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Romney aptly described Newt’s lobbying

By Timothy P. Carney
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Mitt Romney aptly explained why what Newt Gingrich did for drug companies and Freddie Mac fits — at least broadly — into the sphere of lobbying.

Newt’s Freddie Mac contract did not specify what sort of consulting Freddie was hiring him for, but the telling detail, as Romney pointed out, was that Newt reported to the company’s VP for public policy, a registered lobbyist.

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