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Gingrich’s stimulus support benefited his consulting clients

By Christopher Rowland

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 16, 2011

In debates, on Fox News, and on the stump, Newt Gingrich provides the potent, anti-Obama, anti-Washington rhetoric that conservatives crave. He is appealing to angry, libertarian-minded voters who seek less government influence in the lives of individuals and business. The result: he has soared in the polls. But the former speaker also has spent the last decade using his clout and old contacts to remain a major player in the culture he publicly reviles, playing the inside-the-beltway influence game at a high level.

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