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    Mitt vs. Newt: Establishment vs. Grass Roots Insurgency

    South Carolina demonstrated there's no real front-runner in the GOP race for the Republican nomination. Maybe there never was. Newt Gingrich now leads Mitt Romney in Florida polls with nine days left until the next primary and with candidates raising the rhetorical volume before tonight's 18th debate in Tampa.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    South Carolina demonstrated there's no real front-runner in the GOP race for the Republican nomination. Maybe there never was. Newt Gingrich now leads Mitt Romney in Florida polls with nine days left until the next primary and with candidates raising the rhetorical volume before tonight's 18th debate in Tampa. Gingrich is still calling Romney a "Massachusetts liberal" and, in a message to voters old enough to remember Gingrich as House Speaker, Romney says Gingrich "had to resign in disgrace." Rick Santorum and Ron Paul are still nipping away, but how much longer can this go on, as establishment Republicans try to cope with right-wing populism?

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      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Walter Shapiro

      Roll Call / Yale University

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      Washington Examiner

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    2 of 3
    Is Newt Gingrich Another Flash in the Pan?
    1. 0:00Europe Bans Iranian Oil Imports, Nuclear Tensions Escalate
    2. 7:36Mitt vs. Newt: Establishment vs. Grass Roots InsurgencyYou’re reading this
    3. 45:19Chinese Year of the Dragon to Bring Good Luck
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