Newt: More Conservative Than Mitt

With his poll numbers rising and riding the buzz from his recent Manchester, N.H., Union Leader endorsement, Newt Gingrich set his sights on GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney on Monday, attacking him as a flip-flopper and pitching himself as the “conservative alternative.” “I don’t claim to be the perfect candidate, I just claim to be a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney,” Gingrich told WSC Radio in Charleston, S.C./ Jonathan Easley , Blog Briefing Room, The Hill. More here. (AP file photo)

Question: Could it be Newt?