Mitt Romney delivered a new zinger against Newt Gingrich in an event in Orlando just now, mocking him over his complaints about this week's debates. "I had fun last night, I gotta tell you," Romney said. "Now Speaker Gingrich said after the debate before last night that the crowd wasnt allowed to cheer so he couldn't do so well because the crowd was too quiet. "Then last night he said the crowd was too loud, he couldn't deal with it. It's like Goldilocks, you know - the porridge is too hot, the porridge is too cold. Look, I'm looking forward to debating Barack Obama. I don't worry too much about the crowd. I've got to make sure we tell the truth to Barack Obama and get him out of the White House."
In two debates in South Carolina, Gingrich fed off the raucous crowds as he ripped into the moderators and was wildly cheered. After Monday's debate in Tampa, when the audience was told to remain silent, he complained that this was an infringement of "free speech" and that he wouldn't participate if audiences had to keep quiet.
Last night in Jacksonville the crowd was once again vocal but this time seemed partial to Romney, who performed strongly. Afterwards, senior Romney aide Kevin Kellems grumbled that the Romney campaign had "packed" the event with its own supporters.
Romney previously got under Gingrich's skin when he compared him to Lucille Ball in the chocolate factory over his inability to collect enough signatures to get onto the pr imary ballot in Virginia.
