Romney Tries to Cast Newt Gingrich as a “Bomb Thrower”; Newt Gingrich Says He Will “Speak the Truth” Like Ronald Reagan – Video 12/10/11

Another telling moment from tonight’s ABC News GOP Presidential Debate in Iowa.

Mitt Romney tries to cast Newt Gingrich as a “bomb thrower” for his recent comments that the “Palestinian” people are “invented.” Romney said in contrast to Gingrich, he would be a President of “sobriety,” and “stability,” not a “bomb thrower” either “rhetorically or literally.”

Some are casting this as a Romney victory, but I think Gingrich won the exchange with his final remarks, in which he reminded people how Ronald Reagan caused mouths to drop open when he called the Soviet Union the “Evil Empire.” He went around all his advisers in doing so, but his statement of the truth helped reshape the world. Gingrich said he would be a President who is not afraid to speak the truth.