Newt Gingrich, an anchor around the GOP’s neck

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Newt Gingrich, an anchor around the GOP’s neck

... In 2005, Charlie Rose asked Dole about Gingrich. Here’s the exchange.

CHARLIE ROSE: What was your relationship with Gingrich?

BOB DOLE: Well, Newt, we were joined at the hip by Clinton, of course, in `96. Every TV ad had the worst picture of Newt and the worst people (ph) of me and said “Dole-Gingrich.” And I thought that was my name for a long time. Every ad, you want these two guys to run the country? And Newt was not very popular. I mean, it was like an anchor around my neck ...

http://blog.sfgate.com/djsaunders/2011/11/29/newt-gingrich-an-anchor-around-the-gops-neck/

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