February 07, 2012 12:52 AM UTC

Newt Pours On The Charm In Golden Today

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• by: Colorado Pols

Los Angeles Times:

Newt Gingrich waited until the day before Colorado’s Republican presidential contest to start campaigning here, and — as if to make up for lost time — took the guns-blazing approach upon arrival.

The former House speaker opened a rally here in this Denver suburb today with an assault on Mitt Romney, closed it with a racially tinged attack on President Obama’s economic policies, and in between, went after the “elite media” for good measure…

“Barack Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history,” he said, describing the president as responsible for making more people dependent on government handouts.

“Look, when you have 43% African American teenage unemployment, this is a social catastrophe,” Gingrich said. “These are young people being denied the opportunity to learn the habits of work, so we have to rethink from the ground up. I do not want to turn and say, ‘Oh, I’m not going to worry about the poor, they have a safety net.’ That safety net is dependence. It is a banal lack of a life of excitement.”

Oh, right. He’s attacking everybody now.