s credit line on Sean Hannity?s radio show, saying Gingrich shouldn?t call him out of touch for offering a $10,000 bet to Rick Perry during Saturday night?s debate ?given a $500,000 bill at Tiffany?s.?
Romney also built up the attack on Gingrich?s conservative credentials during the CBS interview. When Gingrich responded to his calls to return his Freddie Mac earnings by calling for Romney to return his profits from running Bain capital, he said, ?frankly, [I?m] very surprised that he would attack conservatism, he would attack free enterprise, he would attack capitalism,? Romney said. ?This is a party that believes in free enterprise.?
Asked by Jan Crawford if Gingrich is ?in the wrong party,? Romney replied: ?Well, it depends on the day. I just think he?s been unreliable in his support of conservative principles.?
Falling in the polls again Gingrich, Romney?s reverted a policy of inaccessibility ? a low-profile strategy of avoiding reporters, rarely taking questions from crowds and 21 months without doing a Sunday morning talk show.
On the offensive, Romney?s avoided interviews like his much-panned Nov. 29 sit-down with Fox?s Bret Baier, when he appeared brittle and uneasy while answering questions.
Gingrich and Romney are set to be face-to-face and side-by-side at the debate in Sioux City Thursday night, but as of Wednesday, Gingrich?s spokesman declined to respond to the new Romney attacks.
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