For GOP's Gingrich: Big declarations

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111206/ap_on_go_ot/us_gingrich_show_of_force"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111205/capt.2885ad7c54d3448a9ce189b8fc5900d8-2885ad7c54d3448a9ce189b8fc5900d8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Fhn7UV1iLumCpNjAcnZTvg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, waves after meeting with Donald Trump, and talking to the media in New York, Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Surging in opinion polls, a confident Newt Gingrich declared Monday he plans to challenge Barack Obama in every state next year, and he began running a gauzy TV ad — his first — to push toward the Republican nomination to take on the president. But, illustrating how far he has to go, Gingrich also found himself defending the state of his campaign and his own comments about poor children.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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