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Newt Gingrich called House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) endorsement of Mitt Romney a big win for the former Massachusetts governor. 

"It's a great achievement for Mitt Romney," Gingrich said Friday on Charlie Sykes's radio show. "Paul Ryan is one of the rising stars in the Republican Party."

Gingrich said the endorsements from Ryan and, earlier in the week, from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) were big gets for Romney. Absent from the entire interview was any criticism by Gingrich directed toward Romney or Rick Santorum, both of whom have maintained strong leads over the former House Speaker in recent polls.

The lack of any criticism is part of Gingrich's revamped campaign strategy; a spokesman for Gingrich recently announced that he would refrain from criticizing his primary opponents and instead focus on making it to the Republican National Convention. 

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