Newt Gingrich is a Saul Alinsky Republican

By Philip Klein
Published January 25, 2012 5:00am ET
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Newt Gingrich is a Saul Alinsky Republican
When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, “The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.” But if any candidate is using Saul Alinsky’s playbook in this campaign, it’s Gingrich himself. In his seminal 1971 work, “Rules for Radicals,” left-wing community organizer […]

When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, “The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.”

But if any candidate is using Saul Alinsky’s playbook in this campaign, it’s Gingrich himself.

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