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The Obama campaign has taken its first shot at newly minted Republican front-runner Newt Gingrich

Senior adviser David Axelrod referred to the former House Speaker as "the godfather of gridlock."

Axelrod was asked to respond to Gingrich's first television ad, which began airing Monday in Iowa and underscores the theme that "together we can and will rebuild the America we love." But Axelrod scoffed at the idea, arguing that Gingrich brought about increased partisanship in Washington.

"I was impressed by the Newt Gingrich ad because you talked about he was going to bring the country together to solve problems â€" you talk about the godfather of gridlock here, the guy who two decades ago really invented the kind of tactics that have now become commonplace in Washington," Axelrod said on MSNBC. "So, this is a whole new Newt."

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