Newt is asked to respond to the newly released video that shows Romney talking up his DC connections as a way to get money from the federal government and how he used it to get tons of money for the Winter Olympics. He argues that it’s videos like this that point out Romney’s hypocrisy in attacking himself (Newt) and Santorum over the very thing he’s proud he did. He said that it’s this breathtaking scale of dishonesty that has kept him from closing the deal thus far with the American public.
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