New Hampshire’s Largest Newspaper Endorses Newt Gingrich for President in GOP Nomination Race – 11/27/11

It will be interesting to see if this changes things in New Hampshire. Mitt Romney has to be very disappointed at this news. Whether Gingrich can move up after this is a big question mark. Gingrich is already running strong in Iowa, and if he can make a run at Romney in New Hampshire, he would have strong momentum moving into South Carolina:

AP (Via HotAirPundit): New Hampshire’s largest newspaper on Sunday endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the 2012 GOP presidential race, signaling that rival Mitt Romney isn’t the universal favorite and potentially resetting the contest before the state’s lead-off primary Jan. 10.

“We are in critical need of the innovative, forward-looking strategy and positive leadership that Gingrich has shown he is capable of providing,” The New Hampshire Union Leader said in its front-page editorial, which was as much a promotion of Gingrich as a discreet rebuke of Romney.

“We don’t back candidates based on popularity polls or big-shot backers. We look for conservatives of courage and conviction who are independent-minded, grounded in their core beliefs about this nation and its people, and best equipped for the job,” the editorial said. . . . Read More