Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks in New York. Mitt Romney faces some serious hurdles in trying to slow Newt Gingrich's surge. Time is running short, with three weeks before the Iowa caucuses and just one before many voters tune out for the holiday season. And a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows that Republicans aren't buying Romney's Outsider-vs.-Insider pitch.
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published Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
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WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney says his business background makes him a better presidential candidate than Newt Gingrich, who has spent decades in Washington. But the argument is not moving Republicans his way, underscoring Romney’s challenge in finding a way to stem Gingrich’s rise three weeks before the Iowa caucus, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
