the language of the ghetto remark made it into that ad. according to a count by the new york times, gingrich mentioned ronald reagan s name 55 times in the past 18 debates. in another romney super pac ad, questions the entire reagan story. from debate, would you think that newt gingrich was ronald reagan s vice president. i worked with president ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. but in his diaries, reagan mentioned gingrich only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying newt s ideas would cripple our defense programs. on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. last night, gingrich returned fire on the attack. governor romney was against ronald reagan. governor romney 1994 senate race he was opposed to going back to the reagan/bush policies. governor romney was giving money to democrats to suggest that governor romney is more reagan-like than i am is an act of total fantasy. the candidates were doing their best to play to the