Top New Hampshire Paper Endorses Gingrich
Monday, November 28, 2011 at 12:15AMGOP hopeful Newt Gingrich gained an endorsement Sunday from New Hampshire’s largest paper.
In a front page announcement, the New Hampshire Union Leader’s publisher Joseph W. McQuaid described the former Speaker of the House as a candidate who may not be perfect but has “the experience, the leadership qualities and the vision to lead this country in these trying times.”
“A lot of candidates say they’re going to improve Washington,” the endorsement reads. “Newt Gingrich has actually done that, and in this race he offers the best shot of doing it again.”
After a rocky entrance into the 2012 race, Gingrich has surged to become GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney’s chief rival. In a recent poll from the University of New Hampshire and local radio station WMUR shows the former Massachusetts Governor leading Gingrich in the granite state 42 to 15 percent.
In 2008, the Union Leader endorsed John McCain, who ended up winning the state. The full endorsement can be read here.
The New Hampshire primary, the second nomination battle in 2012, will take place on January 10th.
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