Mitt Romney braces for sharp attacks as New Hampshire primary approaches

MANCHESTER, N.H. – There are a lot of ways to attack Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary campaign, but somehow the former Massachusetts governor has made it this far in the contest without facing a sustained assault.

That is about to change.

When Romney touched down here in New Hampshire on Wednesday, he was greeted by a full-page advertisement bought by former House speaker Newt Gingrich in the state's largest newspaper branding Romney a "Timid Massachusetts Moderate." Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum called Romney a "bland, boring, career politician who will lose to Barack Obama" in a fundraising appeal to supporters.

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Dan Balz 05 Jan, 2012
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