Gingrich to face attacks at Iowa 2012 debate
(Reuters) – air max shoes Front-runner Newt Gingrich was braced for attacks from rival Republican presidential candidates at a debate on Thursday as they make their case one last time before Iowa launches the 2012 election season.
Gingrich, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney lead the field in Iowa less than three weeks before the state’s Republicans decide on January 3 who they want as their presidential candidate. It is anybody’s guess at this stage as to who will win.
Paul, a libertarian House member from Texas who would love to upset the conventional wisdom by winning Iowa, has been particularly critical of Gingrich. He has denounced him as a serial hypocrite, a Washington insider who made up to $1.6 million from troubled mortgage giant Freddie Mac, some of it right before the housing market collapsed- air max sale .
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, wants to convince Republicans he carries the best hopes of defeating Democratic President Barack Obama in the election next November. Polls bear out that view.
“From the voters I talk to, it’s clear that he’s captured their imagination and he’s the candidate they believe cannot just present the right message, which is critical, but also can win and govern effectively,” said Will Rogers, who plans to volunteer for Gingrich after departing the campaign six months ago during a staff exodus
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