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Newt Gingrich, using a conservative conference in Washington to stake out different turf from his GOP rivals, portrayed himself Friday as the scourge of what he derisively called the “Republican establishment.”

After being introduced at CPAC by his wife, Callista, who described him as a committed family man and enthusiastic golfer, undoubtedly to deflect attention from you-know-what, Gingrich proclaimed, “This campaign is a mortal threat to their grip on the establishment, because we intend to change Washington, not accommodate it.”