WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich is expected to face a barrage of attacks against his moral and political character at Saturday’s candidate debate as the former House speaker fights to prove he deserves and can maintain his newly minted front-runner status.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney launched his opening salvo against Gingrich on Thursday, dispatching two top Republicans to blast Gingrich, who led the historic 1994 Republican takeover of Congress, as “irrational” and unqualified to serve in the nation’s highest office.
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