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The man responsible for running Herman Cain's Iowa operation before the former pizza magnate dropped out of the Republican race said Friday that he was endorsing Newt Gingrich.

Larry Tuel, Cain's Iowa campaign director, told The Des Moines Register that he believed Gingrich to be "the best candidate for his knowledge and experience.”

“He is intelligent, positive and has the best grasp of policy and the role of government as it relates to tax, spending and regulatory power," Tuel said in an email. "I particularly appreciate his national tax policy, welfare reform, and ideas for reducing and refocusing regulatory authority to solve our deep rooted economic problems.”

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