{"id":6698,"date":"2012-01-09T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T08:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2012-01-09T00:01:26","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T08:01:26","slug":"pig-pile-on-romney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/09\/pig-pile-on-romney\/","title":{"rendered":"Pig Pile on Romney"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not watch most of yesterday\u2019s Republican debate.  When I awakened this morning, it was over, except for the last half hour.  I was impressed with the candidates\u2019 ability to string lie upon lie about themselves, while at the same time, being truthful about the faults of the other candidates on stage.  Most of what I saw was a desperate pig pile (apologies to any pigs who may be offended) on Romney.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"9Debate\"Reporting from Concord, N.H.\u2014 <\/p>\n

In the most contentious debate of the GOP presidential campaign, Mitt Romney got a long-anticipated pummeling from his Republican rivals Sunday morning, just two days ahead of the New Hampshire primary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Republican front-runner had floated above the fray less than 12 hours earlier, in an another network debate. But when he joined the rest of the GOP contenders on NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d for a rare morning confrontation, he found himself on the receiving end of a fusillade of attacks — for his shape-shifting on issues, his political ambitions and his record as governor of next-door Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we drop a little bit of the pious baloney?\u201d Newt Gingrich asked after Romney contended that, unlike others on the stage, he wasn\u2019t a career politician. Gingrich pointed out that Romney had run for the U.S. Senate in 1994 and for the presidency in 2008, losing both times.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’ve been running consistently for years and years and years,\u201d Gingrich said. \u201cSo this idea that suddenly citizenship showed up in your mind — just level with the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former House speaker labeled Romney a \u201ctimid Massachusetts moderate\u201d and predicted he would have \u201ca very hard time\u201d defeating President Obama if he became the GOP nominee.<\/p>\n

The withering remarks came as Romney proudly boasted that he had \u201cnot been a lifetime politician\u201d and that \u201cfor me, politics is not a career.\u201d<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s video of Santorum and Gingrich attacking Romney.<\/font><\/p>\n