Gingrich said he had other tactics, including challenging Obama to seven three-hour Lincoln-Douglas-style debates with a time-keeper and a moderator to combat negative attacks. But he said Obama would be forced to go “negative” if the electoral options were “positive.”
“I want him to have to stand on a platform and defend a billion dollars’ worth of lies and smears,” Gingrich said. “This is a president who cannot get reelected with a positive campaign. If it’s two positive choices ending up in food stamps with Obama versus paychecks with Gingrich, everybody knows we will beat him very badly. So we have to expect they’re going to run a miserable, negative, vicious attack campaign. They’ll be proud of it. They’ll sit around on the evening telling each other how clever they are.”
◼ 2012 Presidential Matchups: National Poll: Gingrich 45% Obama 43% - Rasmussen
◼ Poll: Newt Gingrich soars in Florida - Florida Times Union via Lucianne
Newt Gingrich
