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President Obama's campaign deployed an unusual surrogate to attack presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney in a new web video released Wednesday: Republican Newt Gingrich.

The video, titled "Newt Gingrich: Frankly, not Mitt Romney's biggest supporter," details a long list of attacks by the former House Speaker on Romney's business experience, Swiss bank accounts, immigration policy and accusations of dishonesty and inability to rally the party. 

A "greatest hits" reel for Gingrich's attacks on Romney during the primary, the Obama campaign seeks to remind voters with the video that Gingrich has not been Romney's biggest fan. The press release sent out with the video asks the sly question: "Will Newt Gingrich throw his support behind Mitt Romney or will he begrudgingly fall in line with everyone else?"

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