Newt Gingrich must have thought he finally had the perfect answer to Mitt Romney’s attacks on Gingrich’s contract with Freddie Mac’s top lobbyist. “We began digging after [the last debate] because, frankly, I’d had about enough of this,” Gingrich said early in last night’s debate. “We discovered, to our shock, Gov. Romney owns shares of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”
At first, it appeared Gingrich had thrown Romney of his game. Romney began a rambling answer about blind trusts and mutual funds that could only turn off working-class voters. But it turns out Romney was just getting warmed up. He turned the question back on Gingrich and said, “Have you checked your own investments? You also have investments through mutual funds that also invest in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.”
