A huge endorsement comes down the pike for Newt Gingrich in New Hampshire as the UnionLeader gives him their endorsement to be the GOP nominee to go up against Obama in 2012.
America is at a crucial crossroads. It is not going to be enough to merely replace Barack Obama next year. We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing.
He did so with the Contract with America. He did it in bringing in the first Republican House in 40 years and by forging balanced budgets and even a surplus despite the political challenge of dealing with a Democratic President. A lot of candidates say they're going to improve Washington. Newt Gingrich has actually done that, and in this race he offers the best shot of doing it again.
The UnionLeader is the only newspaper in New Hampshire that runs throughout the whole state as well as being influential, and as Hot Air's Ed Morrissey points out, this endorsement is not a guarantee that Gingrich will win the NH GOP primary in January, but it is noteworthy.
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