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Gingrich: Romney Would Buy White House If He Could By SHANNON MCCAFFREY — Newt Gingrich said Sunday his GOP rival Mitt Romney would buy the presidency if he could. Speaking to reporters after attending Mass at the St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines, Gingrich said the amount that the former Massachusetts governor will eventually spend on his various campaigns will rival the spending of billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. "Romney would buy the election if he could," Gingrich said. A political action committee supporting Romney has rolled out ads attacking Gingrich in the days before Tuesday's caucuses. They...

Immediately after Nikki Haley's overwhelming victory in the South Carolina Primary, we noted Team Mitt's panic over the credit Governor Palin received: It appears Mitt Romney is getting a bit nervous as a result of all the well-deserved credit Governor Palin received for helping Nikki Haley in South Carolina, both in the media and by Haley herself. In fact Romney is so nervous he feels compelled to return to South Carolina to campaign for Haley before the runoff on the 22nd. [...] This is classic Mitt Romney. When all the mud was flying and Governor Palin publicly and steadfastly stood...