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Gingrich to RNC: Drop Blago video, help Obama instead

 

Published 12/16/2008 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

Newt Gingrich told the RNC Tuesday that it should immediately pull down a web video featuring President-elect Obama and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (CNN) – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn’t happy with the Republican National Committee. In a letter addressed Tuesday to Mike Duncan, chairman of the RNC, Gingrich slams the committee for releasing a recent [...] (link)

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