Caleb: "Mr. Romney noted that Texas has economic advantages, like no income tax and a right-to-work law. 'Governor Perry doesn't believe that he created those things,' Mr. Romney said. 'If he did, it would be like Al Gore saying he created the Internet.'" Caleb: "Mr. Perry quickly shot back: 'Michael Dukakis created created jobs three times faster than you did.'" Caleb: Mr. Gingrich, the former House speaker, has found a successful attack line at these debates, accusing the news media of trying to foment disagreement among the Republican contenders.
He seized on the theme tonight when John Harris of Politico asked him about the apparent disagreement among the candidates on health policy.
"I'm frankly not interested in your effort to get Republicans fighting with each other," said Mr. Gingrich, adding later that he would "repudiate every effort of the news media" to foster disagreement. me: at the debate Caleb: Yep.