the national interest Dec. 15, 2011

The Re-Newtening?

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By Jonathan Chait, who’s been a New York political columnist since 2011. He writes the newsletter &c.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

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The GOP Establishment has come down on Newt Gingrich with full force, and Mitt Romney and his allies are pummeling him with millions of dollars in ads that the cash-strapped Gingrich can’t match. His polling numbers have already started to sink precariously.

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