Newt Gingrich Takes Aim at 'Timid Massachusetts Moderate' Romney

With early results showing former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich placing fourth in the Iowa caucus, the team behind the Republican presidential candidate -- who led briefly in the Hawkeye State in polls taken last month -- is pushing on to New Hampshire.

We always knew that this was going to be a tough race and no matter what the result is tonight, we are confident that the team of supporters, volunteers, and staff we have assembled is going to carry Newt all the way to the White House, Michael Krull, Gingrichs campaign manager, wrote to supporters in an email sent out on Tuesday night as results came in from Iowa. We have been working tirelessly in Iowa, crisscrossing the state and talking to people about Newts plan to rebuild the America we love. After tonight, the first votes will be cast and we will be taking our message to New Hampshire, South Carolina, and beyond.

Krull took off the gloves to hammer former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who is leading polls of New Hampshire, which will hold its primary next Tuesday.

In a few hours, Newt will be addressing the country in Iowa after the results are known. In his address he will make clear the choice we face as a party for whom we want to nominate to take on President Obama, added Krull. It is a choice between a bold conservative in Newt Gingrich, whose leadership ended 40 years of Democratic rule in the House of Representatives, balanced the budget for the first time in a generation, reformed welfare and enacted policies that led to the creation of 11 million new jobs, and a timid Massachusetts moderate who as governor raised taxes on business, signed taxpayer-funded abortions into law, and appointed liberal judges to appease Democrats.

It is between a bold conservative leader in Newt Gingrich, whose plan to create jobs has been praised by the Wall Street Journal and endorsed by the architect of Ronald Reagans economic plan as the best of any candidate, continued Krull, and a timid Massachusetts moderate whose plan has been described in Forbes Magazine as virtually identical to Obamas failed policy.